The Super League Basketball (SLB) shareholders and directors have this morning been formally notified by the British Basketball Federation that it intends to award the long-term license for the men’s professional basketball league in Britain to an external operator from the start of the 2025/26 season. Whilst we understood that the BBF would impose a…
Understandably head coach Marc Steutel was elated after his Newcastle Eagles side produced a superb performance to defeat Bristol Flyers 97 – 78 in the Super League Basketball Trophy Final at the Utilita Arena Birmingham on Sunday afternoon. It gave the British basketball’s most successful franchise their 28th national title and it was also a…
‘Magic’ Mike Okauru and Seneca Knight combined for 41 points as nerveless Newcastle Eagles ended a four-year wait for a major honour. Marc Steutel’s men dominated the 2025 Super League Basketball Trophy final to close out one of the most impressive title wins in franchise history. And it’s now 28 pieces of silverware for the…
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Marc Steutel has challenged his Newcastle Eagles to write their own chapter in the franchise’s storied history ahead of the Sunday afternoon Super League Basketball (SLB) Trophy final against Bristol Flyers. That the men in black head into the first showpiece clash of the season as slight favourites is testimony to Newcastle’s status as British…
Whilst every player is important to head coach Marc Steutel and Newcastle Eagles, there may be one player that others will lean on for advice and support in Sunday’s SLB Trophy Final against Bristol Flyers. Josh Ward-Hibbert has emerged this season in particular, his second with the club, as a real on and off court…
Newcastle Eagles go into Sunday’s Super League Basketball Trophy Final against Bristol Flyers looking to extend their record both as the side that has featured in more Trophy Finals than anyone else as well as moving further ahead in the winners’ circle. Sunday will be the 12th time Newcastle have appeared in the Trophy final….
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Darius Defoe is tipping Newcastle Eagles to go back to the future by writing the next chapter in the franchise’s storied history in Birmingham this weekend. It’s 20 years since the most decorated player in British basketball bagged his first medal as the men in black defeated Brighton Bears to lift the 2005 BBL Trophy….
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A season high 37 points from Seneca Knight wasn’t enough to save Newcastle Eagles from another loss on the road following a dramatic finale to a frantic clash in Cheshire. The US star — in his first season with the men in black — equalled his career best score as he converted 12 of 15…
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Trey Pulliam insists he boasts the tools to unlock the abundant offensive talent within Newcastle Eagles’ roster after teasing his own stellar skillset during a nerveless debut against London Lions. The point guard converted a first week of practice into 30 minutes of composed Super League Basketball as the hosts closed out an impressive 74-67…
