Three-time Emmy winner Daryl Hawks, a former NBC Bay Area Sports anchorperson, was found dead inside an Atlanta hotel room Thursday morning. Rich Lieberman reports: "Atlanta police called Hawks' death a medical emergency and not a police call. His body was discovered after he did not appear for the Bulls' morning shoot around. Paramedics were called and he was taken to a local hospital at about 10:30 a.m., according to Atlanta police Sgt. Curtis Davenport."

The cause of his death is not yet known.

According to NBC Bay Area, Hawks last worked at NBC Chicago. He died at 38.