Twitter Reaction: Kobe Bryant wins an Oscar

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Kobe Bryant, winner of the award for best animated short for "Dear Basketball", poses in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Kobe Bryant just keeps adding hardware.

The retired NBA star won an Oscar on Sunday for his animated short “Dear Basketball”, which is based on a poem he wrote in 2015 announcing his impending retirement from basketball.

Here’s how Twitter reacted:

https://twitter.com/scottEweinberg/status/970489106127081472

https://twitter.com/lets_get_quippy/status/970489422813708288

https://twitter.com/joshsternberg/status/970489768827121664

https://twitter.com/IanKenyonNFL/status/970491121716613120

https://twitter.com/ExpertoNBA/status/970491158890799104

With files from The Associated Press.

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