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.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) Kobe Bryant's farewell poem to basketball is getting the short film treatment with some high profile talent behind it. Entitled ''Dear Basketball,'' the animated short film will be ...

What makes the story better is who it is coming from. Pierce was not just another All-Star. He was Kobe’s primary rival in ...

"If you’re not a Lakers fan yet, I hope you watch this, and it makes you want to be," Bryant tells PEOPLE Natasha Dye is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE covering sports. Her previous work appears in The ...

Los Angeles Lakers icon Kobe Bryant started thinking about his life after basketball as early as his fourth year in the league. The shooting guard knew he wouldn't be a professional basketball player ...