United Way of Los Angeles
Bryant was honorary chair for the organization’s annual HomeWalk, a run-walk aimed at addressing homelessness in Los Angeles County. Bryant recalled visiting Skid Row and seeing people on the streets of Los Angeles when he would arrive for games at Staples Center major reasons why the Kobe and Vanessa Bryant Foundation contributed to efforts to address the issue.
After School All-Stars
Founded in LA, After School All-Stars works to provide options for young people once the school day ends. Bryant was a celebrity ambassador, as was current Laker LeBron James.
Make-A-Wish Foundation
Bryant granted more than 200 wishes during his two decades with the Lakers. The organization grants wishes to children who face life-threatening illnesses.
Dec 31, 2020
New York – The troubled, truncated 2020 sports season will be remembered as the Year of the Bubble. As a pandemic raged and protests of systemic racism rocked the United States, athletes played on. Those who competed in the controlled environment of a bubble had the most success over the novel coronavirus. Science, for the win.
But 2020 was about more than finding a way to play. For the WNBA and the NBA in Florida, the bubble didn’t just protect. It projected the voices of the players in support of the Black Lives Matter movement after the fatal shootings of Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd.
Kobe Bryant and Diego Maradona among sports worldâs big losses in 2020 Published: Dec. 31, 2020 at 8:30 a.m. ET By Legendary sporting names Jack Charlton, Gale Sayers, Don Shula, Rafer Johnson, Don Larsen, Joe Morgan, Tom Seaver, John Thompson and Curly Neal also among those who left us during this extraordinary year
Miami and Milwaukee players take a knee during the national anthem on Aug. 31 in the NBA playoff bubble in central Florida as a video screen pays tribute to the late Georgetown University coach John Thompson, who had died that day. Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images Email icon
There were so many this year.