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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)

Davis carries Pelicans to 88-79 win over Bulls

NEW ORLEANS — When Anthony Davis failed to be voted into the NBA All-Star Game on Thursday by the Western Conference coaches, no one could have blamed the second-year New Orleans Pelicans forward if he fell into a funk. Instead, Davis took out whatever frustration he might have been feeling on his hometown team, the […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Top 5 2014 All-Star Fan Snubs

LaMarcus Aldridge could have been named to this year’s All-Star game, but wasn’t. And he’s not even the most egregious fan snub this year.

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
NBA PM: Bulls Might Not Amnesty Boozer

It has long been expected that the Chicago Bulls would amnesty Carlos Boozer, but that might not be the case… Are stars back in the dunk contest for good?…

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Hall of Famer Tom Gola dies at 81

Basketball Hall of Famer Tom Gola, the leading rebounder in NCAA history, died Sunday at age 81. According to numerous media reports, he was in ill health since a fall more than 10 years ago, and he died at a care facility in Meadowbrook, Pa., a Philadelphia suburb. Gola was a Philadelphia legend from his […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
NBA AM: Defensive Player of the Year Watch

Rudy Gobert has become the clear frontrunner to win this award as injuries sidelined Lebron James and Joel Embiid. Is there anyone else with a realistic shot to win it?

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
2014 NCAA Tournament Preview: (1) Florida vs. (11) Dayton

A breakdown of Florida-Dayton’s matchup in the Elite Eight and a chance to vote on who you think will win!

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Old Dominion 68, East Carolina 47

NORFOLK, Va. — For Old Dominion, the plan was for defense to set up the offense. The strategy worked perfectly Thursday night. On one end, the Monarchs harassed East Carolina into its worst shooting performance of the season, 29.8 percent. On the other, Old Dominion shot a season-high 59.2 percent. Not surprisingly, the result was […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Calathes confident in Grizzlies win over Bucks

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Just a few weeks ago, fans at the FedExForum booed Memphis Grizzlies rookie Nick Calathes. Not when he missed a shot or made a turnover. But when they saw him get up off the bench and head to the scorer’s table to check into the game. That was the low point. The […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
NBA Daily: Free Agent Watch – Small Forwards

Ben Nadeau continues Basketball Insiders’ Free Agent Watch by checking in on a thin small forward class.

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Trail Blazers 110, Nuggets 105

PORTLAND, Ore. — Forward LaMarcus Aldridge scored a career-high 44 points and the Portland Trail Blazers needed every bit of it in a 110-105 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Thursday night at the Moda Center. Aldridge scored the final 10 points for the Trail Blazers (32-11), who trailed much of the game and did […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021