Newcastle Eagles will be looking to get back to winning ways tonight at the Eagles Community Arena as they take on Sheffield Sharks in the BBL Championship live on Sky Sports. After taking a narrow loss at Leicester on Wednesday it’s another crucial game in a busy period. Eagles veteran guard Drew Lasker who has…
A battling and hard-fought effort from Newcastle Eagles just came up short last night as they dropped another game behind league leaders Leicester Riders. The Eagles went into a top of the table clash without the injured Justin Gordon and that may have been the crucial difference. The Riders deeper bench and ability to rotate…
Newcastle Eagles face their third game in six days when they travel to arch-Championship rivals Leicester Riders tonight. The Riders are in a rich vein of form and currently sit at the top of the BBL table with a 10 – 1 record. But the Eagles, who bounced back from the disappointment of Friday night’s…
Our Eagles will continue their defence of the BBL Trophy against London following the Lions’ defeat of Leicester Riders last week. The quarter-final fixture is set to take place in the capital on Monday 22 February 2021 with a 6pm tip-off. This away game will be live on the BBL Player and coverage starts from…
A marriage made in heaven, a team with a lust for winning, Valentine’s Day? Perhaps it was inevitable Rahmon Fletcher and Cortez Edwards would combine to give Newcastle Eagles the kiss of life in Bristol. The backcourt bromance was on song once again after disappointing in Friday’s 90-70 home defeat by Sheffield Sharks but it…
“A bad day at the office.” The only way to describe Newcastle Eagles disjointed and disappointing end to their six-match winning run on Friday night. It came courtesy of an excellent Sheffield Sharks performance that saw the visitor’s take a 90 – 70 win. A win that extended Shark’s own winning run to three games…
Nothing beats one of the biggest and best rivalries in British basketball. Normally. Newcastle and Sheffield have been involved in some humdingers over the years. Overtime, double overtime and even triple overtime has been required to separate two fierce opponents in the past. And wherever the Eagles and the Sharks have been sat in the…
Darius Defoe is the most successful player in the history of the British Basketball League with a record breaking 26 trophy wins and all with Newcastle Eagles. Winning the 2021 BBL Cup put Defoe one title ahead of his former head coach Fab Flournoy in the medals table. To celebrate this incredible achievement we are pleased to launch a limited…
Newcastle Eagles go into tonight’s BBL Championship clash against Sheffield Sharks at the Eagles Community Arena on the back of a seven-match winning run. A run that includes a third victory of the season against tonight’s opponents. The Eagles have met Sheffield three times in competitive fixtures this season and won all three. Two in the…
