EditorialPhotos, flowers and other items brought to a makeshift memorial for Kobe Bryant outside Bryant Gymnasium at Lower Merion High school, where Bryant was a student, in Ardmore, Pa., Jan. 28, 2020. (Michelle Gustafson/The New York Times)
EditorialA memorial for Kobe Bryant outside Lower Merion High School in Ardmore, Pa., on Tuesday night, Jan. 28, 2020. (Michelle Gustafson/The New York Times)
EditorialA makeshift memorial on Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, for basketball legend Kobe Bryant, who died in a helicopter crash in California on Sunday, outside his alma mater, Lower Merion High School in Ardmore, Pa. (Hannah Yoon/The New York Times)
EditorialA makeshift memorial on Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, for basketball legend Kobe Bryant, who died in a helicopter crash in California on Sunday, outside his alma mater, Lower Merion High School in Ardmore, Pa. (Hannah Yoon/The New York Times)