Sunday afternoon, the kind of news that stops you in your tracks broke. It was the kind of news that has you running to a TV or turning up the radio to make sure you heard correctly. It was the kind of news that you’ll remember where you were and what you were doing when you heard for the rest of your life. It was the most significant death the sports world had seen in some time. Along with 8 others, Kobe Bryant lost his life prematurely at the age of 41 in a helicopter crash.
You didn’t have to follow basketball to know who Kobe was or the legacy he left behind.