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Kobe Bryant killed in helicopter crash

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  • #32
    jack presley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,687 ✭✭✭✭jack presley


    BoldReason wrote: »
    Ya seems to be conflicting reports I'm going to remove that post for now.

    That's the problem with breaking news in 2020. You don't know what's true and what isn't. Reporters want to be the first to report something and a lot of time they jump the gun.


  • #33
    Odhinn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,960 ✭✭✭Odhinn


    "Two separate sources tell CNN that basketball legend Kobe Bryant, 41, died early Sunday morning in Los Angeles, CA."
    https://edition.cnn.com/us/live-news/kobe-bryant-dies-in-helicopter-crash/index.html


  • #34
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    RIP. An all-time great who elevated the stature of the game.


  • #35
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 92,394 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    RIP


  • #36
    MEGA BRO WOLF 5000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,885 ✭✭✭✭MEGA BRO WOLF 5000


    jack presley wrote: »
    That's the problem with breaking news in 2020. You don't know what's true and what isn't. Reporters want to be the first to report something and a lot of time they jump the gun.

    To be fair. We all know this. The second I saw “twitter” and “TMZ” I knew I’d to wait for it to be confirmed by a source that aren’t total and utter garbage scumbags.


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  • #37
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,227 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    BoldReason wrote: »
    Ya seems to be conflicting reports I'm going to remove that post for now.

    This is the problem now , all the outlets falling over themselves to report something first. They miss the initial news then run with any bit of hearsay that pops up on twitter in the hope of hitting something true.


  • #38
    jack presley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,687 ✭✭✭✭jack presley


    Hunky Monster wrote: »
    To be fair. We all know this. The second I saw “twitter” and “TMZ” I knew I’d to wait for it to be confirmed by a source that aren’t total and utter garbage scumbags.

    Yeah. TMZ is a rag but they seem to get deaths right most of the time.

    Latest is that the kids weren't on the flight. But again, who are the sources?

    https://twitter.com/AWainwrightTV/status/1221526799542255616


  • #39
    irishguitarlad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,871 ✭✭✭irishguitarlad


    Electrifying player. RIP.


  • #40
    Odhinn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,960 ✭✭✭Odhinn


    Seems definite now

    US basketball legend Kobe Bryant has been killed in a helicopter crash in California, US media report.
    Bryant was travelling in a private helicopter when it burst into flames above the city of Calabasas, according to the reports.


    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51256756


  • #41
    Dante7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,542 ✭✭✭Dante7


    Hunky Monster wrote: »
    To be fair. We all know this. The second I saw “twitter” and “TMZ” I knew I’d to wait for it to be confirmed by a source that aren’t total and utter garbage scumbags.

    I posted the OP, and to be fair, if you read through the original tweet it was quite clear that is was very likely true. I wouldn't have posted otherwise.


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  • #42
    DaveyDave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,604 ✭✭✭DaveyDave


    To be fair, as ****e as TMZ are, they don't get deaths wrong and they wouldn't put their reputation on the line with this one.


  • #43
    jack presley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,687 ✭✭✭✭jack presley


    Still, if it wasn't his kids, 3 other passengers and the pilot have lost their lives too. Equally as tragic.


  • #44
    Bobblehats
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,707 ✭✭✭Bobblehats


    Deleted User wrote: »
    RIP. An all-time great who elevated the stature of the game.

    Heightist


  • #45
    yerwanthere123
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,166 Mod ✭✭✭✭yerwanthere123


    Wow, that's a shock. Even if you know nothing about basketball you'll know who Kobe Bryant is, very sad.


  • #46
    ceadaoin.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,042 ✭✭✭ceadaoin.


    One outlet is reporting that his daughters were the passengers. I hope not, cant imagine what his wife is going through if that's the case.


  • #47
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 92,394 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    jack presley wrote: »
    Still, if it wasn't his kids, 3 other passengers and the pilot have lost their lives too. Equally as tragic.

    RIP All


  • #48
    Walter.White
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 451 ✭✭Walter.White


    SureYWouldntYa wrote: »
    Posts like this are just pathetic

    Yeah absolutely shocking. By all accounts he was foremost an amazing human being who inspired and helped millions of young people.


  • #49
    jack presley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,687 ✭✭✭✭jack presley


    yerwanthere123 wrote: »
    Wow, that's a shock. Even if you know nothing about basketball you'll know who Kobe Bryant is, very sad.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOm8yAkORPc


  • #50
    J. Marston
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,408 ✭✭✭✭J. Marston


    Here we go with people who probably say "Sportsball" thinking they're great when in reality they're gobshítes who feel the need to give a snide comment on something they have fúck all interest in.


  • #51
    Richard Hillman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,033 ✭✭✭✭Richard Hillman


    There are some media outlets saying his 4 daughters were on board but also say that 5 people were killed. Unless he was the pilot himself?

    The poor wife if that is all true.


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  • #52
    LessOutragePlz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,390 ✭✭✭LessOutragePlz


    He must have flown in a helicopter hundreds if not thousands of times absolutely shocking that, that was his last journey in one.

    RIP


  • #53
    Vital Transformation
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 434 ✭✭Vital Transformation


    LeBron James is just after passing him in the NBA all time scoring list. Kobe congratulated him on social media just a few hours before dying.


  • #54
    ceadaoin.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,042 ✭✭✭ceadaoin.


    Richard Hillman wrote: »
    There are some media outlets saying his 4 daughters were on board but also say that 5 people were killed. Unless he was the pilot himself?

    The poor wife if that is all true.

    Yes he was the pilot. I really hope it's not true that his daughters were also on board.


  • #55
    Walter.White
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 451 ✭✭Walter.White


    beejee wrote: »
    Exactly. Nobody else, absolutely nobody else, could pop a ball in a hoop like that. It inspires hope in humanity and literally billions of people on earth were inspired to one day also get hundreds of millions for bouncing a ball.

    Amazing.

    There's no point even replying to such a moronic post.


  • #56
    Always Tired
    Closed Accounts Posts: 945 ✭✭✭Always Tired


    beejee wrote: »
    He was a very tall person who put bouncy balls through hoops in exchange for hundreds of millions of euro.

    Where we go from here, I don't know. But if we group together and give a shoulder to lean on in this testing time, maybe, just maybe, we'll get through this.

    You obviously have no clue how big of a legend he was in the sporting world. Close to Michael Jordan. He would have been paid in dollars btw. Tho I suppose maybe you don't know what they are as your worldview seems quite limited.

    Oh and there are reports his 4 young daughters also died in the crash.

    Any more hilarious zingers to add?


  • #57
    gimli2112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,428 ✭✭✭✭gimli2112


    my fcuking heart
    the best 1v1 player ever


    aww man that's horrid, his kids died too?


  • #58
    ceadaoin.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,042 ✭✭✭ceadaoin.


    TMZ are reporting now that at least one of his daughters was on board. Terrible


  • #59
    8-10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,898 ✭✭✭✭8-10


    ceadaoin. wrote: »
    Yes he was the pilot.

    Awful stuff. Not that long since Roy Halladay died that way

    (not to suggest that Kobe was flying like Roy was but the fact he piloted it himself hits home the same way)


  • #60
    SharpshooterTom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,017 ✭✭✭SharpshooterTom


    Famously scored 81 points in a single game. Wilt Chamberlain holds the record (100) back in the 60s, for modern day Basketball that was unprecidented.


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  • #61
    BoldReason
    Closed Accounts Posts: 704 ✭✭✭BoldReason


    https://twitter.com/Adoughty88/status/1221530106579038208?s=19


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