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RIP Kobe Bryant

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Driftwood, Jan 26, 2020.

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  1. Spartan Squad

    Spartan Squad Well-Known Member

    There's no denying what he did but there's also no denying what he meant to basketball. Call him a piece of shit all you want and no one will begrudge you. But just like sports fans should never forget Eagle, Colo., you should never forget he was more than that incident. He was important to the game and is the reason many are in the game.

    That said, retiring the number of someone who never played for you should be reserved to true renegades like Jackie Robinson. Kobe was great but he didn't shatter barriers he was Jordan 2.0.
     
    Spartan Squad, Jan 26, 2020
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  2. Driftwood

    Driftwood Well-Known Member

    As for the Grammys, the Run DMC/Aerosmith Walk This Way was quite satisfying.
     
    Driftwood, Jan 26, 2020
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  3. Spartan Squad

    Spartan Squad Well-Known Member

    Before my time but Lennon is on that list for the nonsports division.
     
    Spartan Squad, Jan 26, 2020
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  4. SoloFlyer

    SoloFlyer Well-Known Member

    I think Clemente is the only sports star whose death is comparable to Bryant's, due to the fact that they both had a large cross-cultural impact. Payne Stewart, Jose Fernandez and Dale Earnhardt were shocking - especially Earnhardt, because he had walked away from accidents that looked worse - but they didn't have the same pop culture resonance.

    Munich 1972 will forever be the most horrific for me (God, I hope nothing comes about that surpasses it) simply because of how global of an impact it had.
     
    SoloFlyer, Jan 26, 2020
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  5. CD Boogie

    CD Boogie Well-Known Member

    CD Boogie, Jan 26, 2020
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  6. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    poindexter, Jan 26, 2020
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  7. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

     
    Moderator1, Jan 26, 2020
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  8. CD Boogie

    CD Boogie Well-Known Member

    Sorry man; that’s awful.
     
    CD Boogie, Jan 26, 2020
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  9. CD Boogie

    CD Boogie Well-Known Member

    I don’t get this but maybe bc I’ve never been a pilot. Landing a plane in bad weather and needing to circle makes sense; why can’t you land a helicopter much easier?
     
    CD Boogie, Jan 26, 2020
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  10. WriteThinking

    WriteThinking Well-Known Member

    That was true for a lot of us. It changed everything about Bryant, and about being a fan of him. You couldn't be one, unless you like elephants, maybe.
     
    WriteThinking, Jan 26, 2020
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  11. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Hate to speculate, but having experience ...

    This likely is spatial disorientation. Which is what happened with my sister's family. As my uncle, a trained pilot, said at the time, imagine being in a huge closet that is completely dark. Zero light. Find your way 0ut safely without touching anything. It's what the NTSB found after a more-than-one-year investigation.

    And I'm assuming this was a highly trained pilot. My brother-in-law, pretty much, was not.
     
    MileHigh, Jan 26, 2020
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  12. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Fogged in. You lose your vision in terms of the horizon. What's up is really down. Let me dig up what was in the crash report of my sister's family. Not saying it's exactly the same thing. But possible similarities.
     
    MileHigh, Jan 26, 2020
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