Nike did not immediately respond to a request for comment from NPR. I do not know how someone else has their hands on shoes I designed in honor of my daughter, Gigi and we don't,' Bryant wrote. 'Nike has NOT sent any of these pairs to me and my girls. Yet Bryant says she's seen photos of people in possession of the distinctive sneaker. In an Instagram post, Bryant said that after she designed the MAMBACITA, a reference to a nickname for daughter Gianna, who also went by Gigi, she decided not to sell it and did not re-sign a contract with Nike. Vanessa Bryant, widow of the late basketball great Kobe Bryant, says a shoe she designed for Nike to honor her deceased daughter has been made without her consent, and she wants to know why. Vanessa Bryant says Nike is making, without her consent, a shoe she designed in honor of her late daughter, Gianna. (Photo: Travis Pardee) Projection missed by more than 13 feetĪs we begin May, here is a look at what happened at Lake Mead in April.Basketball great Kobe Bryant (from left), daughter Gianna, wife Vanessa and daughter Natalia are seen before an NCAA college women's basketball game in 2017 in Los Angeles. 'The Nigerwife,' the debut novel from international journalist and playwright Vanessa Walters, is our 'GMA' Book Club pick for May. A large boat re-emerges from Lake Mead as lake levels continue to drop. A speedboat remains vertical and almost on dry land at Lake Mead. Sunken speedboat now points skyward after Lake Mead water level drops. The well-known vertical speedboat at Lake Mead is now surrounded by water after the lake rose four feet in May, 2023. As the water level continued to drop not only did the boat stay vertical, firmly stuck in the now hardened mud, it became surrounded by large plants, creating an other-worldly sight. By June 2022 the boat was almost out of the water. The emergence of the speedboat was first documented in May 2022 by Travis Pardee and his children swimming around the hull jutting out of the water. Good news for Lake Mead as water level set to rise thanks to healthy snowpack Monolith speedboat submerging againīecause of the rapid rise of the water level, the sunken speedboat described as the ‘Monolith of Lake Mead’ is now surrounded by the murky green water in a once-obscure cove. Family members have been spending time at Grady, sharing their love for Jazzmin, a mother to a 1-year-old boy: They flooded the hospital last.

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