IT TOOK NEW York cops just a few days to break Connie Hawkins. Unstoppable on a basketball court, Hawkins everywhere else was an insecure and confused teenager, a kid who had trouble standing up ...

Connie Hawkins: The Suns' First Superstar. Matt Petersen. November 10, 2017 3:15 PM MST. Since '68: The Hawk. Coin flips are a sensitive subject when it comes to the Suns. ... Connie Hawkins.

Hawkins played parts of five seasons with the Suns, made four All-Star teams and was an original member of the team’s Ring of Honor. In 1992, he was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.

Connie Hawkins made his mark with the Harlem Globetrotters before playing in the ABA and NBA. Getty Images Connie Hawkins, an ABA/NBA legend for not only what he did on the Suns, but also for ...

PHOENIX-- Basketball Hall of Famer and Phoenix Suns legend Connie Hawkins died Friday at age 75. Hawkins, who had been implicated in a college basketball gambling scandal, was originally banned ...

Basketball great Connie Hawkins has died at 75. The Hall of Famer's death was announced in a statement Saturday by the Phoenix Suns, the team with which he spent his most productive NBA seasons ...

Phoenix Suns Statement on Passing of Connie Hawkins October 7, 2017 8:10 AM MST “’The Hawk’ revolutionized the game and remains to this day an icon of the sport and one of basketball’s ...

The Suns, a 1-year-old franchise at the time, selected Hawkins second overall after losing a coin flip for the rights to then-Lew Alcindor, now Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. "I was the happiest guy in the ...

Former Phoenix Suns forward and Basketball Hall of Famer Connie Hawkins has passed away, ABC15 has learned. He was 75. Hawkins played pro basketball from 1961-76, including for the Phoenix Suns ...