"Kobe Bryant to be Honored at Oscars Ceremony...In 2018, Bryant won the Academy Award for Best Short Film for his "Dear Basketball," which was based on a letter he wrote in 2015 announcing his retirement from the sport he played as a Los Angeles Laker for 20 years, winning five championships. He wrote, executive produced and lent his voice to the five-minute short, which was directed and animated by Glen Keane"

  "Kobe Bryant to be Honored at Oscars Ceremony...In 2018, Bryant won the Academy Award for Best Short Film for his "Dear Basketball," which was based on a letter he wrote in 2015 announcing his retirement from the sport he played as a Los Angeles Laker for 20 years, winning five championships. He wrote, executive produced and lent his voice to the five-minute short, which was directed and animated by Glen Keane"

https://amp.toofab.com/2020/01/29/kobe-bryant-honored-oscars-ceremony/