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Mamba strike: Kobe Bryant (centre), who played for the Los Angeles Lakers, made a giant leap into the world of writing after he retired from the sport. Bryant was working with Brazilian author Paulo Coelho on a book when he died. (Victor Decolongon/Getty Images)

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Kobe Bryant wrote his own legacy

Few athletes have the penchant for storytelling that the Lakers legend had for much of his life

Luke Feltham