Italy, where Kobe Bryant grew up, will mourn the basketball player's death for a full week. Every pro team in all levels of basketball will pay homage to Kobe with a moment of silence in every game for seven days, the Italian basketball federation said.
Every professional team in all levels of basketball will pay homage to Kobe with a moment of silence in every game for seven days, the Italian basketball federation said. Italian Basketball Federation's president Giovanni Petrucci told CNN,"We are shocked and saddened by what happened to him and his daughter Gianna and we hold his family close to our hearts in this moment of sorrow.
Read MoreBryant spoke Italian fluently, and played most days of the week on the city's youth team Cantine Riunite, named for a local winemaker of the region's sparkling red lambrusco -- an experience he famously credited as formative for his skills on the court. Kobe Bryant saw his daughter Gianna as the heir to his legacy"He was obviously already really good. We had a strong team, but he was better than all of us.
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