One of the most familiar faces in North East sport has committed to another campaign on Tyneside as he goes in search of an unprecedented 25th national title. In 2004 a little-known Londoner signed on the dotted line for Newcastle Eagles following a brief but life-changing conversation with the club’s fast-rising player-coach, Fabulous Flournoy. As…
The British Basketball League have published their 2018-19 fixtures, which we are pleased to be able to share with our fans as we prepare for a monumental season for the club. You can have them automatically downloaded to your devices by adding our fixtures and results to your calendar: A full and up to date list…
Two-time BBL MVP Rahmon Fletcher has re-signed with the Eagles after admitting he missed the buzz of playing in a ‘basketball town’. The 29-year-old point guard enjoyed three trophy-laden seasons on Tyneside and was part of the club’s all-conquering 2015 clean-sweep roster. But Fletcher returned to Europe last summer after signing a lucrative deal with…
#AlwaysAnEagle
Darius Defoe represented our Eagles at the North East as part of the UK’s team ‘Midnight Madness’ in their annual trip to world streetball tournament Quai 54 in Paris, France over the weekend. The tournament hosts 16 teams competing for the world streetball title with players from all across the world stepping out onto the…
In the latest instalment of our summer series on former Eagles and faces of British Basketball with connections to the club our LBTV commentator and coaching assistant Jeff King, or ‘Uncle Jeff’ to our players, caught up with 6’6 forward Kai Williams about playing for us last season… As the close season continues and we…
In the latest instalment of our summer break series of features on and interviews with former Eagles and faces of British Basketball, reporter Johnathan Ramsay caught up with fan favourite Andrew Bridge who believes we ‘need to work harder’ if we want to bounce back into the top two next season… The Derbyshire-born shooting guard…
Perfectly timed as we start our series of stories about faces of British Basketball with Eagles connections we congratulate Nick Nurse, the two-time BBL Coach of the Year who brought our own Fab Flournoy to Britain, on being confirmed as the new head coach of Toronto Raptors in the NBA. It was back in 1996 when…
In the off-season break we’ll be bringing you features and interviews with many faces of British Basketball starting with North Shields-born Gary Stronach. Stronach was one of British basketball’s most respected playcallers before he parted company with Plymouth Raiders in 2010 – beginning a self-imposed exile from the sport he loves. Simon Rushworth caught up with…
