Online images have surfaced for the Kobe Bryant inspired Nike Air Force 1 Low ‘Persian Violet' and they are fire. I have recently had an up and down relationship with Nike’s best-selling sneaker.

When talking about basketball legends ... The world will never have answers to these questions, but it is safe to say, if Kobe Bryant had played, it would have been one hell of a March Madness.

Bryant's death sent shockwaves throughout the world, with basketball stars left stunned by the news. “Laker Nation, the game of basketball & our city, will never be the same without Kobe ...