This week Basketball England’s national team Head Coach Andreas Kapoulas named the 24 players who will attend Team England’s first preparation camp ahead of the 2018 Commonwealth Games, including three of our Eagles amongst 20 players currently competing in the BBL, once again showcasing the domestic based talent currently available for selection. Darius Defoe, Drew…
Newcastle Eagles maintained their perfect start to the BBL Championship and bounced back from cup disappointment with a crushing victory over Surrey Scorchers. Fab Flournoy’s side shrugged off the agonising one-point defeat to the Cheshire Phoenix last time out to record a blowout 103-80 win at Sport Central on Friday night. Strong displays from Darius…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle return to Northumbria University Sport Central looking to continue their 100% BBL Championship record and get back to winning ways after last week’s surprise Cup defeat at the hands of Cheshire Phoenix, writes Jeff King. That defeat sent reverberation’s around The BBL but nowhere was the impact harder felt than in…
The date has been set for our Eagles’ first round game in the race to the 2018 BBL Trophy Final against Surrey Scorchers. In the draw for the round one match-ups last weekend, our Eagles got a home-tie which is played on a one-leg basis with the winner progressing to the quarter finals. This home…
It might be game over in the BBL Cup, but Terry Martin knows the Newcastle Eagles still have plenty to play for. After Friday’s agonising 80-79 loss to the Cheshire Phoenix, he wants the team to hit the reset button and return to winning ways. The forward is one of seven new faces and has…
As our Eagles and fans arrived at Sport Central on Friday night for BBL Cup action the race to reach the 2018 BBL Trophy Final began with the first round draw being concluded live on the BBL’s Facebook Page. There are 16 entrants look to go al the way to the Emirates Arena in Glasgow…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle’s stranglehold grip on The BBL Cup was dramatically ripped away from them on Friday night when Cheshire Phoenix staged a remarkable comeback to take the victory on the buzzer, writes Jeff King. The Eagles having won The Cup for the last three seasons were a mere four seconds away from taking…
The Newcastle Eagles crashed to a last-second defeat to the Cheshire Phoenix, ending the club’s quest for a fourth successive BBL Cup. A turnover with four seconds gifted Cheshire the ball and former Eagle Orlan Jackson scored the winning lay-up at the buzzer. The result was all the more shocking after the Eagles roared from…
The BBC has unveiled plans to broadcast even more British Basketball League games along with over 30 additional sports or sporting events in an attempt to “reinvent free-to-air sports broadcasting”. In total over 1,000 extra hours of live sport a year will be made available live via iPlayer and the BBC Sport website. BBC director general Tony…
