The public event was held at the Staples Center. The celebration was full of emotional moments, highlighted by the eulogy of his wife Vanessa Bryant who made her first public appearance since the tragic helicopter crash.

Kobe Bryant and his mother Pamela Bryant are fighting over money. She wants the same accommodations he has given his mother-in-law.

Basketball player Kobe Bryant and his wife Vanessa announced earlier in January their decision to not follow through with divorce proceedings and to give their marriage another chance, but wasa the decision based on their affections for one another or something else entirely?

Vanessa Bryant has responded to the criticism she received for saying that she "would not want to be married to somebody that can't win championships." Bryant, who is married to NFL player Kobe Bryant, released a statement on Aug. 17 exclusively to TMZ."I'm sad to hear that comments in my New York Magazine interview are being misconstrued and taken out of context. I have and will continue to support my husband's dreams," she said.