MIAMI – When the news of Kobe Bryant’s death broke on Sunday afternoon, both the 49ers and Chiefs were en route in their charter flights to the Super Bowl.
By the time they had landed, plenty of players had expressed their remorse on social media.
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At Monday’s Super Bowl “Opening Night” event inside Marlins Park, they got a chance to do so in response to unrelenting questions from the media for the first time.
Before the event got under way, the stadium held its breath in a moment of silence as a memoriam was displayed on the jumbotron.