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[Baron Davis @BaronDavis]

FOREVER 8♾️24 !!! You’re the greatest inspiration in our sport!! MAMBA 4LIFE. Miss you my dawg !! We gonna continue to honor you and Gigi 🐍♾️🤞🏾

[AC Milan @acmilan]

Forever loved, always missed. Kobe Bryant. 🐍⚫

#SempreKobe ❤️🖤

[Lakers Nation @LakersNation]

This Kobe tribute narrated by Morgan Freeman is exceptional. #MambaForever

(via @FOXLA)

[United Zone @ManUnitedZone]

♥️

[Manchester United @ManUtd]

The streets won't forget.

❤️ @LuisNani

#MUFC

[Manchester United @ManUtd]

In loving memory of Kath Phipps: friend, confidant and treasured colleague.

United will never be the same.

[Manchester United @ManUtd]

An adored member of the Manchester United family.

We are heartbroken to announce the passing of our beloved Kath Phipps ❤️

[Emirates FA Cup @EmiratesFACup]

Nemanja Vidic.

A Rolls Royce defender who became a staple in the reign of Sir Alex Ferguson's Red Devil empire, proving to be the best Christmas present @ManUtd fans could have asked for back in December 2005.

The dominant Serbian ensured that every forward knew about the commanding presence that towered behind them and that the time they spent on the pitch together would be a serious battle.

Whether he played home or away, for the 90 minutes of that game, the grass was owned by Vidic and Vidic only.

His pairing with the legendary Rio Ferdinand developed into one of the most formidable partnerships in football history, as the two became an impenetrable force.

A career that spanned 367 games across four countries and five teams, ultimately culminating in a one of a kind legacy.

There are millions of names in the footballing history books, there are millions of names still to be written.

But there will only ever be ONE Nemanja Vidic.

[NBA @NBA]

“Kobe was a close friend… we chatted a lot about the winner’s mentality.”

Novak Djokovic on honoring Kobe Bryant after winning his 24th major title. 💜💛

[@FaithWorks @FaithworksX]

Federico Biagini shared a touching memory on playing against an 11 year old Kobe.

"Hi kid,
I'm the guy in the white jersey in this picture, and it took me two days to process what has happened.

Hi kid, I was saying... To me you will forever be that nice kid at the Piattelli Trophy in Montecatini Terme in 1989: a scrawny kid with the longest legs, with lively eyes and a smile that would have, later, charmed not only basketball but the world as a whole.

A kid that one night, thirthy years ago, did something unique and unrepeatable: step on the court alongside your father "Billy Joe", with the "grown-ups" during the Finals of a summer tournament, with his jersey down to his knees and the shamelessness of Champions, even if you were only eleven. You tried to leave a mark on the game, to be a protagonist and not just an extra, like you would have done later and for the rest of your career. The Finals of a summer tournament, probably one of the most important tournaments at the time, played in Montecatini during the best years of basketball in Tuscany; on the court there were only adult players, from Serie A, Serie B, Serie C and Serie D; from Montecatini, Pistoia, Livorno, Siena and Florence: nobody wanted to lose, it was serious business...
Matters of local rivalries and honor, "italian suburbs" stuff, but feelings and emotions that you would have brought, with your immense talent, to basketball overseas.

"A kid on the court, how cute!", was the thought of the 1,000 people on the stands, among them your mother, that looks at you, entranced.
"A kid on the court, what a bore!", the athletes thought.
"What am I supposed to do now?", the thought of the man that had to guard you.
And that man, for better or for worse, was me, a mediocre player from the lower Tuscan divisions.
The kid catches the ball... And I tell myself "don't move, don't do anything... It's a kid!"

The kid shoots from 3... Nothing but net, the crowd goes wild, my teammates show signs of disapproval.
On the next play, the kid gets the ball again... I think "get closer, but don't raise your arms... It's a kid!"
The kid, careless, shoots again from 3... and he scores again! The crowd shouts again, my mates grumble again, my coach that didn't want to lose (nobody did) calls a timeout and demands me to defend.
We get back on the court.
Again the kid has the ball.
The whole arena wants the kid to shoot. And cheers him.
All my teammates want me to defend. And shout "don't let him shoot!"

"F- me" I think "what should I do now?" I get closer to the kid and with my eyes I try to tell him "don't do it, please"
No chance, he's got only sheer determination in his eyes (was the mamba mentality already there?)
The crowd is out of their minds: shoot! Shoot again!
I raise my arms without even looking at the kid.
As reckless as before, he takes the ball, bigger and heavier than him, and shoots it. Unintentionally and inevitably, I block the shot: what's his mother going to think about me?
The arena screams disappointed at me, my mates keep on playing like nothing ever happened...
I start laughing facing this tragicomical situation and tell the coach "either you bench me now or you're coming here and guard this kid!"

Right... The kid... That kid, that in a few years would have given to basketball so many emotions that nobody could ever imagine, including the best love letter, the best farewell that anyone has written.

Goodbye kid...
Now you'll make angels fall in love with basketball: every basket a divine "plan"!
Maybe one day we'll play again 1 on 1, and, without any doubt, you'll give me back that ridiculous block, while your daughter will watch us and laugh.
5...4...3...2...1...
Farewell, Kobe. It has been beautiful."

[UtdPlug @UtdPlug]

REMEMBER HIS NAME!!! 🇦🇷🔴

[KNagra @09nagra]

@wojespn Where

[Football Tweet ⚽ @Footballtweet]

🎂 Happy birthday to Nani, the man who took the piss out of Arsenal on a regular basis. 😮‍💨

🎥 @ManUtd

[Aidan Walsh 🔰 @AidanWalshMUFC]

Remember when they were calling this the best team in Premier League history?

They won 1 league title...

[Toronto Blue Jays @BlueJays]

‼️Brown Munde‼️

Big thanks to the legend - AP Dhillon - for throwing tonight’s first pitch!

[KNagra @09nagra]

@ManUtd @Sanchooo10 #GlazersOut #GlazersSellNow

[Manchester United @ManUtd]

We are delighted to have reached an agreement in principle for the transfer of @Casemiro 🇧🇷

#MUFC

[💜Ruk @Miniruks]

I’m utterly bewildered. If we’re so cash strapped that we have to sell an academy graduate as promising as Garner how on earth did the Glazers take out dividends this year?! 😮‍💨

[KNagra @09nagra]

@StretfordPaddck We fucking suck