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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 Daily: Trae Young, the Burgeoning Star

A month into the new season, Trae Young has staked his claim as one of the league’s best up-and-coming players. Quinn Davis takes a look at where Young has succeeded this season, and where he could lead the Atlanta Hawks.

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Who The NBA’s Top Road Warriors?

Jordan Hicks takes a look at the teams boasting the top-five road records in the league and breaks down what makes them so good away from home.

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Wichita State remains unbeaten

WICHITA, Kan. — Wichita State won again, relatively easily, but the atmosphere afterward almost resembled a defeat. The Shockers defeated Loyola-Chicago 57-45 on Tuesday at Koch Arena to remain one of the nation’s three unbeaten teams. But the No. 4 team in the nation expects better. The Shockers didn’t deliver, and they knew it. “The […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
NBA PM: The Best Remaining Free Agents

With a season of roster shuffling upon us, here are the league’s free agents that could play a pivotal role. Quinn Davis takes a look at five available players who stand out above the rest.

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
NBA AM: Is The End For Donald Sterling Near?

Will the NBA be able to adequately respond to Donald Sterling? Commissioner Adam Silver will try today… Magic Johnson defuses reports that he’s trying to buy the LA Clippers.

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Virginia grinds past Pitt

GREENSBORO, N.C. — This was the ideal way for Virginia to step into a place where it has not been in two decades. The sixth-ranked Cavaliers came out ahead in a grind-it-out battle with Pittsburgh, winning 51-48 to head to the ACC tournament championship game for the first time in 20 years. “A blue-collar game, […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Looking Toward The Draft: Shooting Guards

Basketball Insiders continues its series on the 2020 NBA Draft.

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
NBA Daily: Should the Pelicans Move On from Lonzo Ball?

With the trade deadline looming and Lonzo Ball due for an extension this summer, the New Orleans Pelicans will have a decision to make. Quinn Davis looks into the arguments for and against trading the polarizing guard.

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Wallace Still Irked by Bobcats Trade

Gerald Wallace is “still pissed” about an old trade because a promise was broken and a promising team was broken up.

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
LSU 87, Kentucky 82

Playing in front of a sparse home crowd because of icy road conditions, forward Johnny O’Bryant scored a game-high 29 points and grabbed nine rebounds and LSU blocked 11 shots to pull off an 87-82 upset of No. 11 Kentucky on Tuesday night at Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, La. Attendance was reported […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021