Impressive displays by Rahmon Fletcher and Victor Moses in last week’s games home and away earned them places in the starting line-up of the BBL’s All-Star Five for week 4 of the season. Fletcher is a former two-time BBL MVP and he has wasted no time in reminding everyone of his quality with 13 assists…
It’s starting to look like a very promising season indeed for Esh Group Eagles Newcastle as the league leaders rolled in to Plymouth this afternoon and came away with another excellent road win. It moves their record to 5 – 0 so far in the early going of the campaign but the juggernaut is really…
It was another sensational all-round team performance from Esh Group Eagles Newcastle as they swept aside Surrey Scorchers 114 – 82 on Friday night at Northumbria University. It was the Eagles fourth consecutive BBL Championship win and keeps their 100% record so far this season intact. It was a perfectly executed game-plan with strangling defence…
Lineker and Beardsley. Torvill and Dean. Molinari and Fleetwood. Sports fans love a good partnership. Whisper it quietly, but Newcastle Eagles might just have landed a great one. Victor Moses and Rahmon Fletcher have only been on court together for a matter of weeks and yet the best of Friday night’s intuitive interplay was bordering on the…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle go in to action tonight at Northumbria University Sport Central looking for their 4th consecutive BBL Championship win. If they achieve that objective against Surrey Scorchers they’ll maintain their 100% league record intact and remain on their perch atop The BBL. On paper it should be a comfortable night for Head…
After the disappointment of losing out on the chance of landing the season’s first silverware in last Sunday’s British Basketball All-Stars Championship, Esh Group Eagles Newcastle turn their attention back to the BBL Championship this coming Friday at Northumbria University Sport Central. The Eagles have made a great start to their Championship campaign and are…
The first piece of silverware of the BBL season slipped out of Esh Group Eagles Newcastle’s grasp at the semi-final stage of the British Basketball All-Stars Tournament at The Copper Box, London yesterday afternoon. In what is effectively basketball’s version of cricket’s T20 with innovative rule changes including double-point golden buzzers, 12-minute games and a…
This weekend sees Esh Group Eagles Newcastle take a break from BBL Championship action as they fly down to London to take part in the Annual All-Stars Basketball Tournament at The Copper Box Arena, London tomorrow afternoon. The competition which will be shown live on Sky Sports from 1:00pm, is in its second year and…
This Sunday it’s the return of the British Basketball All-Stars Championship at London’s Copper Box and with so many rules changes in a very different format of games to the BBL we’ve pulled together the low-down for you to follow the action. The games take place across a five-hour session the eight teams playing in…
