Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bryant was a famous basketball player with the ______ 

• Los Angeles Dodgers.

• Los Angeles Angeles

• Los Angeles Rams

• Los Angeles Chargers

• Los Angeles Lakers

Kobe Bryant played guard for the Los Angeles Lakers for ____ years.

• 5

• 10

• 15

• 20

Kobe was born in ______on August 23, 1978. 

• • Los Angeles, California

• • Rome, Italy

• • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

When Bryant was six, his father retired from the NBA and moved his family to Rieti in ________to continue playing professional basketball. 

• • California

• • Italy

• • Pennsylvania

• Spain

• Portugal

Kobe has a hard time in Italy. He never learned the language and had a hard time communicating with the Italian people. 

• True

• False

Bryant began to play baseball seriously while living in Italy, learning the game from videos his grandfather sent. 

• True

• False

Kobe attended Lower Merion High School in a suburb of ______

• New York

• Boston

• Philadelphia

• Rome

Kobe was a standout basketball player and earned several awards including the ______High School Player of the Year.

• • Grambling

• • Heisman

• • Jordan

• • Naismith

Kobe decided not to attend college and went straight into professional basketball.

• True

• False

Kobe played four years at UCLA before becoming a professional basketball player.

• True

• False