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RIP Kobe Bryant
« on: January 26, 2020, 01:59:04 PM »
Sad news out of CA. Gone too soon.

Sorry— did not see thread on superbar
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Re: RIP Kobe Bryant
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2020, 02:09:45 PM »
Very sad .... one of the greats.
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Re: RIP Kobe Bryant
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2020, 02:11:55 PM »
Just unbelievable seeing this. Chilling news
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Re: RIP Kobe Bryant
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2020, 02:12:44 PM »
Doesn't seem real. 
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Re: RIP Kobe Bryant
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2020, 02:13:50 PM »
Apparently always commuted in LA via helicopter. More efficient than driving. Took one too many helicopter trips.
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Re: RIP Kobe Bryant
« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2020, 02:15:05 PM »
Rumors swirling his four daughters were aboard. My god.
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Re: RIP Kobe Bryant
« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2020, 02:17:05 PM »
Tragic.
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Re: RIP Kobe Bryant
« Reply #7 on: January 26, 2020, 02:25:41 PM »

Chopper crashed a few minutes from my house. So sad. One of the GOAT.
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Re: RIP Kobe Bryant
« Reply #8 on: January 26, 2020, 02:26:51 PM »
Quote from: NickelDimer on January 26, 2020, 02:15:05 PM
Rumors swirling his four daughters were aboard. My god.

I believe that is false. 
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Re: RIP Kobe Bryant
« Reply #9 on: January 26, 2020, 02:32:59 PM »
Quote from: Vander Blue Man Group on January 26, 2020, 02:26:51 PM
I believe that is false. 

Confirmed to be false
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Re: RIP Kobe Bryant
« Reply #10 on: January 26, 2020, 02:35:59 PM »
Quote from: 79Warrior on January 26, 2020, 02:25:41 PM
Chopper crashed a few minutes from my house. So sad. One of the GOAT.

Crashed right behind one of my friends work place...she lives in T.O. and commutes down to Calabasas.
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Re: RIP Kobe Bryant
« Reply #11 on: January 26, 2020, 02:43:52 PM »
Quote from: Vander Blue Man Group on January 26, 2020, 02:26:51 PM
I believe that is false.
Thankfully false. Tragically being reported as one daughter was aboard. Hope TMZ has it wrong
https://www.tmz.com/2020/01/26/kobe-bryant-killed-dead-helicopter-crash-in-calabasas/
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Re: RIP Kobe Bryant
« Reply #12 on: January 26, 2020, 02:50:54 PM »
Wow.  Incredibly sad. 
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Re: RIP Kobe Bryant
« Reply #13 on: January 26, 2020, 03:02:40 PM »
I cannot fathom what his wife and other children are going through.  Heartbreaking. 
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Re: RIP Kobe Bryant
« Reply #14 on: January 26, 2020, 03:07:58 PM »
Confirmed:

Kobe, Oldest Daughter, Another Parent, Paren'ts daughter on the way to a basketball game at Mamba Academy.
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Re: RIP Kobe Bryant
« Reply #15 on: January 26, 2020, 04:36:56 PM »
Quote from: Cheeks on January 26, 2020, 02:35:59 PM
Crashed right behind one of my friends work place...she lives in T.O. and commutes down to Calabasas.

Horrible situation. Have to feel so bad for his wife Vanessa. Losing a husband and a daughter. Devastating, just devestating.
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Re: RIP Kobe Bryant
« Reply #16 on: January 26, 2020, 04:43:05 PM »
9 confirmed dead.
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Re: RIP Kobe Bryant
« Reply #17 on: January 26, 2020, 04:47:35 PM »
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9 confirmed dead.

Man, MSM sure has botched the reports on this accident in regards to the deaths.
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Re: RIP Kobe Bryant
« Reply #18 on: January 26, 2020, 04:49:00 PM »
Quote from: Dr. Blackheart on January 26, 2020, 04:47:35 PM
Man, MSM sure has botched the reports on this accident in regards to the deaths.

Every outlet has been off but that's why it's labeled a developing story
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Re: RIP Kobe Bryant
« Reply #19 on: January 26, 2020, 04:51:44 PM »
Quote from: MikeDeanesDarkGlasses on January 26, 2020, 04:49:00 PM
Every outlet has been off but that's why it's labeled a developing story

Does “developing” cover naming people/children not on board as being dead?
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Re: RIP Kobe Bryant
« Reply #20 on: January 26, 2020, 05:04:14 PM »
Just brutal
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Re: RIP Kobe Bryant
« Reply #21 on: January 26, 2020, 05:08:04 PM »
Awful reporting by the majors on this. TMZ comes out the leader on this.
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Re: RIP Kobe Bryant
« Reply #22 on: January 26, 2020, 05:10:41 PM »
Quote from: Dr. Blackheart on January 26, 2020, 04:51:44 PM
Does “developing” cover naming people/children not on board as being dead?

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Re: RIP Kobe Bryant
« Reply #23 on: January 26, 2020, 05:21:16 PM »
Orange Coast College baseball coach died on flight....John Altobelli.

Copter took off from not to far from where we live and was likely going to Camarillo airport.  From there about a 20 minute drive to Thousand Oaks / Newbury Park area.  My brother in law has pilot’s license and lives in Camarillo where he does most of his flying.
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Re: RIP Kobe Bryant
« Reply #24 on: January 26, 2020, 05:24:05 PM »
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« Reply #25 on: January 26, 2020, 05:31:51 PM »
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Re: RIP Kobe Bryant
« Reply #26 on: January 26, 2020, 05:33:26 PM »
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Awful reporting by the majors on this. TMZ comes out the leader on this.

You mean the TMZ that reported it on social media before the families could be informed? Scumbags.
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Re: RIP Kobe Bryant
« Reply #27 on: January 26, 2020, 05:34:05 PM »
Quote from: Dr. Blackheart on January 26, 2020, 05:24:05 PM
Oh boy...goodbye career.

https://news.grabien.com/story-while-reporting-kobe-bryant-death-msnbc-anchor-somehow-says

What the actual f*ck? How do you make that mistake as a professional news anchor?
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Re: RIP Kobe Bryant
« Reply #28 on: January 26, 2020, 05:39:03 PM »
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You mean the TMZ that reported it on social media before the families could be informed? Scumbags.

Yep. Sherrif's department blasted them.
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« Reply #29 on: January 26, 2020, 05:40:13 PM »
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Re: RIP Kobe Bryant
« Reply #30 on: January 26, 2020, 05:45:02 PM »
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What the actual f*ck? How do you make that mistake as a professional news anchor?

I am loathe to give someone from that network the benefit of the doubt, but what purpose would it serve for her to say it?  I think she stumbled and mangled some words.  Fast moving story, media stepping all over themselves to be the first to report and the butchering they do all the time already without that time pressure....not surprising.  I heard the recording, I don’t know...almost sounds like Knickers to me but I don’t know.  I am giving her the benefit of the doubt for now unless something else comes out. 
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Re: RIP Kobe Bryant
« Reply #31 on: January 26, 2020, 05:45:30 PM »
Quote from: TAMU Garcia on January 26, 2020, 05:34:05 PM
What the actual f*ck? How do you make that mistake as a professional news anchor?

Man. I don’t know. I only listened a couple of times, but sounded to me like she got tongue tied and said “knickers,”.  Just can’t fathom a media person, especially at MSNBC, being racist. Will be interesting to see what happens with her.
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Re: RIP Kobe Bryant
« Reply #32 on: January 26, 2020, 05:47:01 PM »
Quote from: Cheeks on January 26, 2020, 05:45:02 PM
I am loathe to give someone from that network the benefit of the doubt, but what purpose would it serve for her to say it?  I think she stumbled and mangled some words.  Fast moving story, media stepping all over themselves to be the first to report and the butchering they do all the time already without that time pressure....not surprising.  I heard the recording, I don’t know...almost sounds like Knickers to me but I don’t know.  I am giving her the benefit of the doubt for now unless something else comes out.

She tweeted that she combined Knicks and Lakers into Nakers, and apologized for the mistake.
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Re: RIP Kobe Bryant
« Reply #33 on: January 26, 2020, 05:48:26 PM »
Quote from: Elonsmusk on January 26, 2020, 05:45:30 PM
Man. I don’t know. I only listened a couple of times, but sounded to me like she got tongue tied and said “knickers,”.  Just can’t fathom a media person, especially at MSNBC, being racist. Will be interesting to see what happens with her.

Why “especially at MSNBC” comment....people there as biased and issues like anyone else....Joy Reid has made many anti LGBTQ comments in her career.  Regardless, I also hear Knickers...a human being made a mistake...it happens.
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Re: RIP Kobe Bryant
« Reply #34 on: January 26, 2020, 05:49:19 PM »
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She tweeted that she combined Knicks and Lakers into Nakers, and apologized for the mistake.

I accept it. 
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« Reply #35 on: January 26, 2020, 05:49:33 PM »
Quote from: 79Warrior on January 26, 2020, 05:39:03 PM
Yep. Sherrif's department blasted them.

Happened to me once. A close friend died (also lead singer of a moderately successful band in Jersey) and before his wife was able to reach out to friends a music blog posted on Facebook about his death. The thing with that situation was I didn’t know if it was real until I was able to talk to his wife, who was now being inundated with calls. Vultures.
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Re: RIP Kobe Bryant
« Reply #36 on: January 26, 2020, 05:50:17 PM »
Quote from: Cheeks on January 26, 2020, 05:45:02 PM
I am loathe to give someone from that network the benefit of the doubt, but what purpose would it serve for her to say it?  I think she stumbled and mangled some words.  Fast moving story, media stepping all over themselves to be the first to report and the butchering they do all the time already without that time pressure....not surprising.  I heard the recording, I don’t know...almost sounds like Knickers to me but I don’t know.  I am giving her the benefit of the doubt for now unless something else comes out.
Agree, the only way is if it was a freudian slip and it did sound like knickers.
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Re: RIP Kobe Bryant
« Reply #37 on: January 26, 2020, 05:58:40 PM »
Quote from: hairy worthen on January 26, 2020, 05:50:17 PM
Agree, the only way is if it was a freudian slip and it did sound like knickers.

She was previously in NYC so Knickerbockers might have been on her mind.
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Re: RIP Kobe Bryant
« Reply #38 on: January 26, 2020, 06:01:44 PM »
I suspect a lot of MU players were big fans of Kobe as he was an elite player in their youthful Basketball development lives.  RIP
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« Reply #39 on: January 26, 2020, 06:24:48 PM »
Quote from: Cheeks on January 26, 2020, 05:45:02 PM
I am loathe to give someone from that network the benefit of the doubt, but what purpose would it serve for her to say it?  I think she stumbled and mangled some words.  Fast moving story, media stepping all over themselves to be the first to report and the butchering they do all the time already without that time pressure....not surprising.  I heard the recording, I don’t know...almost sounds like Knickers to me but I don’t know.  I am giving her the benefit of the doubt for now unless something else comes out.

It obviously wasn't intentional. That doesn't lessen the impact of the mistake.

Since reading, I've listened closer a couple more times. In all honesty, I'm not hearing a ck sound but maybe that's what happened.
« Last Edit: January 26, 2020, 06:30:00 PM by TAMU Garcia »
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Re: RIP Kobe Bryant
« Reply #40 on: January 26, 2020, 07:05:27 PM »
Quote from: TAMU Garcia on January 26, 2020, 06:24:48 PM
It obviously wasn't intentional. That doesn't lessen the impact of the mistake.

Since reading, I've listened closer a couple more times. In all honesty, I'm not hearing a ck sound but maybe that's what happened.
I think it does lessen the impact. It was a mistake, she wasnt intentionally or even subconsciously saying a racial slur. She mixed up two team names. Her screw up should not be a big political or social event. Sorry but, people need to stop being so easily offended when its its obviously not warranted. It detracts from the real tragedy of the day
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Re: RIP Kobe Bryant
« Reply #41 on: January 26, 2020, 07:13:19 PM »
John Altobelli's wife and daughter were also on the helicopter.  Bryant did a lot down here in Orange County and specifically with Orange Coast College.  Altobelli played baseball at the University of Houston, won state championships as a coach here in 2009, 2014 and 2015.  Recently named national junior college coach of the year.
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« Reply #42 on: January 26, 2020, 08:06:22 PM »
A tragic day for too many young people.  May they all be embraced by the Lord.
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« Reply #43 on: January 26, 2020, 08:12:51 PM »

Los Angeles natives Keston Hiura, Ryan Braun react at Brewers on Deck to news of Kobe Bryant's death


https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/mlb/brewers/2020/01/26/los-angeles-natives-braun-hiura-react-kobe-bryants-death/4583634002/
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« Reply #44 on: January 26, 2020, 08:19:20 PM »
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« Reply #45 on: January 26, 2020, 08:29:36 PM »
Don’t know why but this one hit me really hard.
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« Reply #46 on: January 26, 2020, 10:07:40 PM »
Rivers really emotional there.  Difficult to watch with all the pain he and others are going through.
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« Reply #47 on: January 26, 2020, 10:41:11 PM »
This actually hurts somewhat. 23 years on this rock and no celeb death has really bothered me much but for some reason this one hits hard. Doesnt seem real still. Just sad. RIP kobe.. and others
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« Reply #48 on: January 26, 2020, 10:47:15 PM »

« Last Edit: January 26, 2020, 10:48:46 PM by Cheeks »
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« Reply #49 on: January 27, 2020, 09:55:22 AM »
I think all basketball fans feel some loss, but this hit me way harder as a dad to a little girl who shows more interest in basketball every day.

This piece sums up a lot of what I felt- https://theathletic.com/1564051/2020/01/27/thompson-kobe-bryants-death-hit-me-hard-and-even-worse-because-of-what-we-had-in-common/
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« Reply #50 on: January 27, 2020, 10:11:58 AM »
Anyone else think it's strange the Lakers' twitter account and website have no mention of it?
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« Reply #51 on: January 27, 2020, 12:27:45 PM »
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Anyone else think it's strange the Lakers' twitter account and website have no mention of it?

No. On another note. Lakers still determining if they will play tomorrow.
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« Reply #52 on: January 27, 2020, 02:18:22 PM »
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No. On another note. Lakers still determining if they will play tomorrow.

I can't believe they haven't even issued a statement.  Complete silence.
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« Reply #53 on: January 27, 2020, 02:54:05 PM »
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I can't believe they haven't even issued a statement.  Complete silence.

Because they are stunned and what can you really say? They have opened the practice facility and areas around Staples for the fans. Sometimes there are no words. The organization will have a celebration of his life. that is in the works.
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« Reply #54 on: January 27, 2020, 04:27:54 PM »
My office is about a 500 yard from Lakers training center...a lot of people out there today paying their respects.
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« Reply #55 on: January 27, 2020, 04:58:59 PM »
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My office is about a 500 yard from Lakers training center...a lot of people out there today paying their respects.

What, you are in LA Live? stay there all the time when in LA at the JW!
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Re: RIP Kobe Bryant
« Reply #56 on: January 27, 2020, 10:28:04 PM »
Quote from: Cheeks on January 27, 2020, 04:27:54 PM
My office is about a 500 yard from Lakers training center...a lot of people out there today paying their respects.

I think it would be far classier to stop mentioning how close you are to the tragedy and the people paying respect to it.  But it is sort of like name dropping, you can't help yourself.

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Re: RIP Kobe Bryant
« Reply #57 on: January 27, 2020, 10:38:35 PM »
As you can imagine out here this has been the dominant story round the clock.  24/7.  They have infrared sensors at the crash site to detect people trying to sneak onto the site. 
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Re: RIP Kobe Bryant
« Reply #58 on: January 27, 2020, 10:39:52 PM »
Quote from: dgies9156 on January 27, 2020, 04:58:59 PM
What, you are in LA Live? stay there all the time when in LA at the JW!

They practice in El Segundo right by LAX.
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Re: RIP Kobe Bryant
« Reply #59 on: January 27, 2020, 10:42:18 PM »
Quote from: Hards_Alumni on January 27, 2020, 10:28:04 PM
I think it would be far classier to stop mentioning how close you are to the tragedy and the people paying respect to it.  But it is sort of like name dropping, you can't help yourself.

smh

I’m just giving an update on what is happening locally where this effects people the most.  If a Chicago or MKE big star died I would not be surprised one but or find it odd if someone here said they went to the makeshift memorial, or whatever and reported it here.

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Re: RIP Kobe Bryant
« Reply #60 on: January 28, 2020, 12:50:07 AM »
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Re: RIP Kobe Bryant
« Reply #61 on: January 28, 2020, 12:50:35 AM »
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Re: RIP Kobe Bryant
« Reply #62 on: January 28, 2020, 07:28:13 PM »
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