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Sports academy to honour Kobe Bryant by dropping the name ‘Mamba’

Sep 29, 2014; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant (24) answers questions during media day at the team practice facility in El Segundo [Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports]

The Mamba Sports Academy will drop the name ‘Mamba’ in honour of departed NBA star Kobe Bryant, media in the US reports. 

In a statement seen on Tuesday, the academy explained why it was dropping the name. 

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