Following last night’s results in the quarters, the May Madness BBL 2021 Play-Offs Semi-Finals have been confirmed by the league as follows – based upon Championship finishing position seeding: Leicester Riders (1st) vs Newcastle Eagles (4th) London Lions (2nd) vs Plymouth Raiders (3rd) Tip-off times for the two legs of each semi-final at Leicester Riders’…
May Madness might be in full flow, but hitting Play-Offs means the Championship campaign has concluded and the league had one final 2020-21 season Molten BBL Player of the Month Award to dish out and the golden ball goes to our Rahmon Fletcher. The Eagles point guard scooped the award for April as he remains in…
Newcastle Eagles go into tonight’s BBL Play-Off Quarter Final second leg leading the Sheffield Sharks by two points after a thrilling 79 – 77 victory on Tuesday night in the first leg at the Vertu Motors Arena. Whilst the Eagles had “home” court advantage in that victory the second leg is taking place at the…
As the final week of the regular WBBL Championship season game to a close and May Madness got underway with all four Play-Offs Quarter-Finals live on Sky Sports from the Vertu Motors Arena, two of our Eagles pick up All-Star Five starting places. Abby Lowe and Alison Gorrell get the well deserved recognition for their…
Our Newcastle Eagles WBBL team are through to the May Madness Play-Offs Semi-Finals after a history making win over the Leicester Riders. Check out the story of the game in this selection of photos from the game at our Vertu Motors Arena. Read the full report and see highlights on the game page.
All the May Madness games will be free to watch on Sky Sports and the BBL Player. On Saturday and Sunday in the WBBL and Monday in the BBL, the Play-Offs Quarter Finals games will be shown on the Sky Sports website and apps for fans in the UK as well as on the BBL Player…
Together as the British Basketball League (BBL) and Women’s British Basketball League (WBBL) we will be joining our sporting colleagues across football, cricket, rugby and others, including our broadcast partner Sky Sports, in the social media boycott from 3pm Friday 30 April through 11:59pm Monday 3 May. LIVE MAY MADNESS COVERAGE Updates from our Newcastle…
With almost all of the BBL Championship regular season games now played, two of our Eagles have landed in the Week 24 All-Star Five. Our backcourt duo of Rahmon Fletcher and Cortez Edwards make familiar reading in the starting line-up picked by the league. Leading all players this week was point guard Fletcher, making his seventh…
Ahead of the 2021 BBL and WBBL Play-Offs, the 16 teams who have qualified for May Madness including both our Eagles squads, have shared their locker room hype songs with the league’s to build The Players’ Playlist, which is now available to hear on Spotify. Expect to hear these tracks in the background on Sky…
