Due to our player-coach Fab Flournoy’s recent injury, he has had to receive further treatment from doctors in Newcastle today and so despite his intentions to travel with the team to the Leicester Riders game he has been unable to make the journey. Our Assistant Coach Ian Macleod will be calling the shots from courtside…
This week Jaysean Paige and Jure Gunjina find themselves in the pick from the BBL, both playing off the bench. Congratulations guys! Here’s the full roster: Rob Sandoval (Cheshire Phoenix) With added competition from last week’s arrival of Elvisi Dusha, the Phoenix guard responded in the right way by posting one of his best lines…
Newcastle Eagles are in no mood to concede the league title to Leicester Riders despite the crippling injury crisis affecting the BBL’s second-placed club. Ahead of Thursday night’s top two clash in the East Midlands, assistant coach Dave Forrester promised the 2015 champions will keep fighting for every point. And in the absence of four…
A disappointing road loss for Esh Group Eagles Newcastle down in Surrey this afternoon all but extinguished their hopes of landing the BBL Championship for the season, writes Jeff King. It was at best a long-shot in any event. But failing to stop the Scorchers from racking up their seventh consecutive home win means the…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle face a tough BBL Championship clash at Surrey Scorchers this afternoon after their long journey south this morning, writes Jeff King. The Scorchers are on a red-hot run of home form having won six in a row on their own court. Indeed, they haven’t lost in Surrey this calendar year and…
Fabulous Flournoy isn’t one for putting his feet up. Then again, Leeds Force aren’t in town every week. And if there was one game Newcastle Eagles’ veteran player-coach could afford to miss it was surely the visit of the BBL’s bottom club. Ahead of this season’s most brutal run of fixtures, Flournoy stayed home with…
On the face of it, tonight’s BBL Championship match-up for Esh Group Eagles Newcastle against bottom of the table Leeds Force has a look of inevitability about it, writes Jeff King. The Eagles have already thumped Force twice this season and the Yorkshire-based outfit’s 1 – 23 record leans towards a Newcastle clean sweep of…
With the absence of Drew Lasker from their senior roster, Lasker is off to Australia to represent England in The Commonwealth Games, Esh Group Eagles Newcastle have taken the decision to promote from within to cover the veteran guard’s absence. 19-year old starting point guard Themba Yabantu is the player being promoted. He’s been playing…
Another round of games and another starting place for one of our Eagles as Jaysean Paige now clocks-up eight appearances on the BBL’s pick of players. Congratulations Jaysean! Here’s the full roster this week: Tony Hicks (Surrey Scorchers) Surrey Scorchers completely blew away struggling Leeds Force and Hicks was at the heart of a commanding…
