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This article captures the polarity of last night's celebration and basketball;
“The first time they were at a game, you know the old saying, she was like a little kid, looking up at our players,” Auriemma said. “You could just see the look in her eyes. She was just so excited. Now imagine the absurdity of that. Your father is Kobe Bryant, and the most excited you’ve been in a long time is being around college women’s basketball players. But that’s what it meant to her. That is what she aspired to be.”
"No, it just wasn’t supposed to be like this. What long figured to be a really cool night wasn’t supposed to end with Team USA’s Katie Lou Samuelson pausing to collect herself, tears welling up and about to roll down her face as she spoke about a young life extinguished.
“She was ... great,” Samuelson, who spent as much time with the Bryants as any current or former UConn player, said of Gianna. “She was shy the first time we met her, and slowly, each time, she was more and more outgoing. On the court, she was a different person. She was a monster. She was mean. She had an attitude just like [Kobe] did. She was just a beautiful soul and a beautiful person that I was lucky enough to meet and get to know.”
www.courant.com
Fine piece by Mike Anthony.
“The first time they were at a game, you know the old saying, she was like a little kid, looking up at our players,” Auriemma said. “You could just see the look in her eyes. She was just so excited. Now imagine the absurdity of that. Your father is Kobe Bryant, and the most excited you’ve been in a long time is being around college women’s basketball players. But that’s what it meant to her. That is what she aspired to be.”
"No, it just wasn’t supposed to be like this. What long figured to be a really cool night wasn’t supposed to end with Team USA’s Katie Lou Samuelson pausing to collect herself, tears welling up and about to roll down her face as she spoke about a young life extinguished.
“She was ... great,” Samuelson, who spent as much time with the Bryants as any current or former UConn player, said of Gianna. “She was shy the first time we met her, and slowly, each time, she was more and more outgoing. On the court, she was a different person. She was a monster. She was mean. She had an attitude just like [Kobe] did. She was just a beautiful soul and a beautiful person that I was lucky enough to meet and get to know.”
Mike Anthony: From a dedicated jersey to symbolic gestures, presence of Kobe and Gianna Bryant felt at UConn exhibition against Team USA
It was, in a superficial sense, exactly as billed. UConn shared the XL Center court with the U.S. women’s national team Monday night, and what an incredible basketball moment it was, a gather…
www.courant.com
Fine piece by Mike Anthony.
