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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 (9828)

Dayton dances past Syracuse, into Sweet 16

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Junior guard Jordan Sibert’s 3-pointer with 49 seconds left put Dayton up by six and the 11th-seeded Flyers held on to stun third-seeded Syracuse 55-53 in an NCAA South Regional third-round game on Saturday night at the First Niagara Center. Syracuse guard Tyler Ennis missed a 3-pointer just before the final buzzer […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Bobcats hand Lakers 6th straight loss

LOS ANGELES — Another big night by center Al Jefferson sparked the Charlotte Bobcats to a drought-ending win over the Los Angeles Lakers. Jefferson tied a career-high with 40 points and grabbed 18 rebounds to lift the Bobcats to a 110-100 victory over the Lakers before an announced crowd of 18,997 at Staples Center on […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
NBA Daily: Watching the Buyout Market

With the trade deadline now past, teams’ last refuge to improve their rosters is through the buyout market. Zach Dupont looks at the buyout market and which players may find a new home in the coming weeks.

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Maryland stuns No. 5 Virginia in ACC finale

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Maryland coach Mark Turgeon knew his team was close and on the brink of doing something special after playing in close games all season. After loses earlier in the year to three ranked teams — Pittsburgh, Duke and Syracuse — by a combined eight points, Saturday afternoon’s matchup with No. 5-ranked […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Pacers 101, Bucks 96

INDIANAPOLIS — Center Roy Hibbert scored a game-high 24 points and had 12 rebounds on Thursday night, powering the Indiana Pacers to a hard-fought 101-96 win over the Milwaukee Bucks at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. If the Central Division-leading Pacers were expecting an easy night from the team with the worst record in the NBA, they […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
‘Rattled’ Kentucky beats Alabama 55-48

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky coach John Calipari said the No. 25 Wildcats were tentative in their return to the court following Saturday’s upset loss to South Carolina, and it showed. Their offense was sluggish to create open looks, and those they stumbled into weren’t falling. Still, Calipari was thrilled his team topped Alabama 55-48 on […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Pelicans 105, Heat 95

NEW ORLEANS — Forward Anthony Davis scored 30 points and grabbed 11 rebounds — his eighth consecutive game of scoring at least 28 points — to power the New Orleans Pelicans to a 105-95 victory over the Miami Heat Saturday night at the Smoothie King Center. In snapping a five-game losing streak to the Heat, […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Michigan State 80, Harvard 73

SPOKANE, Wash. — Junior swingman Braden Dawson scored a career-high 26 points Saturday night to lead the Michigan State Spartans past the Harvard Crimson 80-73 in the third round of the NCAA Tournament. Spartans guard Gary Harris scored 14 of his 18 points in the second half to help foil Harvard’s comeback attempt. The fourth-seeded […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Clippers hold off cellar-dwelling Bucks

LOS ANGELES — Sometimes the worst NBA teams can bring out the worst in some of the league’s best. The Milwaukee Bucks, who own the worst record in the league, stayed close Monday before forward Blake Griffin and the Los Angeles Clippers sealed a win with some late buckets. Griffin scored 27 points and grabbed […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Bulls defeat Bucks for fourth straight win

CHICAGO — Just because the Milwaukee Bucks had eight healthy players and the worst record in the NBA, that didn’t mean they would go down easily on Friday night at the United Center. The Chicago Bulls put seven players in double figures and played just well enough to pull out a 102-90 victory. The Bulls […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021