The Television Academy named Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant the recipient of this year’s Los Angeles Area Emmy Governors Award, selected by the Los Angeles Area Governors Award committee. Bryant was posthumously nominated by Spectrum SportsNet.
The honor recognizes Bryant’s “legacy of philanthropy, community building and inspiration that extended beyond the basketball court.”
Each year, the Los Angeles Area Emmy Governors Award is presented to an individual, company or organization that has made an outstanding, innovative and visionary achievement in the arts, sciences or management of television, as well as a significant contribution to the greater L.