How Philly Learned To Love Kobe (Rebroadcast)
The Lead
Wondery
3.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 26 January 2021
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
A year ago today, Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and seven other people were killed in a tragic helicopter crash outside of Los Angeles. In remembrance of that tragedy, we’re re-broadcasting an episode that originally aired in February of last year, three weeks after Kobe’s death. Reporter Michael Lee, who covers the NBA and lives in Philadelphia, joined us to talk about how the city helped make Kobe the competitor that he was, but didn’t show him much love until the very end.
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| 0:40.3 | A year ago today, Kobe Bryant, his daughter, Gianna, and seven other people died in a tragic |
| 0:45.6 | helicopter crash outside of Los Angeles. |
| 0:48.3 | Today, in remembrance of that tragedy, we're re-broadcasting an episode that originally aired |
| 0:53.0 | in February of last year. |
| 0:55.6 | Reporter Michael Lee, who covered the NBA for the athletic and lives in Philadelphia, joined |
| 1:00.8 | us to talk about how the city helped make Kobe the competitor that he was, but didn't show |
| 1:06.0 | him much love until the very end. |
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| 1:12.5 | And I'm Anders Keltow. |
| 1:13.5 | It's Tuesday, January 26th, and this is The Lead. |
| 1:20.2 | So Michael, a lot of famous people have come from Philly, and they're publicly honored |
| 1:24.4 | there, right? |
| 1:25.4 | Like, there are murals for Will Smith and John Coltrane and Patty LeBel, but that's not |
| 1:31.4 | the case with Kobe. |
| 1:32.4 | Yeah, there's none of that for Kobe. |
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