Out Of Bounds
Out of Bounds: Game-Winning Plays
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.
All posts by Jeff HawkinsUpdated30 Jul 2024
The Funny, Stupid Thing of the Night
We know we have a lot of purist, serious hoops fans here at Basketball Insiders, but every once in awhile we have to remember this is a game that is meant to be fun. Check out this funny mix of NBA players just taking some moments to be goofy.
Game-Winners of the Night
Last night featured a couple clutch game-winners for fans to enjoy. First, the Pacers came out victorious despite sitting all five starters last night against the dreadful Bucks thanks to forward Chris Copeland hitting the last-second runner. We feel for Bucks fans who spend their hard-earned money to see their team lose like that against the back-ups. Just sad. Next, Blazers forward Dorell Wright only made one basket all night against the Kings, but he made sure to make it count as he nailed the game-winning three.
Block of the Night
Oh, no you didn’t! Nets rookie forward Mason Plumlee showed no fear going up against HEAT forward LeBron James as he rejected his game-winning dunk attempt to help the Nets win. That takes some big onions to face The King and come out on top.
YouTube of the Night
Meet the next big thing. Literally. High school junior center Tacko Fall from Liberty Christian Prep in Florida is 7’5, 250 pounds with a wing span that is reportedly eight feet. While the Senegal native is the definition of raw with very little basketball experience, there just aren’t a lot of people in the world this big and coordinated enough to play the sport. It will be interesting to see his development and which college will take a flier on this giant.
