Michael Jordan on Kobe Bryant's death: 'Words can't describe the pain I'm feeling'

Posted Jan 26, 2020
The death of Kobe Bryant at age 41 stunned the basketball world and beyond after the NBA icon died in a helicopter crash Sunday in Calabasas, California. Bryant’s 13-year-old daughter was reportedly among the nine who perished in the crash. “Words can’t describe the pain I’m feeling,” Michael Jordan wrote as he described Bryant as “like a little brother to me.” (Yahoo! Sports)

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