Nike Launches "Mamba Week"

This will be the first time that the Bryant Family and the rest of the world will celebrate the basketball legend's birthday since his killed in a helicopter crash in January -- and Nike proposes that we do it in style! "Mamba Week" will kickoff on August 23rd,Kobe Bryant's birthday. They'll be releasing Lakers jerseys displaying both numbers he wore during his career, number-eight and 24, and his Kobe-five Protro's -- which were the sneakers he wore through-out the 2009-10 NBA season. The major brand will also donate $1 million to Kobe's Mamba and Mambacita Sports Foundation.