NEW YORK, NY - The day Kobe Bryant retired from his 20-year NBA career and penned his November 2015 farewell tribute to the game of basketball, his words touched so many who loved the player he become ...

Kobe Bryant reflects on winning an Oscar for his animated short film "Dear Basketball" and what the achievement meant to him.

Lakers legend Kobe Bryant won an Oscar Sunday night for best animated short film for his "Dear Basketball." The short was based on a poem Bryant wrote when he announced his retirement from the game.

Only John Williams could have put me in the orbit of one of history’s most famous basketball players. Kobe Bryant, like so many others, was a huge fan of Williams’ music; he befriended and sought out ...

SOUTH BEND ― In 2017, Kobe Bryant released an animated short film, "Dear Basketball." In it, the Los Angeles Lakers icon recalled his passion for the game of basketball being ignited by rolling up his ...

Update 1/28/20: Unfortunately “Dear Basketball” was taken offline from the source where it had been shared. We will update this article when a new source becomes available. In the meantime, you can ...

On Thanksgiving weekend in 2015, Basketball fans received a letter from Kobe Bryant. The letter, titled “Dear Basketball,” was addressed to the game. He explained how after two decades, neither his ...

There are 10 animated shorts currently on the Academy Awards shortlist for best animated short, but only one of those films is generating mainstream attention: Dear Basketball. Last night, the ...

"Dear Basketball," a short film by retired Los Angeles Lakers great Kobe Bryant and veteran Disney animator Glen Keane, has been nominated for an Academy Award. The film was one of five nominated in ...