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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 (9824)

Top 25 roundup: Iowa State rallies past Kansas for Big 12 title

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Iowa State stormed back from a big second-half deficit to defeat Kansas 70-66 in the Big 12 Tournament championship game on Saturday at the Sprint Center. The Cyclones hit 5 of 6 free throws in the final 48 seconds to open a five-point lead before Jayhawks forward Brannen Greene made a […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  16 Feb 2022
Kansas easily handles TCU

FORT WORTH, Texas — Andrew Wiggins wasn’t part of the Kansas team that endured one of the school’s most shocking upset losses a year ago. On Saturday, he made sure the Jayhawks redeemed themselves. Kansas’ star freshman guard scored a game-high 27 points for the eighth-ranked Jayhawks, who never gave TCU a chance in a […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  16 Feb 2022
Kansas 91, TCU 69

FORT WORTH, Texas — Andrew Wiggins wasn’t part of the Kansas team that endured one of the school’s most shocking upset losses a year ago. On Saturday, he made sure the Jayhawks redeemed themselves. Kansas’ star freshman guard scored a game-high 25 points for eighth-ranked Kansas, which never gave TCU a chance in a 91-69 […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  16 Feb 2022
Kansas State upsets Kansas, tightens Big 12 race

MANHATTAN, Kan. — No. 8 Kansas saw its Big 12 Conference lead slip to a half-game over Iowa State with a loss in an unlikely place. Kansas State got a career-high 20 points from guard Nigel Johnson and beat the Jayhawks 70-63 Monday night in Bramlage Coliseum. It was the Wildcats’ second consecutive home win […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  16 Feb 2022
By the numbers, Arkansas gets Kentucky

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The 2015 Southeastern Conference Tournament held true to form as No. 2-seeded Arkansas defeated No. 3-seeded Georgia, 60-49, in Saturday’s semifinals. The Razorbacks advanced to meet No. 1-seeded Kentucky on Sunday. Arkansas (26-7) won the game, but it was hardly in its “Fastest 40” fashion of an up-tempo, high-scoring affair. The Razorbacks […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Feb 2022
Tennessee 74, Arkansas 69

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Arkansas freshman guard Anton Beard missed three free throws with 5.1 second left and Tennessee used a much-improved offense to upset the No. 19 Razorbacks 74-69 Tuesday night at Thompson-Boling Arena. Arkansas hit three three-pointers in the final 45 seconds of the game to help it rally from a big deficit to […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Feb 2022
Walk-ons lead Hokies over Alabama A&M

BLACKSBURG, Va. — Forward Christian Beyer scored a career-high 13 points and pulled down nine rebounds to lead the Virginia Tech Hokies over the Alabama A&M Bulldogs 65-55 on Sunday in Cassell Coliseum. Beyer, a walk-on and career reserve, averaged 1.3 minutes per game prior to Sunday’s game. He played the first 27 minutes of […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Feb 2022
Wyoming clamps down on MWC title, tourney invite

LAS VEGAS – – It wasn’t pretty, but that’s just the way the Wyoming Cowboys liked it. The fourth-seeded Cowboys (25-9), who rank ninth nationally in scoring defense (56.4) and frequently run the clock down before attempting a shot, made the key shots and got the defensive stops they needed down the stretch to grind […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Feb 2022
Wyoming 59, Colorado State 48

Wyoming senior forward Larry Nance Jr. recorded his sixth double-double of the season with 19 points and 10 rebounds, leading the host Cowboys over cold-shooting Colorado State 59-48 in a Mountain West game Wednesday night. The Cowboys (19-4, 8-2 MWC) maintained their lead in the conference standings with the victory. Colorado State, led by senior […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Feb 2022
Colorado State 70, New Mexico 59

Senior forward J.J. Avila scored 18 points and grabbed seven rebounds, leading Colorado State to a 70-59 victory over New Mexico on Tuesday night at Moby Arena in Fort Collins, Colo. Junior guard Joe De Ciman scored 14 points and senior guard Daniel Bejarano added 12 for Colorado State (21-4, 8-4 Mountain West Conference), which […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Feb 2022