RIP Kobe Bryant

The ABC affiliate in LA is reporting Bryant dead as well.

 

LBJ wore shoes last night on which he hand-wrote, "Mamba for Life"



Weird.

 

The ESPN family of networks isn't touching this. The local ABC affiliate in LA has confirmed. You'd think that would be good enough to compel them to go live on, say, ESPN News, or to put it on the crawl. Nope.
ESPN: Pro Bowl. Can't bump the NFL. I get that.
ESPN News: UFC Unleashed. I'm not kidding. I mean, it's ESPN News. I know it's not what it used to be, but isn't this the perfect place for such things instead of a promotional program?
ESPNU: Live women's basketball game. Wouldn't expect any live game to be bumped.
ESPN2: The X Games. The Fucking X Games.

You've got two networks you can use for this. Two.
So far, none has put it on a crawl.

 

If he would have been in jail, he wouldn’t have died in a helicopter crash.

 

If Woj is reporting it, I'm shocked the four letter isn't breaking programming. Shocking.

 

Watch CBS Md v Indiana and not a mention

 

Cool take, bro.

 

This is one of those instances where it’s better for me to just say nothing. But yeah, if there are great stories to share about him, then please have at it.

 

Meanwhile, nothing on ESPN, and ESPNEWS, whose SOLE FUNCTION SHOULD BE COVERING NEWS, is showing an old UFC fight.

 

Killed aboard an S-76, which is a bad-ass, usually safe ride.

Sikorsky S-76® Helicopter

 

And at 3 pm, ESPN News goes into another UFC promotional program.