Five-and-a-half years is a long time in basketball. Just ask Glasgow Rocks. The border raiders must go back as far as 2012 to find evidence of their most recent victory against Newcastle Eagles – an 85-77 win on April Fool’s Day. David Cameron was leading a coalition government, Queen Elizabeth had just celebrated her diamond…
Newcastle Eagles could be on the cusp of the most exciting period in franchise history according to the man who celebrates 20 years with the club this season. In the summer of 1997 Paul Blake was appointed marketing manager of the Newcastle United Sporting Club – overseeing the Eagles, Newcastle Falcons and Newcastle Cobras. And…
Drew Lasker has warned Leeds Force that Newcastle Eagles are ‘game ready’ and raring to go ahead of Friday’s big British Basketball League tip-off. Last season’s runners-up used the inaugural Betway British Basketball All-Stars event to sharpen their match fitness in the face of a fast and furious format. And after reaching the final at…
Fabulous Flournoy has conceded the coaching manual will count for nothing at London’s O2 Arena today as the Newcastle Eagles swoop on the biggest prize in British basketball. A massive £100,000 pot is up for grabs at the inaugural Betway British Basketball All-Stars tournament – with a £25,000 winners’ cheque on the table. All the…
Size is everything in basketball. Only nobody bothered to tell Saah Nimley. Simon Rushworth caught up with one of the biggest names on Newcastle’s new-look roster as the Eagles officially launched the 2017/18 campaign. Let’s address the elephant in the room. Saah Nimley is not the tallest of basketball players. In all honesty, he’s one…
Terry Martin will take his coach’s criticism on the chin after quitting the melting pot that is South American basketball for the passion pit of the BBL. The American forward faced both barrels from a typically fired-up Fab Flournoy after Newcastle Eagles’ playcaller called a snap fourth quarter time-out against Team Northumbria last weekend. But…
As pre-season programmes go things could hardly have gone better for the Newcastle Eagles – three games, three wins and nothing more than the odd niggle mean the men in black head into next weekend’s Betway All-Stars Basketball tournament in confident mood. By keeping it in the family the most decorated franchise in the history…
Fab Flournoy has promised Newcastle Eagles fans a coaching masterclass as three generations of playcallers square up on Tyneside this weekend. And the New Yorker has defended the decision to tackle fierce rivals Glasgow Rocks in a pre-season friendly just weeks before the two teams clash in the BBL. Newcastle host Tony Garbelotto’s revamped Scottish…
