The 'Black mamba" mentality is embraced from playgrounds to boardrooms. CNN takes a look at Kobe Bryant's relentless drive and pursuit of greatness.

Slay was traded to the Eagles months after Bryant's death and made it clear that the jersey choice was in honor of the fallen legend. "I'm going Kobe mode, man — Black Mamba, baby," Slay said ...

Sunday will mark five years since Los Angeles Lakers icon Kobe ... Bryant wore when representing the U.S. After Bryant’s death, Tatum got a tattoo on his left leg of the No. 24 in black Mamba ...

SoCal murals honor Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, who died four years ago in ... The design started with the black mamba (the snake). I wanted the snake to be wrapping around the portrait of Kobe ...

“Kobe: The Making of a Legend,” a new three-part docuseries from the CNN Originals department, is not hagiography. It is a clear-eyed look at Kobe Bryant the basketball player driven by ...

On the other hand, Kobe Bryant won five championships along with 18 All-Star nominations. Melo retired from professional basketball on May 22, 2023, while the Black Mamba hung up his boots on ...

Five years ago, Kobe ... of defenders on Bryant, but none of Quentin Richardson, Chris Dun, Wilson Chandler or Jared Jeffries proved to be effective in stopping The Black Mamba.

“Kobe: The Making of a Legend,” chronicles the private story of the unseen forces that propelled the late Kobe Bryant’s rise ... behind the man with the Black Mamba mentality — attacking ...

When Kobe Bryant ... friends argue that Bryant used the negative attention he received to fuel his rise to even greater heights and helped inspire the ferocious “Black Mamba” nickname he ...