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Jeff Hawkins

Sports Editor

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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 (9828)

Stony Brook 72, UMBC 53

Sophomore forward Jameel Warney came off the bench to post 18 points and eight rebounds, leading Stony Brook to a 72-53 victory over Maryland-Baltimore County on Wednesday at Pritchard Gymnasium in Stony Brook, N.Y. Warney was one of three players who scored in double figures for Stony Brook (19-8, 11-2 American East Conference), which has […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
William & Mary 75, Towson 71

Junior guard Marcus Thornton scored 21 points to help third-seeded William & Mary knock off second-seeded Towson 75-71 in the semifinals of the Colonial Athletic Association tournament Sunday at Baltimore Arena in Baltimore. The Tribe (20-11) avenged two regular-season losses to the Tigers, earning a place in Monday’s championship game against top-seeded Delaware. The Blue […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Curry Places Team Over Personal Achievements

Stephen Curry is finally an NBA All-Star, but he’s more focused on the Golden State Warriors’ success than his individual accolades and achievements.

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Teletovic’s career night leads Nets over Mavs

NEW YORK — Coming into Friday night, Brooklyn Nets forward Mirza Teletovic had a career-high of 19 points. Within six minutes of coming on in the second quarter, he already tied that mark on his way to a career-best 34 points. Every single one was needed as the Brooklyn Nets remain the hottest team in […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Nets 93, Pelicans 81

NEW YORK — Rookie Mason Plumlee scored a career-high 22 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to help spark the Brooklyn Nets to a 93-81 win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday night at the Barclays Center The 6-foot-11 forward/center out of Duke, whose previous high was 19 points against the Los Angeles Clippers on […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Silver adresses playoffs, draft system

Commissioner Adam Silver said he is open to making changes to the NBA’s playoff and draft systems. Silver, who was interviewed Saturday by Malcolm Gladwell at the annual Sloan Conference on sports analytics, touched on a number of ideas in attempts to improve the NBA. For one, Silver said he is “fascinated” with the idea […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
NBA Daily: Can the Hawks Keep Up Their Strong Play?

Drew Maresca analyzes the Atlanta Hawks strong play and looks ahead at how they’ll fare in the final 16 games of the season.

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
NBA Daily: Scattered Bubble Thoughts

Four days into The Bubble, Matt John relays some of the observations he’s made since the 2019-20 NBA season has resumed play.

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Defensive Player of the Year Award Watch

Check out Basketball Insiders’ Defensive Player of the Year discussion as some of the league’s big men finally get some of the love they deserve.

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Gordon atones for turnovers with winner

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Shooting guard Eric Gordon handed the ball over too many times on Friday night. With the game on the line, Gordon had the ball in his hands one more time and he delivered the winning basket. Gordon’s layup with 1.9 seconds remaining gave the New Orleans Pelicans a 103-101 victory over […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021