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Kobe Bryant

On January 26, 2020

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Apr 8, 2016; New Orleans, LA, USA; Los Angeles Lakers forward Kobe Bryant (24) reacts against the New Orleans Pelicans during the second half of a game at the Smoothie King Center. The Pelicans defeated the Lakers 110-102. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports

The NBA star has died in a helicopter crash. He was a great (if, in my limited understanding, somewhat overrated) player, a major cultural figure, and credibly accused of rape.

I hope that all the journalists who write about Kobe Bryant will grapple with his complicated legacy.

He was a legendary basketball player, an advocate for the women’s game, a husband and a father, & an accused rapist. We owe it to survivors to tell the entire, complicated truth— Britni de la Cretaz (@britnidlc) January 26, 2020

[Deleted link to a story suggesting Bryant’s daughters were in the crash, which seems increasingly non-credible to me. In journalism, being right is better than being first.]