Newcastle Eagles missed out on the chance to go clear at the top of the BBL as they lost for the first time this season against the in-form Sheffield Sharks 81-86. The Sharks resurrected memories of their famed bomb squads of seasons past by hitting 10 of 19 three-pointers. Top scorers Chris Sanders (22-points) and…
Reigning BBL league champions Newcastle Eagles have been handed a significant boost after ‘Prince’ Charles Smith was finally given the all clear to return to action. The forward who is a hugely popular figure with the fans has been left frustrated on the sidelines for the first month of the new campaign waiting for confirmation…
Airwaves Plymouth Raiders 73 (21,39,56) (Beasley 23, Martin 14, Moore 10) Newcastle Eagles 91 (22,47,71) (Moore 28, Defoe 16, Bridge 15) The Newcastle Eagles joined the Everton Tigers at the summit of the BBL Championship table after a 73-91 defeat of the Airwaves Plymouth Raiders; the win sent a message to the Tigers, who scraped…
‘A situation that you just don’t turn down’ is how Team GB skipper Andrew Sullivan has described the lure of a contract in Russia as he bids farewell to Newcastle. Just two games into his two-month contract with the Eagles, Sullivan has been handed an opportunity to play in the Russian Superleague, receiving the offer…
Newcastle Eagles sit proudly at the top of the BBL Championship table with 3 wins from 3 games as they defeated the Marshall MK Lions 81-87 at the Bletchley Leisure Centre on Friday night. A 6-0 start for the Lions was immediately followed by a 10-0 response from the Eagles to give them an early…
EAGLES icon TJ Walker has claimed the current crop of stars at Newcastle have the potential to be the greatest team ever assembled by the club. Speaking exclusively to the Chronicle, the legendary Walker, who captained the Eagles in their famous 2005-06 “Clean Swoop” season when they won every BBL trophy on offer, believes this…
The Newcastle Eagles have announced their entry into the Great Britain Wheelchair Basketball Association (GBWBA) superleague, with a fourteen-strong team comprising the region’s best wheelchair ballers – including ex-GB members, Lee Fawcett, Stewart Pimblett and Paul McGinty. The new team announcement came on Thursday 2nd October, when the Eagles hosted a launch event at the…
Newcastle Eagles got back to winning ways in the BBL Championship thanks to an 98-84 victory over Worthing Thunder on Saturday evening. Both sides traded baskets in the early going, but it was the home side who held a slender advantage after the first period 22-21. The second quarter saw the Eagles began to stamp…
Newcastle Eagles 86 (24,49,63) (Bridge 17, Defoe 16, Jackson 14) Guildford Heat 81 (23,45,61) (Metcalfe 22, Howell 20, Sandell 14) The top two sides in the BBL in recent seasons went head-to-head on the BBL Championship’s opening night as the Newcastle Eagles overcame the Guildford Heat 86-81 at the MetroRadio Arena, the sixth consecutive game…
