Summer Olympics in Beijing LeBron James once said, "I thought I was famous until I got here with Kobe." The Black Mamba's legacy lives on in the hearts of fans and collectors.

As many have noted, Kobe has long sought to cultivate an identity as the game's most maniacal, focused and diligent worker. All that rigorous study and craft-honing mattered a great deal to the ...

Kobe Bryant lived through the villain's arc ... Here, we look at his most-graded cards, all of them rookie cards, so we see a young star-in-the-making. All information has been sourced from ...