When Kobe Bryant made his NBA debut with the Los Angeles Lakers in 1996, his high school jersey No. 24 was taken by George McCloud, so the 18-year-old rookie settled for No. 8. Beginning in the ...

Wednesday was August 24, 8/24 in the U.S., and beforehand the City of Los Angeles declared it Kobe Bryant Day because of the two jersey numers he wore in his career (8 and 24). Which brings back a ...

Kobe Bryant is the only NBA superstar whose two jersey numbers were retired by the same team. He wore #8 from 1996 to 2006 and then shifted to #24 for the rest of his 20-year career with the Los ...

Los Angeles Lakers icon Kobe Bryant’s debut No. 24 jersey was auctioned off for $889,000 at Sotheby’s in New York. Bryant wore the jersey in a Lakers win against the Seattle Supersonics on Nov. 3, ...

The love former NBA players have for Kobe Bryant runs deep. Many go out of their way to emphasize that the media often misrepresented him as difficult, insisting instead that he was fiercely ...

br/>ASHBURN, Va. -- Washington Commanders new edge rusher Von Millerhas been associated with two numbers throughout his NFL career: 58 and 40. He made those numbers famous in the NFL because of his ...

Darius Slay has announced that he plans on changing his number when he suits up for the Philadelphia Eagles. Slay has decided that he will wear No. 24 to honor his idol Kobe Bryant. "I'm going Kobe ...