Sports News of Tuesday, 28 January 2020
Source: www.mynigeria.com
A petition to change the face of the official NBA logo to the image of late Kobe Bryant has been signed by more than a million people.
The news of Bryant's death took the world by surprise on Sunday. He is considered to be one of the greatest basketball players in the game's history
Kobe a.k.a. Black Mamba and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna were among nine people killed in a helicopter crash in California.
The current logo was designed by Alan Siegel, and features the silhouette of another great LA Lakers player Jerry West, who is 81 years old.
Writing on Change.org, the petition's founder Nick M said: "With the untimely and unexpected passing of the great Kobe Bryant please sign this petition in an attempt to immortalise him forever as the new NBA logo."
Supporters have also tweeted their own versions of the logo, mocked up with Bryant's silhouette.
No disrespect to Jerry West but I think it’s time they change that #NBA Logo pic.twitter.com/1Gbr85amQa
— ???? AM . . (@too_smooth25) January 26, 2020