Ian MacLeod’s Giants slayers warmed up for a big week of BBL basketball in fine style as early-season pacesetters Manchester were put to the sword. Newcastle Eagles bounced back from a painful one-point defeat at Plymouth with a thoroughly professional performance on the road. And Wednesday’s BBL Cup quarter-final against Bristol Flyers can’t come soon…
Newcastle Eagles are on the road again for the second Sunday running as head coach Ian MacLeod and his team will be hoping for a better result than the previous game, a 1-point loss down in the deep South West at Plymouth. Their opponents are Manchester Giants and it’s a new venue for The Eagles…
EAGLES WBBL AT MYSTICS EAGLES WBBL VS SUNS Aussie ace Jorjah Smith is convinced a fully fit Newcastle Eagles roster can mix it with the WBBL’s big guns this season. And the ex-Manchester Mystic is relishing this afternoon’s trip to her former club before tomorrow’s homecourt showdown with Sevenoaks Suns. Smith was a key close-season…
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We can now confirm our 2020-21 BBL Cup Quarter-Finals tip-off will be at home against Bristol Flyers on Wednesday 16 December 2020 at 19:30. As the winners of Group 3, which saw runners-up Leicester Riders and third placed London Lions advancing to the Quarter-Finals, our Eagles are facing the Flyers who finished as the number…
At the end of any basketball match the only statistic that matters is the final score. But ultimately in the disappointing one-point defeat yesterday afternoon there may be others that are just as telling for Newcastle Eagles and Head Coach Ian Macleod. Shooting only 2 of 23 from three-point range in a single-digit loss is…
It was interesting that in amongst all the deserved plaudits for Newcastle Eagles and the likes of Rahmon Fletcher, Justin Gordon, Evan Maxwell and Cortez Edwards, Head Coach Ian MacLeod picked out another player for a special mention after Thursday night’s game That player was 36-year-old veteran forward Darius Defoe currently plying his trade in…
On Thursday night the first two games in the 2020-21 BBL Championship tipped-off at the Eagles Community Arena live on Sky Sports. Take a look behind the scenes as the biggest outside broadcast the arena has hosted gave viewers on Sky Sports Arena and Main Event incredible coverage of the Cheshire Phoenix beating Sheffield Sharks,…
