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GRAPHIC: Kaitlyn Patterson '20

Kobe Bryant: a legacy of consistent hard work

Nick Karpinski February 4, 2020

I was half asleep in my bed, refusing to look at the time because I knew it was only a matter of moments before I had to get up. This is always an unpleasant transition period in the morning, something...

The St. Joe’s men’s basketball team wore ribbons on their jerseys commemerating Bryant and his daughter Gianna at a Feb. 1 game against St. Louis University.
PHOTO: MITCHELL SHIELDS ’22/THE HAWK

Kobe’s ties to Hawk Hill run deep

Ryan Mulligan February 4, 2020

Kobe Bryant spent his high school years dancing the line between Lower Merion and West Philadelphia the same way the St. Joe’s campus does. In fact, Hawk Hill has its fingerprints all over the career...

Remembering Kobe: Looking up to Kobe Bryant

Remembering Kobe: Looking up to Kobe Bryant

Eron Swan February 4, 2020

Growing up as an only child in a single mother household, I never really had many positive male role models in my household to look up to. Positive, meaning always striving to be their best self. In...

The memorial grew in front of the main doors to Bryant Gymnasium throughout the evening. PHOTO: MITCHELL SHIELDS '22/THE HAWK

PHOTOS: Local communities mourn death of Kobe Bryant

Mitchell Shields January 27, 2020

Shortly after hearing about the death of Former Los Angeles Lakers guard and Philadelphia native Kobe Bryant, and his daughter, Gianna Bryant,  people around the world were trying to come to grips that...

Visitors placed jerseys, flowers, basketballs and other items outside Bryant Gymnasium at Lower Merion High School to memorialize Bryant. PHOTO: LUKE MALANGA '20/THE HAWK

Locals pay tribute to Kobe Bryant: Philadelphia native, Lower Merion High School grad and NBA star

Sam Britt January 26, 2020

Former Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant died this morning in a helicopter crash alongside his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven other passengers. Bryant was accompanying Gianna to a travel basketball...

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