There will be a new face in Toon when Newcastle Eagles come together for the forthcoming season although it’s a face that has appeared in the BBL before. Nick Schlitzer played for Surrey Scorchers back in 2015-6, his rookie year as a professional player. Since then the 6’6” shooting guard has gained experience playing at…
There’s a new kid in town as Newcastle Eagles announce their second signing for the forthcoming 2019-20 British Basketball League (BBL) season. Ex-Towson Tiger Mike Morsell has swapped his claws for a pair of wings as he prepares to start his second season as a professional player. Morsell played his college ball with Towson in…
Two Eagles have flown to to the FIBA Under-18 Men’s European Championships with our national team this summer and produced a stunning 87-85 overtime win against over reigning champions Serbia yesterday. Our Eagles Academy star Tosan Evbuomwan (pictured wearing jersey number 11) finished as the second-top-scorer of the clash, in part from his lay-up with…
Fan favourite Rahmon Fletcher will spearhead Newcastle Eagles’ quest for silverware this season after the two-time BBL MVP committed his future to the club. Last week player-coach Fabulous Flournoy revealed he will return to Tyneside following two months embedded with NBA champions Toronto Raptors. And Fletcher adds to a wealth of experience at the Eagles…
It’s always great to hear about former Eagles and ex-BBL players doing well in their careers after they’ve flown the nest and in Kareem Maddox and Damon Huffman, the Eagles have two ex-players they can feel rightly proud of. They are among four athletes selected for the 2019 USA Basketball Men’s 3×3 World Cup Team….
If ever the value of Victor Moses and importing the right goods in to the country needed to be emphasised for Esh Group Eagles Newcastle, last night in Sheffield more than confirmed it, writes Jeff King. The Eagles top scorer and big man led his team magnificently top scoring with his fellow Americans Jeremy Smith…
With the regular season done and dusted it’s in to the benecos BBL Play-Offs this weekend for Esh Group Eagles Newcastle, writes Jeff King. After securing a third-place finish in the league, the Eagles will match-up against the sixth-placed Sheffield Sharks over two legs tonight and tomorrow. The first leg tonight will be at the…
The regular BBL Championship season for 2018/19 came to an end for Esh Group Eagles Newcastle at The Eagles Community Arena on Friday night with a 99 – 80 loss against London Lions. It was a result that meant Newcastle for the 15th consecutive season have finished in the top three of the Championship which…
Unsurprisingly with little to play for in the regular season Esh Group Eagles Newcastle decided against risking any of their injured starters against a Sheffield Sharks side that needed to take the win to qualify for the end of season play-offs. All of which meant a hard night’s graft for Fab Flournoy and his remaining…
