The sports world remembers Kobe and Gianna Bryant one year after their tragic deaths

How the sports world is paying tribute to them one year later.

One year ago on Tuesday, the world lost Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna, along with seven others.

Many personalities from the sports world are using their social media accounts to pay tribute — current and former NBA and WNBA players, NFL stars, and so many more.

We’ve collected a bunch of them here and will add to them throughout the day, and that doesn’t include what Vanessa Bryant posted on Instagram early Tuesday morning, which was a beautiful letter written to her by one of Gianna’s best friends.

Here are some of the tributes we saw from around social media:

Here’s a statement from New York Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu — who was is close with the Bryant family — to Yahoo Sports:

I carry Kobe and Gigi with me every day and honor their legacies through my dedication to the game. I wake up every day grateful for the platform I’ve been given and I strive to lead by example and serve as a role model for young people and especially girls to pursue sports — a platform Kobe and Gigi were passionate about. I saw the way he supported his family and his constant advocacy for women’s basketball. His encouragement and promotion of equality in sports along with his Mamba Mentality is what motivates me today.

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Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving showed up in a Kobe jersey on Monday night:

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