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Tampa Bay Rays News and Links: Sporting world mourns the loss of Kobe Bryant

The death of Kobe Bryant and his daughter in a helicopter cross rocked the sporting world.

Also dying in the crash was popular juco baseball coach John Altobelli of Orange Coast College. Alotbelli’s wife and daughter, a teammate of Bryant’s daughter, also died in the crash.

Kobe Bryant’s 13-year-old daughter is among the nine killed in Sunday’s helicopter crash. Orange Coast College head baseball coach John Altobelli, along with his wife and daughter, were also killed. https://t.co/R0RP9iwDbl pic.twitter.com/q9lyoExYhq

— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 27, 2020

Teams around the NBA took 24 second shot clock violations at the start of their games to remember Bryant.