Basketball star Kobe Bryant has announced he will retire next year. The Los Angeles Lakers player - considered one of basketball's modern-day greats - will complete the 2015-16 season. He made the announcement through a poem entitled "Dear Basketball" published on the Player's Tribune website. The 37-year-old's career has spanned 20 years.

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