Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CNN says the "Kobe: The Making of a Legend" documentary will include Bryant's upbringing, and how Bryant sought to harness and ...

Nick Van Exel recently opened up about the essence of Kobe Bryant's "Mamba Mentality" and how his infamous shortcomings helped cultivate it.

During his NFL career, Richard Sherman was somewhat wild . He had a wild and boisterous personality that made him a ...

From a Nike conference room in Oregon to a late-night movie session, the Black Mamba story is far stranger than most fans realize. It was born from chaos, reinvention, and a fear of snakes that ...

Nike initially built a “Black Mamba” campaign around Michael Jordan for the Air Jordan 19, inspired by its snakeskin-like design. Jordan never embraced the identity, and the nickname later became ...

"So I can't say nothing to him?" - Isaiah Thomas recalls being warned not to talk trash to Kobe Bryant Isaiah recalls learning that talking trash to Kobe Bryant was considered a dangerous mistake ...

One of basketball’s most iconic nicknames and built-in marketing campaigns could have belonged to a different NBA legend altogether. Nike executive Gentry Humphrey, who’s currently the vice president ...

New Lakers guard Jaden Hardy says that he's inspired by the "Mamba Mentality" of the late great Kobe Bryant.

Remember the 1998 movie “Sliding Doors“? It represents how minor, coincidental or inconsequential actions can lead to major, life-changing consequences. The “what if …” or parallel universe phenomenon ...

Long before the world connected the words Black Mamba to Kobe Bryant, the identity was sitting inside a Nike conference room, wrapped around a prototype shoe meant for Michael Jordan. It started with ...

Kobe Bryant’s “Black Mamba” moniker has become one of the most popular nicknames in sports history, but it was originally meant to be Michael Jordan’s. An ESPN story confirmed a longstanding rumor ...