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Kobe Bean Bryant ( / ˈkoʊbi / KOH-bee; August 23, 1978 – January 26, 2020) was an American professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of basketball, Bryant won five NBA ...
Larry Bird became the first player to earn $5 million or more with a salary of $7,070,000 in the 1991–92 season. Magic Johnson became the first player to earn $10 million or more in the 94–95 season with a salary of $14,660,000. Patrick Ewing became the first player to earn $15 million or more in the 95–96 season with a salary of $18,724,000.
In 2006, Bryant scored a career-high 81 points against the Toronto Raptors, the second-highest number of points scored in a game in NBA history, [5] [6] behind only Wilt Chamberlain's 100 point performance, and highest output for a guard, as well as being the most points scored by an individual during a televised performance.
28. Kobe v. Hawks, November 1, 2009 41 points (15-29 FG), 8 rebounds, 5 steals, 10-11 FT. This was the Lakers' third game back as defending champions, having soundly beaten the Orlando Magic in ...
His salary was raised to a reported $450,000, nearly twice what Kuhn was paid. Just as Ueberroth was taking office, the Major League Umpires Union was threatening to strike the postseason. Ueberroth managed to arbitrate the disagreement and had the umpires back to work before the League Championship Series were over.
The 1977 Major League Baseball season saw the American League (AL) having its third expansion, as the Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays began play, with Seattle returning to the MLB fold after a seven-year absence when the Pilots relocated to Milwaukee to become the Brewers. However, the National League (NL) did not expand, remaining at 12 ...
Most stolen bases allowed: Mike Piazza, 155 (1996) [ 18] Highest caught-stealing %: Mike LaValliere, 72.73% (1993) [ 19] Most no-hitters caught: 2, Carlos Ruiz (2010) and Wilson Ramos (2015) ( List of Major League Baseball no-hitters) Both of Ruiz's no-hitters were by Roy Halladay; the second was in Game 1 of the National League Division Series ...
The 2020 Major League Baseball season began on July 23 and ended on September 27 with only 60 games amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.The full 162-game regular season was planned to begin on March 26, but the pandemic caused Major League Baseball (MLB) to announce on March 12 that the remainder of spring training was canceled and that the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two ...