The Death of Kobe Bryant, Basketball's Great Storyteller

Bryant, who died on Sunday, could seem aware of his own personal mythology. But, as his career progressed, he became more expansive about the narrative power of sports, its ability to transform an inner struggle into an outer one.
Louisa Thomas writes on the narrative power of Kobe Bryant, who died, along with his thirteen-year-old daughter Gianna, in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, on Sunday.

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