The 24-man squad for Great Britain’s FIBA EuroBasket 2022 Qualifiers against France and Montenegro this month has been named and includes one of our Eagles. GB go into the games in top form having won eight of their last ten games including a convincing 81-73 victory over Germany last time out at the Eagles Community…
British Basketball League coverage is returning to Sky Sports this season in a two-year deal that will see 30 live games aired each season. Sky Sports will also air the BBL Trophy Final, BBL Cup Final, BBL Play-Offs and live coverage of the WBBL Play-Off final. Coverage tips-off with a double header live from the…
Our replica 2020-21 BBL team Kappa kit is now on sale from the club shop. Celebrating 25 years of Newcastle Basketball, 25 trophies won and our 25th Eagles team our new jerseys, shorts and shooting shirts are available in both our home and away colour-ways. The design is first and foremost a throwback to 1995…
The date for our previously unscheduled BBL Cup Group Stage tip-off against Sheffield Sharks has now been set for Tuesday 17 November 2020 with a 7pm tip-off. Live Stream Virtual Tickets are on sale now from our box office:
Five Eagles players across the BBL and WBBL have landed places in the first All-Star Fives and benches of the 2020-21 season following the action in our opening tip-offs. In the BBL, Cortez Edwards and Rahmon Fletcher received nods from the league for stand-out showings in London and Leicester. Edwards turned in a typically all-action performance…
In our first preview interview of the new season Dan talks to head coach Ian MacLeod about our opening win on the road in London, the new team, a delayed start and tomorrow’s second BBL Cup tip-off at Leicester Riders.
Tomorrow night’s behind-closed-doors pre-season game against Cheshire Phoenix has been cancelled. The club received confirmation that one of its BBL player has tested positive for COVID-19 and following current Basketball England guidance the player and his teammates are now in isolation. Since the return to indoor courts this summer, the club and all its players…
Newcastle Eagles WBBL team will tip-off their 2020-21 season away in the Cup group stages at Nottingham Wildcats on Saturday 7 November 2020. This will be the seventh season of the Women’s British Basketball League and the third since the Tyne and Wear women’s franchise became Eagles. Head coach Chris Bunten’s new roster of Eagles…
We are pleased to announce that this Friday night we will face Cheshire Phoenix in our second pre-season tip-off. Our Eagles are still flying high from their victory over Sheffield Sharks last month and are looking forward to more BBL opposition. EAGLES VS PHOENIX FRIDAY 23 OCTOBER 2020 COVERAGE STARTS FROM 19:20 TIP-OFF 19:30 The…
