In a poem posted on the Players' Tribune website, five-time NBA champion Kobe Bryant says that this season will be his last. The 37-year-old Lakers player "is currently struggling through the ...

So there it is. End the speculation: Kobe Bryant is going to retire — after this season. The Lakers guard wrote a poem entitled "Dear Basketball" on The Players Tribune , Derek Jeter's athlete ...

The most notable thing about Mr. Bryant’s post titled “Dear Basketball,” however, is that it is written in the form of a poem. And even more surprisingly, the poem is really good.

Kobe Bryant made an appearance on stage at the Hollywood Bowl with the famed composer John Williams to read "Dear Basketball," which is a poem he wrote to say farewell to basketball when he ...

Kobe Bryant published a poem in The Players Tribune that seemed to indicate in these stanzas that this season will be his last: "You gave a six-year-old boy his Laker dream And I’ll always ...

Kobe Bryant isn't taking much ... animated short film of his "Dear Basketball" poem. The animated short film Dear Basketball will be narrated by Bryant and will premier on SI.com in the fall.

After announcing this would be his last season, Bryant wrote a poem for The Players’ Tribune that began, “Dear Basketball.” Kobe’s poem: From the moment I started rolling my dad’s tube ...

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 ...

That seemed to be the case for Kobe ... Bryant found his main creative outlet. “Dear Basketball” had only taken him a matter of moments to write, but it took months of work before the poem ...

When Kobe Bryant ... 1996 Draft penned a poem on "The Players' Tribune," revealing the 2015-16 season would be his last. At the time of his retirement announcement, Bryant was already 37 years ...

On November 29, 2015, NBA superstar Kobe Bryant would see Dear Basketball be published in the Players’ Tribune. The poem was an ode to the sport of basketball, to the game that afforded him so ...