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weight lb	195
league	NBA
birth date	March 27, 1963
birth place	The Bronx, New York
nationality	American
high school	Adlai E. Stevenson (New York)
college	Villanova (1981–1985)
draft year	1985
draft round	1
draft pick	10
draft team	Phoenix Suns
career start	1985
career end	1997
years1	1985–1987
team1	Phoenix Suns
years2	1987–1989
team2	Sacramento Kings
years3	1989–1994
team3	Boston Celtics
years4	1994–1995
team4	Milwaukee Bucks
years5	1995–1996
team5	Toronto Raptors
years6	1996
team6	Philadelphia 76ers
years7	1996–1997
team7	Miami Heat
highlights	NCAA Champion (1985) NCAA Final Four MOP (1985) Robert V. Geasey Trophy winner (1985)
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}} Edward (Ed) Lewis Pinckney (born March 27, 1963 in The Bronx, New York) is a retired NBA basketball player.

College career

A 6'9" forward, Pinckney led Villanova University to the NCAA title over the heavily favored Georgetown Hoyas in 1985. He was the recipient of the Tournament's Most Outstanding Player after registering 16 points and 6 rebounds in the 66-64 victory.

NBA career

Also in 1985 he was selected tenth overall by the Phoenix Suns in the NBA Draft and played for them from 1985 to 1987. He also played with the Sacramento Kings (1987-89), Boston Celtics (1989-94), Milwaukee Bucks (1994-95), Toronto Raptors (1995-96), Philadelphia 76ers (1995-96) and Miami Heat (1996-97). He retired in 1997.

Ed participated in the first tip-off in Toronto Raptors franchise history facing off against Yinka Dare of the New Jersey Nets on November 3, 1995.

Broadcasting

Pinckney was a radio and television analyst for the Miami Heat from 1997 through 2003. He was the Heat's Director of Mentoring Programs from 2002 to 2003.

He spent the 2009-10 NBA season as a color analyst for the Philadelphia 76ers.

Coaching

Pinckney served as an assistant coach for the Villanova Wildcats, under head coach Jay Wright from 2003-2007.

On September 21, 2007, Pinckney was hired as an assistant coach by the Minnesota Timberwolves. He joined the Chicago Bulls' coaching staff on September 13, 2010.

NBA transactions

Selected 10th overall by the Phoenix Suns in the 1985 NBA Draft

Traded to the Sacramento Kings for Eddie Johnson on June 21, 1987.

Traded to the Boston Celtics along with Joe Kleine in exchange for Danny Ainge and Brad Lohaus on February 23, 1989.

Traded to the Milwaukee Bucks along with rights to Andrei Fetisov in exchange for Blue Edwards and Derek Strong on June 29, 1994.

Selected from the Bucks by the Toronto Raptors in the 1995 expansion draft on June 24, 1995.

Traded to the Philadelphia 76ers along with Tony Massenburg in exchange for Sharone Wright on February 22, 1996.

Waived by the 76ers on July 15, 1996.

Signed as a free agent with the Miami Heat on September 25, 1996.

Retired on October 1, 1997.

References

External links

Career college & NBA statistics @ ''basketballreference.com''

Player bio: Ed Pinckney @ ''villanova.collegesports.com''

"The man who helped dethrone Ewing" by Jeff D'Alessio, ''The Sporting News''

Catching Up With Ed Pinckney by Jon Goode @ ''Boston.com'' – Jan. 14, 2005

What's up with: Ed Pinckney @ ''azcentral.com'' – Sept. 28, 2005

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Position	Shooting guard / Small forward
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Weight lbs	200
Birth date	October 31, 1965Washington, D.C., USA
Debutyear	1989
Finalyear	2001
Draftyear	1989
Draftround	1
Draftpick	21
College	ECU
Teams
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years6	|team6Miami Heat
years7	1999-2000|team7Olympiakos BC
years8	2000-2001|team8Dafni BC
Stat1label	Points
Stat1value	7,585
Stat2label	Assists
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Theodore "Blue" Edwards (born October 31, 1965 in Washington, D.C.) is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the NBA. Edwards played ten years in the league.

Biography

Edwards' hometown was Walstonburg, North Carolina. He attended Greene Central High School, in Snow Hill, North Carolina.He started his college career at Louisburg College in Louisburg, North Carolina where he played from 1984 to 1986. Louisburg College participates in Region X of the NJCAA. He also played for East Carolina University in 1986-87 and 1988-89. In 1988-89 Edwards recorded the most points in a single season for ECU (773) and finished sixth in the nation in scoring (26.7). Edwards also lead the Colonial Athletic Association in scoring (26.7) and steals per game (1.6). Edwards recorded the second highest career scoring average (20.7) of any player to ever play at East Carolina. Edwards was suspended for the entire 1987–88 season along with several other people after being found guilty of breaking and entering. In 1994 Edwards was selected to be a member of the East Carolina University Athletics Hall of Fame.

He was selected by the Utah Jazz with the 21st overall pick of the 1989 NBA Draft out of East Carolina University and was a member of the 1990 NBA All-Rookie 2nd team.

He was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks in 1992 and tied for scoring with Frank Brickowski for the Milwaukee Bucks during the 1992–93 season with 16.9 points per game (although at 16.85, Edwards' average was slightly lower than Brickowski's 16.89).

He recorded the first triple-double in the history of the Vancouver Grizzlies (and his first, too) on March 1, 1996 against the Dallas Mavericks with 15 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists. In the Grizzlies' first season, he ranked fourth overall in points per game (12.7).

Edwards was a quality player, and won several games with last-second shots, including a game winning bucket against the Minnesota Timberwolves that ended the Grizzlies' 23-game losing streak. The shot prevented the Grizzlies from tying the National Basketball Association record for most consecutive losses. He also hit a last-second game winning shot against the Philadelphia 76ers. He was also the only Grizzly to play and start all 82 games.

Due to Edwards' dunking ability, he was invited to the 1990 NBA Slam Dunk Contest in which he did not take part due to injury, and was replaced by David Benoit. However, he did take part in the 1991 event, placing 6th. Edwards wore number 30 throughout his career until he moved to the Miami Heat where he wore 32 as 30 was in use by Terry Porter.

After his NBA career, Edwards played overseas.

Child custody issue

At the end of 2001, Edwards was involved in one of the most public child custody cases in Canadian history. While playing for the Vancouver Grizzlies in the spring of 1996, Edwards, who was married, started an affair with Canadian citizen Kimberly Van de Perre. He had at least two other affairs. During the affair with Kimberly, she became pregnant and gave birth to a baby boy named Elijah, in June 1997. When Elijah was three months old, Ms. Van de Perre began proceedings for custody and child support, naming Edwards as the father of the child. Edwards responded initially by seeking joint custody and liberal access, but later changed his response to seek sole custody.

After a lengthy trial that ran from the fall of 1998 to early 1999, the trial judge released his decision and awarded sole custody to the mother. Edwards was given considerable access — four one-week periods quarterly throughout the year, shared time at Christmas and on Elijah's birthday and additional access upon short notice when he was in Vancouver. Theodore appealed this decision.

During the hearing at the British Columbia Court of Appeal, the Court invited Mrs. Edwards to apply to be admitted as a party and to request joint custody of Elijah with her husband. Mrs. Edwards is also an African American. This new, joint application for custody was successful, and Elijah was placed in the custody of Edwards and his wife.

The Court of Appeals' decision was stayed to allow the mother the opportunity to seek leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada, with the result that Elijah remained primarily in his mother's care throughout these proceedings. In 2001 the Supreme Court of Canada restored the trial decision and awarded custody to Elijah's mother; the Court concluded that in this case there was no evidence introduced that race should be "an important consideration". After the Supreme Court affirmed that the mother should have sole custody, the father ceased visiting and paying child support.

In 2009, the Canadian Television Network produced and aired a made for TV movie based on the custody battle story entitled "Playing for Keeps", which is released in the US under the title "What Color Is Love?".

References

Van de Perre v. Edwards, [2001] 2 S.C.R. 1014, 2001 SCC 60

Van de Perre v. Edwards, 2004 CarswellBC 867 (BCSC)

External links

Blue Edwards NBA statistics

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Ed Bock (September 1, 1916July 31, 2004) was an American football guard. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1970.

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Coordinates	15°48′00″N47°54′00″N
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Edward Coote Pinkney (October 1, 1802 – April 11, 1828) was an American poet, lawyer, sailor, professor, and editor. Born in London in 1802, Pinkney made his way to Maryland. After attending college, he joined the United States Navy and traveled throughout the Mediterranean and elsewhere. He then attempted a law career but was unsuccessful and attempted to join the Mexican army, though he never did. He died at the age of 26 in 1828.

Pinkney published several lyric poems inspired primarily by the work of British poets. Critic and poet Edgar Allan Poe supported Pinkney's work after his death, quoting from his poetry in a lecture series. Poe also suggested Pinkney would have been more successful if he was a New Englander rather than a Southern writer.

Biography

Pinkney was born on October 1, 1808, in London, where his father William Pinkney was U.S. ambassador and his mother was the sister of Commodore John Rodgers. Pinkney lived in London until he was eight and later attended St. Mary's College of Maryland.

In the fall of 1815, 14-year-old Pinkney joined the United States Navy as a midshipman until 1824, during which time he traveled to Italy, northern Africa, the West Indies, and both coasts of South America. His defiance of what he called arbitrary authority got him in trouble occasionally. In 1824, two years after the death of his father, he left the Navy, married, and was admitted to the bar in Maryland. Though he was well respected in his abilities as a lawyer, he had few clients and the business failed. His wife, Georgiana McCausland, would become a supportive and inspirational figure to him.

After serving without a salary as the Professor of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres at the University of Maryland, Pinkney traveled to Mexico with the intention of joining the navy there. Disheartened after not being able to join, he returned to Baltimore. There, he became editor of a new semiweekly newspaper the ''Marylander''—a publication originally founded to support the re-election of John Quincy Adams. Its first issue was published December 3, 1827. His editorial association nearly brought him into a duel with the editor of Philadelphia-based ''Mercury'', a publication which supported Andrew Jackson. Afflicted with depression, Pinkney died on April 11, 1828, at the age of 26. He was originally buried in Baltimore's Unitarian Cemetery but, in May 1872, his body was moved to Green Mount Cemetery.

Writing

Pinkney is often compared with the Cavalier poets. He wrote a number of light, graceful, short poems, his longest being "Rudolph", which was published anonymously in 1825. His first full collection of poetry was published the same year. He was influenced by the work of Lord Byron, William Wordsworth, Walter Scott and other European writers. He was not influenced by American poets. He was also inspired by classical works and made several references to Ovid, Herodotus, Horace, and Petrarch. He was included in Rufus Wilmot Griswold's influential anthology ''The Poets and Poetry of America'' in 1842.

Critical assessment

Poet John Greenleaf Whittier was an admirer of Pinkney's work as was Edgar Allan Poe, who used one of his poems, "A Health", to publicly woo Sarah Helen Whitman at a lecture in December 1848. Poe mentions "A Health" in his essay "The Poetic Principle" to exemplify his own aesthetic theory and the association between whiteness, purity, and love. He wrote that Pinkney would have been better appreciated if he had been born in New England:

It was the misfortune of Mr. Pinckney to have been born too far south. Had he been born a New Englander, it is probable that he would have been ranked as the first of American lyrists, by that magnanimous cabal which has so long controlled the destinies of American Letters".

"A Health" was also praised in ''The Athenaum'' as "one of the prettiest things in American poetry" while another contemporary magazine put Pinkney among the top five poets of the United States at the time. The ''North American Review'' in January 1842, though questioning of the moral tone of "Rudolph" concluded, "The author evidently has much of the genuine spirit of poetry; his thoughts are occasionally bold and striking; some passages are wrought with much felicity of expression and clothed with a rich and glowing imagery... and [despite] a few minor imperfections, a highly poetical vein runs through the whole performance".

References

Further reading

''The Life and Works of Edward Coote Pinkney: A Memoir and Complete Text of His Poems and Literary Prose'' (1926). Edited by Thomas Ollive Mabbott and Frank Lester Pleadwell.

External links

Edward Coote Pinkney poems at Poets' Corner

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