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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)

What Else Should The NBA Change? Part 1

David Yapkowitz considers what long-term changes the NBA should consider making as the league moves forward.

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Six Things To Know About The Atlanta Hawks

Here are six things to know about the Atlanta Hawks as they enter the second half of the 2013-14 season.

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Cincinnati rallies to beat Louisville

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — In a game of runs, No. 13 Cincinnati had the last one and beat No. 12 Louisville 69-66 Thursday night at the KFC Yum! Center. Cincinnati (20-2, 9-0 American Athletic Conference) closed the game with an 8-2 run to maintain its lead atop the conference. It was Cincinnati’s 13th straight victory. “Whenever […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
McDermott passes Bird as Creighton routs ‘Nova

Villanova coach Jay Wright said it was like a broken record. Same matchup, same result — practically. The last time Creighton met Villanova, the Bluejays poured in a Big East-record 21 3-pointers and cruised to a 28-point victory in Philadelphia. Bluejays forward Doug McDermott let the Wildcats know immediately Sunday night that no revenge would […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Memphis 82, Temple 79 (OT)

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The No. 22 Memphis Tigers survived a scare from lowly Temple on Saturday night in an American Athletic Conference game and held on to defeat the Owls 82-79 in overtime. Forward Shaq Goodwin led the Tigers (21-6, 10-4) with 20 points and forward Austin Nichols added 17 points and 12 rebounds. Temple […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Timberwolves stay in playoff contention, beat Pistons 114-101

MINNEAPOLIS – This time the Timberwolves came out hot. This time they established the tone. This time they left nothing to question. Better late than never? The final weeks of the season will decide that. Two days after an inexcusable home loss to the slumping Knicks, the Wolves came out on fire Friday, taking a […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Bobcats use a little luck to beat Nets in OT

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The basketball gods aren’t always kind to the Charlotte Bobcats, but they were on Wednesday night. The Bobcats got some fortunate bounces down the stretch and used them to pull out a 116-111 overtime win over the Brooklyn Nets. Forward Chris Douglas-Roberts hit a long jumper at the shot-clock buzzer with 10.1 […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
DePaul struggles without three starters

NEWARK, N.J. — When healthy, the DePaul Blue Demons have found it difficult to win on the road in the Big East Conference this season. Securing a victory against Seton Hall on Saturday night at the Prudential Center without three of its key players proved to be an impossible task. DePaul slipped to 1-4 away […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Thanks to 14 steals, Shockers remain unbeaten

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall never likes to see an opponent shoot 51 percent from the field. However, if his team compensates by creating a slew of turnovers and converting most of them into points, it is a tradeoff he can accept. The fourth-ranked Shockers turned 18 Evansville turnovers into 23 points, […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021
Blazers come out firing in second half vs. Wizards

PORTLAND, Ore. — Something got into the Portland Trail Blazers at halftime, or so it seemed. Portland came out of the locker room smoking, sinking three 3-pointers in the first two minutes of the third quarter to break open a tight game en route to a 116-103 victory over the Washington Wizards on Thursday night […]

Jeff Hawkins  •  15 Oct 2021