Doc Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 Every great athlete in sports history it seems has had a reporter sidekick. Muhammad Ali had Howard Cossell, Michael Jordan had Ahmad Rashad and Kobe Bryant has Cabbie. If you haven't heard of Cabbie, that's OK. He's not on U.S. television. He's a cable television personality in Canada who has somehow driven around L.A. with Bryant in a limo, flown with him to practice on his personal helicopter and changed the way an entire country views one of the most enigmatic personalities in sports. Cabbie, whose real name is Cabral Richards, first met Bryant in December 2005 when the Lakers were in Toronto to play the Raptors. "I was doing a piece on bandwagon fans so I went up to him with a pad of paper and asked how he felt about bandwagon fans and asked him to draw a bandwagon for me," Cabbie said. "He said, 'I can't draw, I suck.' At the end of the interview I said 'I'm going to be in L.A. in a couple months would you mind if I stayed at the guest house in Casa de Bryant' and he said OK." The trip took about 20 minutes and was filmed for Cabbie's popular segment on The Score, "Cabbie on the Street." During the trip, Bryant said the helicopter cost him about as much as his Ferrari California ($250,000) and saves him over an hour of travel time a day so he can spend more time with his kids. He said he drives from his home in Newport Beach to John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana where a helicopter takes him to LAX for practices or to a helipad on top of an office building in Downtown L.A. for games. In either case, a driver is waiting for him to take him to the practice facility or Staples Center. http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/columns/story?id=4943698 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jammin Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 Cabbie and Kobe are bff's. You can see that Kobe truly likes him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Check my Stats Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 They have had this relationship for a while, everytime Cabbie hooks up with Kobe something funny comes of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Universe Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 Cabbie is Kobe's new Denver but you can't call the willing rape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BasX Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 Can't lie, this has made me like Kobe more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owner Real Deal Posted March 1, 2010 Owner Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 First five posts, all Canadians. I'll delete this if a different Canadian posts after this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted March 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 Here is someKobe and Cab. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0SUBvws25k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3MZXz2id8c http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdwY2IbJkuQ http://video.thescore.com/watch/cabbie-and-kobe-2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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