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Jeff Hawkins

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Jeff Hawkins is an award-winning sportswriter with more than four decades in the industry (print and digital media). A freelance writer/stay-at-home dad since 2008, Hawkins started his career with newspaper stints in Michigan, North Carolina, Florida, Upstate New York and Illinois, where he earned the 2004 APSE first-place award for column writing (under 40,000 circulation). As a beat writer, he covered NASCAR Winston Cup events at NHIS (1999-2003), the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks (2003-06) and the NFL's Carolina Panthers (2011-12). Hawkins penned four youth sports books, including a Michael Jordan biography. Hawkins' main hobbies include mountain bike riding, 5k trail runs at the Whitewater Center in Charlotte, N.C., and live music.

Articles by Jeff Hawkins (9881)

NBA PM: LeBron James’ Moment of Truth

LeBron James has come quite a ways since he last wore a Cleveland Cavaliers uniform; is he ready to live up to the hype? … Houston’s next x-factor?

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
76ers 100, Heat 87

MIAMI — With the Miami Heat locked into the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference and the Philadelphia 76ers’ lottery position already sealed, their meeting on the final night of the regular season did not carry as much significance as other games around the NBA. Nonetheless, they played the game, and with two-thirds of […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Baylor toes the line, beats Nebraska

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The Baylor Bears stayed cool as Nebraska went from ice cold, to warmer to melting down in the NCAA West Regional second round. Baylor’s front court duo of center Isaiah Austin and forward Cory Jefferson combined for 29 points and 13 rebounds as the Bears knocked out the Cornhuskers, 74-60, on […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Maryland shuts down No. 13 Iowa State

KANSAS CITY, Mo.. — Maryland’s Mark Turgeon knows how to beat Iowa State. Turgeon improved to 6-0 all-time against the Cyclones as a head coach, guiding the Terrapins to a 72-63 victory over 13th-ranked Iowa State in the championship game of the CBE Hall of Fame Classic on Tuesday at Sprint Center. The Terrapins are […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
NBA Daily: Five Stats To Keep An Eye On Revisited

Before the season, Basketball Insiders identified five statistics that could be worth watching in the 2019-20 season. Quinn Davis revisits those five to see how they have looked over the season’s first month.

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Will The Pacers’ Change In Style Pay Off?

With deals and changes abound, the Indiana Pacers’ wild rebuild marks them as a franchise on the rise.

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Bobcats 95, Hawks 93

ATLANTA — Guard Chris Douglas-Roberts made a running six-footer at the buzzer to give the Charlotte Bobcats a 95-93 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Monday night. With 2.6 seconds left, Douglas-Roberts took a pass from forward Josh McRoberts, drove toward the basket and made the winning shot. Douglas-Roberts finished with five points. Center Al […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
NBA Rumors: Saunders Coaching Too?

Could Flip Saunders hire himself as the head coach of the Timberwolves? New names surface in Jazz coaching search… Asik plans to defend Aldridge more.

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Three Takeaways On The 2020 First Round Draft Debt

While trading away draft picks is always tough from a team-building perspective, future assets don’t always pan out either. Drew Maresca examines every owed 2020 first-round pick and identifies three key takeaways.

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Tearful Parker says freshman season incomplete

Jabari Parker was visibly shaken, tearful and trying to look ahead to what his future might be without Duke basketball Friday in the locker room 20 minutes after the third-seeded Blue Devils lost to 14th-seeded Mercer in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. He said, in a word, his freshman season was an “incompletion.” […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021