Vanessa Bryant, widow of Kobe Bryant, to receive special honour during Super Bowl

Vanessa Bryant, the widow of late NFL legend Kobe Bryant, will be recognized as one of the leading women in sports at an event during Super Bowl week.

Bryant – the widow of Kobe Bryant - will be honoured at the third annual Sports Power Brunch: Celebrating the Most Powerful Women in Sports on Feb. 8 in Beverly Hills, California.

She will receive the “Be Your Own Champion Award” for her leadership through the Mamba & Mambacita Sports Foundation, the Sports Power Brunch organization said in a statement Tuesday.

The organization was founded to create a positive impact for underserved child athletes, in honour of her husband Kobe and daughter Gianna “Gigi” Bryant, who died in the helicopter crash that also killed seven others in 2020.

Other women in sports honourees include Los Angeles Sparks senior vice president Natalie White, EAG Sports management CEO Denise White and Terri Hines, executive vice president of communications at FOX Sports. - AP