ESPN anchor's story on 'girl dad' Kobe Bryant generates wave of social media tributes

Kobe Bryant has influenced not only basketball stars across the globe, but also proud fathers everywhere., along with his daughter, Gianna, and seven others.

In honor of Bryant's legacy, ESPN anchor Elle Duncan shared a personal story meeting Kobe backstage at an event in New York. Duncan was eight months pregnant at the time, prompting Bryant to immediately ask how she was doing and what she was having. Duncan said after telling Bryant she was having a girl, he high-fived her, saying"girls are the best." She then asked Bryant – a father of four daughters – about having more girls in the family.Video of the ESPN segment spread quickly on social media, spawning the hashtag

featuring countless fathers sharing pictures with their daughters in appreciation of life as a"girl dad." A tweet of Duncan's story from Vincent Goodwill, senior NBA writer for Yahoo, has more than 859,000 likes as of Wednesday morning.

girldad 💕💕💕

I found this on YouTube

Fathers everywhere ?! 😂😂😂😂😂

Except maybe the father of the young woman he raped KobeBryantRIP MeToo

NBA should make Kobe as its new logo...and Lakers should invite Jerry West back to retire his executive career there. These 2 NBA lends should be retired in proper manner.

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