Kobe Bryant Achilles Injury | Journey of Returning to NBA Basketball

Kobe Bryant gives an update on his Achilles injury. He reveals it’s mostly just old age physical problems that he’s dealing with. This interview by Dave McMenamin is from December 4, 2013.

Excerpt from ‘Vanessa Bryant Celebrates 'Sweet' Daughter Bianka's 6th Birthday: 'We Love You So Much'’ article by Shafiq Najib:

Vanessa Bryant is celebrating another trip around the sun for her daughter Bianka Bella.

On Monday, the mom of four shared a carousel of photos on Instagram featuring Bianka — whom she shares with late husband Kobe Bryant — as well as a selfie of the pair in honor of her daughter's 6th birthday.

"Happy 6th Birthday sweet Bianka Bella! We love you so much baby! Xoxo ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😘 😘😘 🎂 🎉🥳🎁," she wrote in the caption.

A slew of Vanessa's celebrity friends also wished Bianka a happy birthday in the comments section. "We love you so much Princess BB!!❤️" wrote Ciara, while Rachel Zoe said, "Angel babes." Tia Mowry simply commented, "HBD 🎉🎊."

Vanessa's oldest child Natalia Bryant, 19, also commented on the post, writing, "Woohoo!!! Happy Birthday Bb❤️❤️."

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Everyone talks about how the Achilles injury ended Kobe’s time of playing great basketball consistently. But not enough people give Kobe credit for not letting that end his career, and grinding to return.