On April 26, 2006, Kobe Bryant announced his plan to change his jersey number from #8 to #24. At the time, Kobe was the biggest name in the league, finishing off an outstanding individual regular ...

During his storied 20-year NBA career, it seemed like just about everything late Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant touched eventually turned to gold. Five years after his tragic death in a ...

When Kobe Bryant made his NBA debut with the Los Angeles Lakers in 1996, his high school jersey No. 24 was taken by George McCloud, so the 18-year-old rookie settled for No. 8. Beginning in the ...

The late Kobe Bryant wore No. 8 the first 10 seasons of his career. Then he suddenly changed it to No. 24 during the 2006-07 season. At the time, Bryant said it was to show a sign of growth and ...

The only debate pertaining to the greatness of Kobe Bryant is which jersey number he was better in. He wore No. 8 for the first 10 seasons of his career before switching to No. 24 in 2006, and each ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Novak Djokovic couldn't think about No. 24 without thinking of Kobe Bryant. So after winning the U.S. Open on Sunday night for a historic 24th Grand Slam title, Djokovic put on a blue ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...

Wednesday was August 24, 8/24 in the U.S., and beforehand the City of Los Angeles declared it Kobe Bryant Day because of the two jersey numers he wore in his career (8 and 24). Which brings back a ...

Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, reacts after defeating Daniil Medvedev, of Russia, in the men's singles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary ...