The Newcastle Eagles were just in Bulgaria on Wednesday night and now just 48 hours later they return home to the Vertu Arena to take on a tough Leicester Riders side in a vital SLB Championship encounter. Newcastle lost that game on Wednesday in the ENBL group stage to Spartak Pleven by the close margin…
It’s difficult to comprehend what was ultimately a crazy game of basketball. Statistics only telling part of the story. Eagles were outrebounded 49-33. They only went to the foul line 23 times making 18 of those free-throws whilst Spartak went 45 times and made 34 of their attempts. Newcastle also won three of the four…
The Newcastle Eagles fly into Bulgaria on Wednesday to take on Spartak Pleven in a crucial European North Basketball League group game. After three defeats from three games played so far in the competition, the Eagles can ill-afford to slip up again. But they are going into Wednesday night’s game in good form and with…
The 2024/25 SLB Trophy holders Newcastle Eagles made it through to the semi-finals of this season’s competition after a terrific 94-89 victory over Sheffield Sharks. It was a pulsating exciting quality game of basketball that was just edged by the home side in the final quarter. It meant that the Eagles had followed up their…
Newcastle Eagles have made some pre-Christmas changes to bolster their roster as two fly out and explosive 5’10 point guard Terrell Burden Jr flies in. Burden lands in Tyneside this weekend to take up his new duties ahead of a full-on festive schedule for the Eagles that starts with a European North Basketball League (ENBL)…
It’s a huge game for both sides on Friday night in the Vertu Arena as the B. Braun Sheffield Sharks are in town to face the Newcastle Eagles in a crucial Super League Basketball Trophy group game. The two teams meeting for the fourth time this season. The other three were in the SLB Championship…
A battered beaten-up Newcastle Eagles were in action in their third different competition in five days but once again defied the odds like they had at Sheffield on Friday night to take a huge road win in the SLB Trophy. Their 79-76 win at Caledonia giving them the perfect start to defending a Trophy they…
The Newcastle Eagles men’s team complete a brutal three games in five days run with a SLB Championship clash on the road at Caledonia Gladiators on Sunday afternoon. They do so looking for a second successive win after a sensational victory at Sheffield by 80-68 on Friday night. Few gave Head Coach Marc Steutel’s team…
‘The Magnificent Seven’ is a world-renowned blockbuster of a Western movie that saw an outnumbered band of men coming together away from their homes to beat a seemingly stronger opposition. On Friday night the Newcastle Eagles produced an epic performance of their own to replicate tat achievement and take a victory that not many before…
