Here are five ways you can celebrate Kobe Bryant this weekend in honor of his heavenly birthday and Mamba Day 2024.

He was always giving back," she added. A memorial for NBA star Kobe Bryant is seen at the entrance of the Mamba Sports Academy in Thousand Oaks, Calif., Jan. 26, 2020.

They were traveling to a tournament at Bryant’s Mamba Sports Academy. Alyssa Altobelli, 14, and Payton Chester, 13 — two more Mamba teammates — were among the victims.

The Mamba Sports Academy will drop the name ‘Mamba’ in honour of departed NBA star Kobe Bryant, media in the US reports.

At Bryant's Mamba Sports Academy in Thousand Oaks, a collection of flowers, candles and all things Kobe has taken root near the front entrance. Bryant, his daughter and seven other people were ...