When Lakers champion Kobe Bryant announced his retirement in the farewell letter “Dear Basketball,” he didn’t imagine it would evolve into an Oscar contender for animated short. “That is beyond the ...

Even after he retired, Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant is still winning awards. The 18-time All-Star showed his excellence extends beyond the basketball court with his Oscar win Sunday for Best ...

Retired NBA superstar Kobe Bryant will turn his love poem to hoops, "Dear Basketball," into a short animated film and a related series of projects to be distributed exclusively on Sports Illustrated ...

Hot off his Oscar nomination with Kobe Bryant for the animated short film “Dear Basketball,” famed animator Glen Keane has been hired by Netflix and Pearl Studio to direct the feature-length film ...

Kobe Bryant’s animated short film, Dear Basketball, premiered Sunday at the Tribeca Film Festival. Based on his poem in which he announced his retirement from the NBA, the animated short was made in ...

Former Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant-- yeah, "former" still sounds weird -- is making his poem into an animated short film. "Dear Basketball," which doubled as a love letter to the sport and ...

In April of 2017, Kobe Bryant released the animated short film "Dear Basketball" at the Tribeca Film Festival. The film was inspired by the poem Bryant wrote abut his retiring from the NBA after the ...

ESPN and Disney are partnering up again on Christmas Day to create an alternate animated broadcast for Thursday’s matchup ...

Villanova coach Jay Wright is known for containing himself during games, most famously at last year's national championship, when he simply said ''Bang!'' to the game-winning shot. Yet Wright recently ...

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.

Lakers legend Kobe Bryant may be retired, but he hasn't forgotten about basketball. Now, in addition to his NBA accolades, he's an Oscar-nominated athlete as well. Bryant's short, "Dear Basketball," - ...

At Sunday night's 90th annual Academy Awards, Kobe Bryant won another trophy, this one for the Oscar in the animated short category. Bryant, the retired Los Angeles Lakers star, brought home the ...