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Gianna and her parents watch while her sister Natalia sells Girl Scout Cookies to President Barack Obama in the Oval Office, January 26, 2010. Gianna "Gigi" Bryant was born on May 1, 2006, the daughter of National Basketball Association Hall-of-Famer athlete Kobe Bryant and businesswoman, philanthropist and model Vanessa Bryant.
She is the widow of American professional basketball player Kobe Bryant. With her husband, she founded the Kobe and Vanessa Bryant Foundation in 2007 to provide scholarships to minority college students worldwide. Bryant leads the Mamba and Mambacita Sports Foundation, an organization dedicated to supporting child athletes who are in need.
Kobe Bryant Day (also called Mamba Day [a]) is a day that is celebrated on August 24 in Los Angeles and Orange County [2] commemorating the life of basketball player Kobe Bryant. [3] The date was chosen as the holiday because of Bryant's numbers on his jerseys (8 and 24), [4] as well as it being the day after his birthday, August 23. [5] On ...
Then his eyes lit up, referencing a clip of Bryant in the 2009 NBA Finals when the Lakers were up 2-0 on the Orlando Magic, but Bryant was stone-faced in the postgame news conference.
The ceremony itself was held on Thursday due to the numerical significance of the day -- 2/8/24. Kobe wore numbers 8 and 24, while Gianna wore number 2 as a young basketball player.
Kobe Bean Bryant was born on August 23, 1978, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [6] [7] His mother, Pam Bryant (née Cox), is the sister of basketball player Chubby Cox, and his father, Joe Bryant, who played eight seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). [8] [9] He has two older sisters: Sharia and Shaya.
The late Kobe Bryant will be honored during the Dodgers' Lakers Night on Sept. 1 with special Black Mamba-inspired jerseys featuring No. 8 and No. 24.