About
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 (9881)
Out of Bounds enjoys a little girl’s recreation of Iverson’s “Practice” rant… Charles Barkley fails at throwing a baseball… Jahii Carson has some serious hops.
Out of Bounds sees Jazz rookie Rudy Gobert pranked… Metta thanks NY… Blazers’ Thomas Robinson’s big block.
Out of Bounds sees Tony Wroten fall victim to his shoes… Babes of the Night… Harrison Barnes and DeJuan Blair’s sweet style
Out of Bounds sees an amazing James Johnson reverse dunk… Best defensive plays of the week… Ty Lawson has expensive sneaker taste.
Out of Bounds checks out Metta World Peace’s new children’s book… Classic KJ… LeBron James, Blake Griffin, Terrence Ross keeping dunks fresh.
Out of Bounds shows some of insane buzzer-beaters of the night… LeBron gets up to hammer down… Bloopers and Perkins’s outfit.
Out of Bounds checks out highlights of the Jordan Classic… The best dunk that didn’t count… Paul George goes fishing.
Out of Bounds sees Evan Turner run out gas… A real dunk contest to get excited about… Meet Rashad Vaughn.
Out of Bounds sees the Clippers return their focus to playing… Ben McLemore entertains and abuses a fan… Meet Jordan McLaughlin.
The Funny, Stupid Thing of the Night Despite two straight championships and being on their way to their fourth-straight Finals appearance, this HEAT super-fan can still get frustrated at her team just like any good sports fan. This grandma still has plenty of fire when it comes to her favorite team, you can bet she’ll […]