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Boycott the All-Star game just because this guy is in it.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sport...0,580490.story
Orlando Magic's Dwight Howard very excited to be a first-time father
Brian Schmitz and Tim Povtak | Sentinel Staff Writers
11:16 PM EST, January 11, 2008
Orlando Magic all-star center Dwight Howard acknowledged Friday that he has become a first-time father of a baby boy born Nov. 18 at Orlando's Winnie Palmer Hospital.
"I'm not going to deny it. Yes, I have a son," Howard, 22, told the Orlando Sentinel after the team's shoot-around in Denver. "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 attended Dr. Phillips High School and Florida A&M University, and wrote on her Magic bio that she performed with the Orlando Ballet.
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 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."
It will also be a surprise to many Magic fans even though the Sentinel carried a birth announcement for Braylon Joshua Robert Howard on Dec. 23. There was no mention of the father's name.
Juanita Reed said the baby weighed six pounds, seven ounces and was 18 ¼ inches long. She said he originally was due on Dec. 8 — Howard's birthday.
Royce Reed did not immediately return a call from the Sentinel on Friday.
Howard came to the Magic as the first overall choice in the 2004 draft and has steadily improved each year to where he is easily one of the best players in the NBA. He signed a contract extension this season believed to be worth $85 million over five seasons.
Howard, who says on his Web site (dwighthoward.com) that he is a devout Christian, has enjoyed a fan-friendly image since joining the league and has never been linked to any off-court controversy. The 6-foot-11 center has seen his endorsement potential grow as he has developed into one of the NBA's bright young stars.
He 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.
Brian Schmitz can be reached at bschmitz @orlandosentinel.com. Tim Povtak can be reached at [email protected].
some of her pictures are on this thread:
http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=70925
Boycott the All-Star game just because this guy is in it.
Should we all boycott Earth because you're on it?
What's funny is how he tries to advertise himself as a Christian on his website:
"Unlike some players having attended private schools, where questions or rumors have arisen regarding "recruiting", Dwight Howard was involved in the Southwest Christian program since his preschool years."
I mean what is that? And now you do something that is against the beliefs you're advertising yourself under?
It's funny how these athletes make millions and yet can't marry the girl they had the child with. LeBron James also comes to mind.
Wow. A guy is excited to be a dad. He's taking responsibility for it instead of running away like 500,000 other dads who don't want to deal with it.
So what do you s do? You criticize him for doing the RIGHT thing. Way to be complete idiots.
I'm glad to know Dwight Howard is a Christian. That's awesome.
But obviously if he makes a mistake, that makes him a bad one, or so Jamstone and Jeffdrums would like to have us believe.
If everyone would step up and own up to their actions the way Howard has done, we'd be a lot better off in this society.
Who cares if he's christian or not.....he's taking care of his kid...good for him. That's all that matters.
i don't care that his child is a bas . i just find it funny that he gets so much notariety for being a "devout" christian and is painted as being so holy. give me a ing break. probably lots of storys to come about his "personal life" . talented as , but he is no ing saint. i'm surprised he was able to keep that image this long.
Talk about a difference between your words and your acts. Do what I say and don't do what I do...
nicely put
SD probably isn't the authority on kids and fatherhood considering the fact that he's never put his grenis in a position where he could even create a kid...
Or, you know, it might be that he's human and he screws up sometimes too. But hey, I'm sure you're in a fine position to judge him, right?
Talk about a difference between your words and your acts. Do what I say and don't do what I do...
I hope Utah beats the team they're supposed to beat tonight.
Thanks for sharing, ...
Maybe start a thread with a game prediction so we can laugh at how wrong you are like always...
Yes, I am.
Howard isn't only a Christian. He is a Christian who try to spread his religion by always talking of that or by putting a sticky with a bible sentence on the backboard during a dunk contest. When you act like this, you aren't allowed to do mistakes that big.
If Howard was just a Christian who had make a mistake, I would have said nothing.
It's not so much him being a Christian, though it's part of it. It's him essentially proclaiming himself the ambassador of a pro athlete that lived a good, clean, Christian lifestyle and how he tried to push his beliefs and value system on anyone and everyone who was within earshot. He made a big deal about pro basketball players living the right lifestyle and not suc bing to temptation. He scolded players for using profanity and listening to rap music. He quoted bible verses.
And, what does he do? He goes and screws and Orlando Magic cheerleader and knocks her up.
I have no problem with him having sex out of marriage. I have no problem with him having a child out of wedlock. I have no problem with him taking responsibility for his actions.
I have a problem with him being so preachy about and then being a hypocrite.
And, I have no problem with him as a player. I'm not SD calling him a fluke. As a player, he's outstanding. I just really dislike hypocrisy.
I wish I could dig up the thread where Obstructed View tried to argue that D-Ho wasn't a hypocrite even though I posted pics of him hanging out with pornstars.
Thanks JamStone far saying ten times better than me what I wanted to say.
A Christian being a hypocrite? Tell us something we don't know.
But he is doing the right thing, congrats to him for the birth and for having a part in his son's life.
I agree with you that their comments were ridiculous.
I am glad that perfection is not a requirement of being a Christian.
I would like to know what Dwight, having now been in this situation, would say to the young men he serves as an example to.
To me that is the real test of a Christian-how they recover from their mistakes.
Wow, it's kinda harsh to put side to side someone who destroys the life of 5 people to someone who didn't hurt someone.
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