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FRIDAY'S BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS:NBA: Atlanta at Boston, 7:30 p.m. (NBCSB)AROUND THE WEB:
-- The public memorial service for Kobe Bryant has been set for the very appropriate date of Feb. 24.
The Staples Center will host the service, which comes after weeks of tributes to Bryant and his daughter Gianna, who were killed in a helicopter crash on Jan. 26.
Memorials created by the public around Los Angeles were cleaned up recently and over a thousand basketballs were among the items dedicated to Bryant and Gianna.
We began the cleanup at 4am @LALIVE XBox Plaza and we have now boxed 1353 basketballs dedicated to Kobe and Gianna. Truly amazing the outpouring of love from the City of Angels in honor of the 9 who lost their lives 1/26/20 pic.twitter.com/MUN21LNupH
— Lee Zeidman (@LeeZeidman) February 3, 2020Cleanup continues and we have filled a full 40 yard roll off trash bin with flowers. These we be made into mulch and spread throughout the landscaping around @LALIVE and @STAPLESCenter so that the love all of the fans brought to LA Live lives on. pic.twitter.com/kB5XlGSYw5
— Lee Zeidman (@LeeZeidman) February 3, 2020Staples Center begins cleanup of Kobe Bryant memorial - National Basketball Association News - https://t.co/A1YY4Y99fV pic.twitter.com/4RDBVOPTOH
— Los Angeles Sports News (@Lakers_newsnow) February 3, 2020-- Eli Manning is kicking off his retirement the right way: with a round of golf at Pebble Beach.
Manning, who retired from the NFL last month, played in the pro-am with his brother Peyton, along with Luke Donald and Kevin Chappell.
Eli Manning, Peyton Manning and the 'atomic wedgie'.(After listening, just try getting the image out of your head)pic.twitter.com/j9w7WTfYlB
— Ralph Vacchiano (@RVacchianoSNY) February 7, 2020And Aaron Rodgers, who walked in one of his putts.
Aaron Rodgers walked it in at the @attproam pic.twitter.com/UNJM0dXixm
— GOLFonCBS (@GOLFonCBS) February 6, 2020QUOTE OF THE DAY: "While there is some familiarity with Flores and Ross, there's a lot of unknowns with Miami. Its biggest allure is the potential to add pieces with all the money it has to spend, but is that something Miami wants to do? The Dolphins seemed to be building something beginning last season and adding Brady and others would be a shift in mentality. Miami doesn't seem to make a whole lot of sense right now." -- Ryan Hannable, on why Tom Brady will not go to the Dolphins
