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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)

Louisiana Tech hangs on against Old Dominion

NORFOLK, Va. — Lousiana Tech started out shooting poorly and never really got much better. Fortunately for the Bulldogs, there’s more to winning games than good marksmanship and Louisiana Tech got enough of the other things right to hold off Old Dominion 71-66 on Saturday night at the Constant Convocation Center. The Bulldogs shot just […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Syracuse remains unbeaten after win over Wake Forest

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim doesn’t put much stock in freshmen hitting the so-called wall in their first season. But he saw one of his standout players make yet another leap of sorts Wednesday night. Guard Tyler Ennis scored 16 of his 18 points in the second half as No. 2 Syracuse fended […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
What’s The Bold Move For The Dallas Mavericks?

The Dallas Mavericks have underachieved this season. What type of bold move that could take them back into contention out west?

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Top 5 All-Time All-Star Performances

Kyrie Irving had a great All-Star game on Sunday, but not the greatest All-Star game of all-time. Here are the top five All-Star performances in NBA history

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Cavaliers 102, Raptors 100

CLEVELAND — Guard Dion Waiters scored a game-high 24 points and handed out seven assists in the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 102-100 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday at Quicken Loans Arena. Since being inserted into the starting lineup five games ago after an injury to Kyrie Irving, Waiters is averaging 23.8 and 6.4 assists. He […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Knicks buy expansion D-League team

The New York Knicks announced Monday they purchased the right to own and operate an NBA Development League team that will play in White Plains, N.Y. The new team expands the D-League to 18 teams next season and is the exclusive affiliate of the Knicks. The team will play its home games at the Westchester […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Augustin scores 33 as Bulls trip Celtics

BOSTON — Chicago Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau wasn’t thrilled with the way his team played defense Sunday night. He didn’t think his players rebounded well, either, but they managed to beat the Boston Celtics 107-102. They emerged victorious, a trademark of a team that is about to make the playoffs for the second consecutive year […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Kansas’ defense comes through in win over Texas

LAWRENCE, Kan. — With Kansas fielding a young team, not everything sinks in quite the way Bill Self would like. Defense, in particular, has troubled the Kansas coach. On Saturday, however, the Jayhawks dug in during the first half and took out Texas by establishing a 28-point lead at the break before winning 85-54 in […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Northwestern earns first win in Madison since ’96

MADISON, Wis. — Few teams know how hard it is to win in the Kohl Center more than Northwestern, which opened the University of Wisconsin’s facility with a one-sided loss to the Badgers on Jan. 17, 1998. Since then, the Wildcats lost their next 12 in the building. They finally put that dubious streak to […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Is It Time For Raptors, Lowry To Say Goodbye?

As the trade deadline looms, the Raptors will be faced with the decision of whether or not to trade their best player in franchise history, Kyle Lowry.

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021