When the Las Vegas Aces visited the Los Angeles Sparks at Crypto.com Arena, star forward A'ja Wilson made headlines before tip-off with a quiet yet powerful gesture. Returning to ...

The Mamba Academy team was a group of All-Stars in a local league before it turned into the club team. There were players added along the way, often involving a somewhat dazing encounter with Bryant.

Kobe Bryant’s last Mamba Academy pupil shines at Sage Hill Amalia Holguin of Sage Hill School is a freshman point guard playing varsity basketball who played for Kobe Bryant’s Mamba Academy team.

The Mamba name was adopted by the Sports Academy, given Bryant’s on-court nickname of “The Black Mamba.” The academy posted a statement announcing the decision last Tuesday, via Instagram.

Spotts, an assistant coach on Bryant’s “Team Mamba” youth girls squad and the Academy’s president, was calling to relay the awful news: Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven ...