For seven long years Sheffield hearts sank every time a cruel BBL fixture list taunted the club with yet another tiresome trip to Tyneside. Prior to tonight’s clash the Sharks had failed to win in Newcastle since 2011 – a dire run stretching back 16 painful matches. As if the history books weren’t damning enough…
When Esh Group Eagles Newcastle lost 79 – 77 at home to Leicester before the Christmas break many began to write off Fab Flournoy’s talented but inconsistent side, writes Jeff King. But, as all Eagles and British basketball fans know, when the going gets tough that’s when Flournoy gets going and after delivering a blistering…
Ahead of this Friday night’s BBL Trophy Quarter-Final against Sheffield Sharks live on BBC Sport, our player-coach Fab Flournoy talked to BBC Look North about last week’s crucial win over the Leicester Riders. Here’s the full interview in case you missed it on BBC One last night: Tickets are still available for this Friday’s game…
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…
Last week over 400 young people took part in the second annual Tesco Bank Junior Players tournament which has it’s grand final at half-time during our game this Friday night against the Sheffield Sharks. On the day the team from Tesco Bank were out in force helping to make the whole event possible along with…
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…
