On Sunday, the news broke that former Los Angeles Laker Kobe Bryant was involved in a helicopter accident.
Bryant, along with his thirteen-year-old daughter Gianna, and seven others were aboard the helicopter when it crashed in Calabasas, CA.
None of the nine passengers survived the crash.
It seemed like the world stood still for a few moments when TMZ first broke the news early Sunday afternoon, and for Georgia men’s basketball assistant coach John Linehan it came as shocking.
“It was devastating,” said Linehan on Monday when he met with the media. “You know, we were in practice.