Connie Hawkins was born on July 17, 1942 in Brooklyn, New York. He was raised by his blind mother, with his five brothers. Life was not easy on those streets of the late 1950s and early 1960s. He was ...

What does it mean to lose so much of a career that looked like no one else’s? That’s the question Connie Hawkins leaves us with. Broadly speaking, we remember athletes for two reasons — what they did ...

Cornelius Lance "Connie" Hawkins was an American professional basketball player. A New York City playground legend, "the Hawk" was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992.