Kobe Bryant´s Brilliant, Flawed, Maddeningly Driven Genius
(WorldNews Entertainment)

I´m staring at a computer screen, watching the tweets about Kobe Bryant in a state of abject shock and horror. Even as the reports are confirmed, I keep clinging to some vague hope that the life of one of the greatest players in NBA history didn´t end early Sunday morning. But it´s there, confronting me and basketball fans all over the world like some kind of horrible sucking nullity. Bryant´s Sikorsky S-76 helicopter reportedly crashed into a hillside near Calabasas, California at 9:47 a.m. PT. None of the nine people on board survived, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff´s Department. As I´m writing this, TMZ confirmed that one of the passengers was Bryant´s daughter Gianna Maria...