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Italian town where Bryant played as a kid mourns — again

by AP Sports Writer
| January 27, 2020 8:05 AM

ROME (AP) — For a city already familiar with losing a basketball hero, Kobe Bryant’s death made a particularly strong impact in the Italian town of Rieti.

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