Dearica Hamby still smiles at the memory of Kobe Bryant sitting courtside at WNBA games. She had met him years ago. He came to see her old team, the Las Vegas Aces, play all the time. “I think one of the first things he told me was that I could play defense,

The Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback and his wife Ciara are close to the Bryant family and he shared some healing words on this tough day.