In the penultimate pick of the best in the BBL this calendar year one of our Eagles makes yet another showing as Jaysean plays off the bench again. Here’s the full list of All-Stars for week 12 of the 2017-18 season from the BBL: George Beamon (Worcester Wolves) The upturn in the fortunes of Wolves…
Jamal Williams insisted the jolt of defeat against title rivals Leicester Riders has forced Newcastle to question their match-night consistency. The experienced forward heads into the Christmas mini-break desperate to move on from a disjointed display against the new league leaders that asked more questions than it answered. And Williams admitted the Eagles are still…
At half-time during our game on Friday night at Sport Central, the draw for the BBL Trophy Quarter-Finals was made live on BBC Sport. Joining our Esh Group Eagles Newcastle in the final eight are Cheshire Phoenix, Leicester Riders, London Lions, Worcester Wolves and Plymouth Raiders. The remaining eight place, who we now know will…
Christmas came early for Leicester Riders as the league champions stopped the BBL’s comeback kings in their tracks. Newcastle Eagles’ luck ran out during the thrilling denouement to another dramatic final quarter as the visitors edged a bruising BBL battle. And Fabulous Flournoy must go back to the drawing board during the holiday break after…
The biggest game in the BBL Championship so far, with no disrespect to the rest of the league’s teams, takes place at Northumbria University Sports Central tonight. Its Esh Group Eagles Newcastle v Leicester Riders, it’s top versus second as it seems to have been for many seasons now, writes Jeff King. Whilst it’s not…
Tomorrow night’s BBL Championship game against Leicester Riders is a huge one in the 2017/18 BBL season for Esh Group Eagles Newcastle and for their Captain and veteran forward Darius Defoe it could be a double celebration if he can play his part in a home town win, writes Jeff King. The long-serving Londoner, now…
This week only one Eagle makes a showing in the BBL’s top picks of players as Jaysean Paige joins the elite roster off the bench. Here’s the leagues full list: Neil Watson (Plymouth Raiders) The Raiders’ playmaker has taken things up a gear of late and he mustered another brilliant showing to help catapult Raiders…
Firstly we want to say a huge thank you to all of our fans who have helped with recent appeals for donations of food, gifts and toys for those less fortunate. We have been overwhelmed with the donations on game nights proving what we already knew to be true, we have the best fans in the…
Jure Gunjina insists Newcastle Eagles can repel reigning champions Leicester Riders after revealing the BBL leaders have found strength in adversity. The classy Croat remains an enigma following his close-season switch to Sport Central as he struggles to convert raw talent into key stats on a consistent basis. But Gunjina showed flashes of his undoubted…
