NBA传奇球星科比坠机遇难，年仅41岁
Basketball legend Kobe Bryant, 41, died Sunday morning in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, sources confirm to CNN.
美国有线电视新闻网通过消息确认，41岁的篮球传奇巨星科比·布莱恩特于26日上午在加利福尼亚州南部卡拉巴萨斯市发生的直升机坠毁事故中丧生。
Bryant's 13-year-old daughter Gianna Maria Onore Bryant was also killed.
科比13岁的女儿吉安娜·玛利亚·奥诺尔·布莱恩特也一起遇难。
直升机失事地点 图源：洛杉矶时报
这起坠机事故发生在美国太平洋时间上午10时左右，地点位于洛杉矶市区以东约50公里处。
在稍后举行的新闻发布会上，当地警方称机上共9人遇难，无人生还。官方并未透露遇难者身份。
Bryant was among the passengers traveling onboard the helicopter. Nine people died in the crash, including the pilot, said Alex Villanueva, the Los Angeles County sheriff, during a news conference. No one survived the crash, Los Angeles County Fire Department Chief Daryl Osby said. Officials did not identify the victims.
据报道，科比父女二人原计划乘直升机前往科比位于加州千橡市（Thousand Oaks）的曼巴篮球学院（Mamba Academy），参加中午的一场篮球训练活动。原计划吉安娜将在比赛中上场，科比作为教练指导。
Bryant and his daughter were expected at the Mamba Sports Academy in Thousand Oaks for a basketball game scheduled for noon Sunday. Gianna was expected to play in the game and Bryant was expected to coach, according to Lady Mavericks team director Evelyn Morales.
湖人队官方在社交媒体上确认了这一噩耗：“我们可以确认，科比·布莱恩特今日因直升飞机事故去世，整个湖人大家庭希望支持他的家庭和朋友。安息吧，科比。”
在科比20年的传奇篮球生涯中，他随湖人队5夺NBA总冠军，18次入选NBA全明星阵容，荣膺1次常规赛MVp、2次总决赛MVP、4次全明星赛MVP，与鲍勃·佩蒂特并列NBA历史第一。
Bryant played for 20 years with the Los Angeles Lakers and is considered one of the best basketball players of all time. He won five NBA championships, was an 18-time All-Star and is fourth on the NBA’s all-time scoring list.
科比遇难的消息令球迷悲痛不已 图源：洛杉矶时报
2016年4月14日，科比在职业生涯最后一场主场对阵爵士的常规赛后宣布退役。
在退役前，他曾写下一份给篮球的深情告白。
今天，我们再次回顾这首诗，与科比道别。
Dear Basketball,
亲爱的篮球：
From the moment
I started rolling my dad's tube socks
And shooting imaginary
从我第一次
卷起父亲的筒形短袜
开始想象
Game-winning shots
In the Great Western Forum
I knew one thing was real:
自己置身于大西部论坛球馆
命中绝杀球时
我就清楚知道：
I fell in love with you.
我深深地爱上了你。
A love so deep I gave you my all —
From my mind & body
To my spirit & soul.
一种深切的爱，我为你倾其所有——
从我的思想和身体
到我的精神和灵魂。
As a six-year-old boy
Deeply in love with you
I never saw the end of the tunnel.
I only saw myself
Running out of one.
六岁的我
深深地爱着你
我从来没有看见过隧道的尽头。
我只看到我自己
用力朝尽头奔跑。
And so I ran.
I ran up and down every court
After every loose ball for you.
You asked for my hustle
我就这样不停地奔跑。
我在每一个球场上来回奔跑
为了你去追逐每一个地板球。
你渴望我的拼抢
I gave you my heart
Because it came with so much more.
我把我的心交给你
因为你给我的更多更多。
I played through the sweat and hurt
Not because challenge called me
But because YOU called me.
I did everything for YOU
Because that's what you do
When someone makes you feel as
Alive as you've made me feel.
我在球场流尽血汗、一身伤病
并不是因为挑战呼唤我
而是因为你呼唤我。
我做的一切都是为了你
因为这正是你为我所做的
我们让彼此
感觉到生命力。
You gave a six-year-old boy his Laker dream
And I'll always love you for it.
But I can't love you obsessively for much longer.
This season is all I have left to give.
My heart can take the pounding
My mind can handle the grind
But my body knows it's time to say goodbye.
你给了一个六岁男孩他的湖人梦想
为此我将永远爱你。
但是我无法再痴迷地爱你更久。
这个赛季是我献给你的绝唱。
我的心脏能够承受打击
我的思想能够经受磨砺
但是我的身体知道是时候说再见了。
And that's OK.
I'm ready to let you go.
I want you to know now
So we both can savor every moment we have left together.
The good and the bad.
We have given each other
All that we have.
这样也好。
我已经准备好让你走。
我希望现在让你知道
这样我们都可以尽情地享受剩下的每一刻。
无论好的坏的。
我们已经给了
对方各自的所有。
And we both know, no matter what I do next
I'll always be that kid
With the rolled up socks
Garbage can in the corner
:05 seconds on the clock
Ball in my hands.
5 … 4 … 3 … 2 … 1
我们都知道，无论下一步我做什么
我将永远是那个孩子
将袜子卷成篮球
瞄准角落垃圾桶
倒数五秒
球在我的手里。
5…4…3…2…1
Love you always,
永远爱你的，
Kobe
科比
RIP，科比。
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来源：洛杉矶时报 CNN 纽约时报
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