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In this episode of Classic Sports Almanac Lakers aficinado Justin Spears joins host Brad Malone to talk about one of the greatest moments in NBA history. The night Kobe Bryant dropped 81 points on a Chris Bosh led Toronto Raptors squad.

Kobe Bean Bryant (August 23, 1978 – January 26, 2020) professional basketball player. As a shooting guard, Bryant entered the National Basketball Association (NBA) directly from high school, & played his entire 20-season professional career in the league with the Los Angeles Lakers. Bryant numbers make him one of the greats: five NBA championships, 18-time All-Star, 15-time member of the All-NBA Team, 12-time member of the All-Defensive Team, 2008 NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP), two-time NBA Finals MVP winner. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time,Magic Johnson regards him as the best Lakers ever! Kobe led the NBA in scoring during two seasons, ranks fourth on the league's all-time regular season scoring & all-time postseason scoring lists. Legend of The Mamba Mentality!

Dear Basketball - We just wanted to share our hurt as well as great remorse as we grew up with the black mamba.

We take time to remember him after his untimely death. He & his daughter Gigi with 7 others lost their lives Sunday morning 1/26/20 in a fatal helicopter crash. A public memorial service was held on February 24 at Staples Center, the Lakers' home arena in downtown Los Angeles. 2/24/20 the numbers representing Gigi #2 Kobe 24 and the #20 years in the NBA with Lakers.

Gone to soon! Lost of another great!
Mamba Out.....

Perez Hilton is an entertainment influencer, reporter, blogger and hard worker!! The man barely gets 4 hours of sleep a night in order to manage his website, 2 youtube pages, podcast and more! He shares a bit about his personal life, his work life and what happened this past week in entertainment.

Scott and Steve talk about going to Hell In A Cell at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Jack Swagger is betrayed by Zeb Colter, the Undertaker's lawyer has no guarantees after the Wyatt family kidnapping, your #jerktweets are answered including "I have begun to think NXT should almost be a brand alone taking on WWE. What do you think?", and Earl Hebner explains why he had gotten fired from the WWE many years ago.

Celebrate opening day with Carol Ann Leif! The writer/comedian/sports fanatic is ready for baseball season. She's also ready for football, soccer and hockey season. Can you say Sportsgirl?

Each week Hollywood’s most talented people in the entertainment industry share true, personal stories on the Story Worthy Podcast. Story Worthy celebrates 14 years of podcasting in July 2024 and has over 800 episodes recorded. Christine Blackburn is the creator, host and producer of Story Worthy, Story Smash the Storytelling Game Show, and My Life In 3 Songs exclusively on Spotify.

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This is part 1 of Curtain Jerks talking about the matches and experience of attending the 25th Anniversary of SummerSlam live at Staples Center in Los Angeles. Smackdown GM Booker T is excited for two Mark Henry's in the WWE 13 video game roster, Dolph Ziggler and Chris Jericho give future curtain jerkers a run for their money, Steve's girlfriend threw away his 7/11 SummerSlam cups, your #jerktweets get answered including "Do you think Raw is working at 3 hours or should it have stayed at 2 hours?", Charlie Sheen and The Iron Shiek tag up as the ultimate tag team, and Rey Mysterio embarrasses his teenage son dressed as Batman.