The Mamba Sports Academy is changing its name out of respect for the late Kobe Bryant. The Los Angeles Lakers great, nicknamed "The Black Mamba," helped to launch the academy in 2018 in Thousand Oaks, Calif., along with chief executive officer Chad Faulkner. Faulkner told The Undefeated on Tuesday that the athletic training facility is now The Sports Academy, with a new website and a rebranded logo.