Joe “Jellybean” Bryant, a Philadelphia basketball hero who died Monday at the age of 69, played eight seasons in the NBA and is best known as the father of the late basketball great Kobe Bryant.

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1973 — George Foreman knocks out Joe Frazier in the second round in ... of the Denver Broncos in the AFC title game. 2006 — Kobe Bryant scores a staggering 81 points — the second-highest ...