"He was the policeman who ran toward the 9/11 terrorist attack" - Sam Smith says Kobe Bryant was the only superstar who wanted to fill MJ's shoes in Chicago

The Chicago Bulls went into a long decline after Michael Jordan 's team broke up following "The Last Dance." With Jordan ...

Sam Smith Q&A: 'While other great players ran away from the Jordan shadow, Kobe ran to it'

Smith recently sat down with HoopsHype to discuss his new book, Masters of the Game: A Conversational History of the NBA in ...

"I thought that's pretty good, but that's not going to win the NBA" - Jerry West detailed young Kobe Bryant torch Lakers stars in practice

True to form, Bryant proved to West that he didn't come to the NBA to be known as just another prep-to-pro prodigy. He came ...

A Hollywood ending? Inside the final days of LeBron James in Los Angeles

A new book explores how an all-time great and a world famous franchise handle the waning of a monumental career ...