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

"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 ...

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.

After Kobe Bryant’s death Sunday, finding his animated short “Dear Basketball” to watch online was a difficult task — until now. Granity Studios, the NBA star’s multimedia production company, made the ...

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 ...

Works from Iran, Japan, France, Netherlands, and Belgium make up the field of 2025 Best Animated Short Oscar nominees, a ...

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 ...