Kobe Bryant’s late daughter Gigi, who died with her father in a January 2020 helicopter crash, had her eyes set on playing ...

"No, I was going to work out with them this summer, and I knew they really liked UConn, so I was hoping to build a ...

Kobe tragically passed away alongside his daughter Gianna, known as "Gigi," and seven others in 2020. Right now, Gigi would be 18 years old and, in less than a month, would be turning 19 on May 1.

Steph Curry believes Kobe Bryant was the first NBA star to publicly and consistently advocate for women’s basketball.

Kobe and Gianna Bryant were among the nine people who died in a Calabasas helicopter crash on Jan. 26, 2020. Gigi was 13 years old and in eighth grade at the time. Had she finished high school in ...

She then added the motivational quote Gigi—who died at age 13 alongside her dad Kobe Bryant, 41, and seven other passengers in a 2020 helicopter crash—told the team in previous years.

As UConn celebrated winning the women’s NCAA basketball championship on Sunday, April 6, the loss of Kobe Bryant’s daughter, Gianna “Gigi” Bryant, was felt by members of the sports community.

There were signs that the Final Four’s Most Outstanding Player said weren’t coincidences during the Huskies’ title game win.

Kobe Bryant’s daughter Gianna Bryant —whom everyone called “Gigi” — worshipped UConn’s women's basketball team. And when they finished the March Madness tournament as NCAA champs on ...