The Mamba Sports Academy has announced it will retire the "Mamba" in its name.
The academy added the nickname to its title in 2018 after Lakers legend Kobe Bryant and Sports Academy CEO Chad Faulkner. Mamba derived from Bryant's nickname "The Black Mamba."
"Like tens of millions of fans around the globe, Sports Academy's world drastically changed on January 26, 2020," the academy said in a statement. "Today, with respect for an unparalleled legacy, the Academy will retire the "Mamba" in the Mamba Sports Academy name–to raise it to the rafters, where it belongs. In doing so, Sports Academy will carry on the vision it curated during that special partnership.