Posted in NEWS How Sports Academy changed following Kobe and Gianna Bryant’s passing January 25, 2021 Kobe Bryant launched The Mamba Sports Academy in 2018 in a venture with Chad Faulkner. But the facility was forced to change after Bryant’s death. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~/642636688/0/usatoday-newstopstories~How-Sports-Academy-changed-following-Kobe-and-Gianna-Bryants-passing/