There has to be real concern for Newcastle Eagles and their head coach Ian MacLeod after his new-look roster slipped to their third consecutive defeat on the road in Manchester last night. It means they are still winless this season and are now rooted at the bottom of the BBL Cup North Group. They have…
Two games in and two home losses registered. Is it panic stations for Newcastle Eagles? Whilst the opening night defeat against Glasgow may have been expected as the Eagles had only come together days before the game. They had a full week to practice for the visit of Sheffield. Most Newcastle fans, the Coaching staff…
Previously winless Oaklands Wolves shocked pre-game favourites Newcastle Eagles as a record crowd for a WBBL fixture on Tyneside was left with little to cheer. It was a sobering case of after the Lord Mayor’s show for Chris Bunten’s misfiring Eagles as the hosts failed to capitalise on last weekend’s eye-catching win double. And it’s…
Hotshot Ebony Horton has called on more WBBL coaches to place their trust in homegrown talent after a stellar start to the season for Britain’s leading female ballers. Newcastle Eagles’ close-season capture led the way for her new club with a combined 44 points and 10 rebounds in last weekend’s season opening double header in…
Prior to tip-off, rookie forward Duke Shelton had insisted ‘every game is a rivalry’ as he refused to discriminate between those teams stacking up to knock Newcastle Eagles off their perch this season. But when it comes to the biggest rivalries in British basketball few are more keenly fought than this historic northern heavyweight contest….
The Newcastle Eagles go into tonight’s second BBL Cup North Group at the Vertu Motors Arena searching for their first win over the season after last Friday’s home reverse against Glasgow Rocks. Standing in their way is one of Newcastle’s fiercest rivals Sheffield Sharks. The Sharks also opened their season campaign last weekend with mixed…
One of the country’s fastest-growing sports is experiencing a post-lockdown boost thanks to a committed community of like-minded businesses. Women’s basketball is taking the UK by storm following the return of top-flight action to Sky Sports and the progress of the GB national team. And hopes are high that the home nations’ participation in next…
In the first All-Star Five of the new season after the big opening weekend of WBBL Cup action that saw almost all of the league’s teams in action twice, our Eagles’ Ebony Horton has landed herself a starting place. Our WBBL team recorded a pair of big double-digit wins over the weekend against Caledonia Pride…
Rahmon Fletcher has revealed patience will be the key to a new-look Newcastle discovering their identity and realising their potential this season. But the two-time BBL MVP insists the sky’s the limit for a group of players still smarting from last week’s opening night reverse at the hands of Glasgow Rocks. And Fletcher is excited…
