As Esh Group Eagles Newcastle prepare to open their 2017/18 BBL Championship challenge they will have seven players making their competitive debuts for The Club of which six will be playing in The BBL for the first time, writes Jeff King. The other one is no stranger to Britain’s top-flight professional basketball league having played…
Okay then I guess you want my take and a little bit of inside insight on Sunday’s tournament. Once again, I thank Mr Blake, Mr Flournoy et al for allowing me my few words, not that it’s ever few, which are strictly my opinion. So, off we jolly well went and, there’s little to report…
Basketball’s equivalent of Cricket’s T20 blast arrived in The UK yesterday with Barry Hearn’s Matchroom Productions bringing their heavy metal support to British Basketball, writes Jeff King. The competition featured the top eight from last season’s BBL Championship table was uncharted territory that featured golden buzzer power-plays, 12-minute games, 5 point shooting lines, running clocks…
It’s not often you can sign a foreign international player to complete your roster as you prepare for another tough season but in Denmark’s 6’ 7” Zarko Jukic that’s exactly what Esh Group Eagles Newcastle achieved, writes Jeff King. The immensely athletic and talented forward is only 23-years old but has already seen action in…
After a stellar five-year college career at the University of Manitoba, Canadian AJ Basi was ready to turn from senior Bison to fledgling Eagle as the Winnipeg native signed on the dotted line for Esh Group Eagles Newcastle, writes Jeff King. Upon signing that contract, he made no secret of the fact that he felt…
Team Northumbria Men’s basketball are going in to the 2017/18 season as reigning English Basketball League Division One Champions. Given that it’s a position only one-off the top flight British Basketball League it was some achievement last year by Head Coach Marc Steutel and his roster. The Championship has given them an opportunity to play…
Well that was a good weekend, now wasn’t it? The Rocks were well and truly rolled and Team Northumbria were blown away in the second half after a tight first half where they showed they have a really good squad. I interviewed TN Coach Marc Steutel after the game so won’t give too much away…
It’s not just the BBL Eagles that are preparing for the season ahead, our School of Excellence, which is the cornerstone of our Eagles Community Foundation, just launched their 12th season of competition. This season the SoE to give it its abbreviated title will run teams at Under-18 women’s, Under-14 and Under-16 boys, Under-18 and…
Mmmmm not sure about the title of this one? I mean I kept telling you all to be excited, very excited and then we came out Friday night and bombed the **** out of Team USA Select displaying a style of basketball that was, well…… exciting! But and with the greatest respect to Team USA…
