Jaysean Paige becomes one of a pair of players who rack up an impressive fifth starting slot in the league’s weekly pick of players of the season following his stand-out performance against Leicester last Friday. Two members of this week’s opposition in the Sharks join him in the All-Star starters. Here’s the full roster this…
Newcastle Eagles will continue to rewrite North East sporting history under the ‘remarkable’ leadership of Fabulous Flournoy. That’s the verdict of former favourite Ian Whyte who spent five years on Tyneside before swapping hoops for Hollywood. And the 80-times capped ex-England international is confident the club’s imminent move to the brand new Eagles Community Arena…
It was billed as a game that Esh Group Eagles Newcastle could not afford to lose, a must-win game and a possible BBL Championship decider even with over three months of the season to go, lots of questions to be answered writes Jeff King. On Friday night, we got the answer. A superb 89 –…
On Friday night as our Eagles triumphed over the Leicester Riders the draw took place for the 2018 BBL Trophy Semi-Finals live on BBC Sport. While our visitors were no-doubt fully focussed on the Championship game at Sport Central, the draw has thrown up a rare possibility of an all-Riders clash with one of their…
Redemption has never felt this good. Jaysean Paige, widely pilloried for the lack of concentration that allowed Leicester Riders to win in Newcastle last time out, triumphantly atoned for that late mental slip with an offensive masterclass against the reigning champions. The former West Virginia star hit a game-high 40 points to inflict a first…
Is tonight’s BBL Championship clash between Esh Group Eagles Newcastle and Leicester Riders at Northumbria University Sport Central one that the home side can’t afford to lose? Yes, if The Eagles Captain Darius Defoe is to be believed, writes Jeff King. Defoe started his preview of the crucial match-up by reflecting at the way his…
They have said in the past that one man’s downfall can be another man’s virtue, writes Jeff King. And, whilst that wasn’t quite the case last Saturday at Bristol, the saying could almost have defined Esh Group Eagles Newcastle’s Jamal Williams performance that night. The Eagles went in missing Jure Gunjina through an ankle injury…
Fabulous Flournoy has called on his transitional roster to control the tempo in 2018 after insisting the right timing can keep this season’s title race alive. The experienced New Yorker has seen glimpses of potential in a team preparing to welcome league leaders Leicester Riders to Sport Central on Friday. But Flournoy wants to translate…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle opened the New Year with a tough road win down in Bristol tonight, writes Jeff King. After a long journey it was always going to be hard and in the early stages Newcastle did struggle but did enough in the middle part of the game to seal another crucial win. Head…
