http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/orl-...rl_tab01_layout <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Orlando Magic All-Star center Dwight Howard acknowledged Friday that he has become a first-time father of a baby boy born recently in Orlando. Howard, 22, told the Orlando Sentinel after the team's shootaround in Denver that he was the boy's father. "I'm not going to deny it. Yes, I have a son," Howard said. "It's just my personal life. Yes, I'm excited about it, but I'd like to keep my personal life personal." The mother is Royce Reed, a former Orlando Magic dancer. Reed was a member of the Magic's dance team at least during the 2005-2006 season, according to club's Web site. She danced for the Miami Heat during the 2006-07 season, according to the Heat's Web site. Juanita Reed, Royce Reed's mother, said the baby, Braylon, was born Nov. 18 in Orlando, three weeks early. "She's doing great," Juanita Reed said Friday. "Royce and Dwight are very happy. They are very good friends. How close they are, well, you'd have to talk to them. I'm just the grandma. It was not something that was planned. It was a beautiful surprise, though." Howard, who signed a contract extension this season believed to be worth $85 million over five seasons, is expected to make his first start for the Eastern Conference in next month's NBA All-Star Game in New Orleans. He is the leading vote-getter among centers in either the conference with more than 1.4 million votes.</div> 3 Weeks early shouldn't have been too big of a deal. Two of my sons were born 2 weeks early with no complications or any need for the NICU. Congrats to poppa DHo
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea...iendID=60692765 DAAAYYYUUMM!! Dwight did himself some good! Congrats to Dwight Howard!
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Thrilla @ Jan 11 2008, 06:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Wow, i thought he was super religious. Weird that he would have a kid before marriage.</div> Read Paul Shirley's book. He talks about the religious culture in the NBA. He said he had no idea why everyone in the NBA is uber-religious, yet lived in a total life of sin. LOL at the Grandma "beautiful surprise", yes the chil d support is a beautiful surprise.
