Posted May 1, 200618 yr From ESPN.com: Daughter is sixth child for Shaq, wife Associated Press MIAMI -- Heat center Shaquille O'Neal is a father for the sixth time. He and his wife, Shaunie, welcomed a new daughter. Mearah Sanaa O'Neal was born just before 5 a.m. Monday morning, and team officials said the baby girl and her mother were resting comfortably. It's the third girl for the O'Neals, with Mearah joining sisters Taahirah and Amirah and brothers Myles, Shareef and Shaqir, who turned 3 last month. O'Neal was with the Heat for their practice session later Monday but left without speaking to reporters. He is expected to play Tuesday when Miami hosts the Chicago Bulls in Game 5 of the teams' Eastern Conference first-round series, which is tied at two games apiece. Mearah O'Neal was born just six minutes before Gianna Maria-Onore Bryant, the second child of former Shaq teammate Kobe Bryant. From ESPN.com: Kobe, wife welcome daughter No. 2 ESPN.com news services After hitting shots Sunday afternoon that put the game into overtime and then beat the Phoenix Suns at the buzzer, Kobe Bryant went to the hospital, where his wife, Vanessa, gave birth early Monday morning to their second child. Gianna Maria-Onore Bryant was born at 2:03 a.m. in Orange County, Calif. ESPN's Jim Gray reported that she was 6 pounds, 7 ounces and 18.5 inches long. Mother and baby were said to be doing well. "The arrival of our new daughter Gianna early this morning is such an incredible blessing for me and my family," Bryant said in a statement. "We are all full of beautiful emotions after such an incredible day." The Los Angeles Lakers star and his wife also have a daughter named Natalia, who turned 3 years old in January. Gianna Bryant was born just six minutes after Mearah Sanaa O'Neal, the sixth child of former Bryant teammate Shaquille O'Neal. Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
May 1, 200618 yr Gianna Maria-Onore Bryant was born at 2:03 a.m. in Orange County, Calif. ESPN's Jim Gray reported that she was 6 pounds, 7 ounces and 18.5 inches long. i think Jim Gray lives in Kobe's house
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