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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 roundup: Knicks’ Bargnani will miss three games

New York Knicks forward Andrea Bargnani will miss at least the first three games of the regular season because of a hamstring injury, the team announced Sunday. Bargnani is scheduled to miss the Knicks’ season opener October 29 against the Chicago Bulls, the October 30 game in Cleveland against the Cavaliers, and the November 2 […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Fourth quarter rally lifts Warriors past Clippers 109-105

LOS ANGELES – Score round one for the Golden State Warriors. Guard Klay Thompson scored 22 points and forward David Lee added 20 points and 13 rebounds, and the Warriors surprised the Los Angeles Clippers with a 109-105 victory in the Western Conference quarterfinals Saturday before a sellout crowd of 19,339 at Staples Center. “It’s […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Two Indiana players cited for using false IDs

Indiana sophomore guard Yogi Ferrell and freshman guard Stanford Robinson received citations from police early Friday morning in Bloomington, Ind., after the two tried to use false identification at a bar. According to Indiana State Excise Police, Ferrell and Robinson attempted to enter Kilroy’s Sports Bar at about 1 a.m. when officers determined that the […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
DeRozan, Raptors even series with Nets

TORONTO — After shooting just 3-for-13 from the field and being held to 14 points in Toronto’s loss last Saturday, Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan went back and watched the Game 1 tape multiple times. “I’m a student of this game, DeRozan said. “I went back and watched the whole game two or three times and […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
T-wolves Cunningham back in jail

Minnesota Timberwolves forward Dante Cunningham was arrested for the second time in three days Sunday afternoon because he sent “terroristic” text messages to a woman with whom he was living, Medina, Minn., police said Monday. Cunningham’s latest arrest is tied to the alleged victim in his initial arrest Thursday in which he was charged with […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Justin Cobbs’ Golden Opportunity to Prove Value

Despite a tough loss to Arizona on Wednesday night, California’s Justin Cobbs still has the opportunity to lead the Golden Bears back to the tournament and further increase his draft stock.

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Western Conference All-Underrated Team

There’s no shortage of love for guys like Chris Paul, Dwight Howard and LaMarcus Aldridge out West, so we take a look at the conference’s most underrated players.

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
NBA roundup: Sterling allowing wife to sell team

Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling agreed to let his estranged wife Shelly Sterling sell the team, according to multiple reports Friday. The NBA is forcing Donald Sterling to sell the Clippers after he made racist comments on an audio recording that was obtained by TMZ in April. The Los Angeles Times reported that Sterling’s […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Bobcats 123, 76ers 93

PHILADELPHIA — Center Al Jefferson scored 25 points and grabbed 10 rebounds Wednesday night, and the Charlotte Bobcats drubbed the Philadelphia 76ers 123-93 to draw nearer to the second playoff berth in franchise history. Backup forward Anthony Tolliver added 16 points for the Bobcats, who are in seventh place in the Eastern Conference with seven […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Basketball Insiders: Week in Review 3/9/14

Basketball Insiders looks back at some of the articles from last week in case you missed them the first time around.

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021