An except from Tim Greiving's new biography on John Williams examines the composer's impact on NBA star Kobe Bryant.

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 ...

Kobe Bryant is a five-time NBA champion, and now he's also an Oscar nominee thanks to a film he made with animator Glen Keane.

Kobe Bryant narrates his love for basketball in an animated short film, Dear Basketball, which was inspired by his Players’ Tribune retirement poem Complex December 18, 2017 ...

Kobe Bryant, the five-time NBA champion, won the Oscar for his animated short movie, "Dear Basketball," along with animator Glen Keane ...

And I got that a lot. Dear Basketball proved that he would excel in his new career. The film won a 2017 Oscar for Best Animated Short film.

Famous composer John Williams was joined onstage at the Hollywood Bowl in L.A. by Kobe Bryant, who narrated his short animated film 'Dear Basketball.' ...