Wednesday is officially 'Kobe Bryant Day' in Los Angeles
Did you really think Kobe Bryant's retirement tour would end with his final game?
This thing could drag on until the end of time, baby.
The Los Angeles City Council officially declared this Wednesday to be "Kobe Bryant Day" in honor of the Lakers icon four months after he went for 60 points in an unforgettable final performance.
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Wednesday's date is Aug. 24 -- also known as 8/24. Eight and 24 are the two numbers Bryant wore during his 20-year NBA career after leaping to the pros straight from high school. See what the city council did there?
"Among his astonishing list of accomplishments, Kobe Bryant's 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers ranks him No. 1 all-time for NBA players who played for a single franchise, and 'Kobe Bryant Day' is the City of Los Angeles' way of thanking him for his single-minded dedication to excellence, the fans and the entire City and region of Los Angeles," L.A. City Councilman Jose Huizar said in a press release.
Bryant will be honored at City Hall on Wednesday for his basketball success and community work. Also this week, Bryant opened a venture capital fund. Retirement seems chill.
Sam Laird is Mashable's Senior Sports Reporter. He covers the wide, weird world of sports from all angles -- as well as occasional other topics -- from Mashable's San Francisco bureau. Before joining Mashable in November 2011, his freelance work appeared in publications including the New York Times, New York Times Magazine, Slam, and East Bay Express. Sam is a graduate of UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz, and basketball and burritos take up most of his spare time. Follow him on Twitter @samcmlaird.
