Michael Jordan says he didn't see Kobe Bryant as his rival for the mythical honor of being recognized as the best basketball player ever. Instead, he came to love Bryant as the little brother he never had, and as a student eager to learn from Jordan's experiences and skills. Jordan broke into tears with those words during a moving speech about his largely unpublicized friendship with Bryant, who died along with his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven others in a helicop

The widow of former L.A. Lakers star Kobe Bryant is reportedly filing a wrongful death lawsuit after her husband and daughter Gianna were killed in a helicopter crash. TMZ says Vanessa Bryant's lawsuit claims the helicopter never should been placed in the peril it was in before the crash on January 26th. Seven others perished in the crash in Southern California, including the pilot. Island Express owned the doomed helicopter, which came down in thick fog in Calabasas. The law