This Sunday afternoon the top two teams in the 2016-17 BBL Championship will face each other in the 2017 Play-Off Final. A potentially record breaking crowd is expected on Sunday at The O2 in London to see the last silverware of the season handed out. BBL Champions and Trophy winners Leicester Riders make a return…

Nineteen points sounds a lot but it’s only six triples and a free-throw and remember we were 33 up at Bristol and only won by three. Smart money though is on us to get through to The O2 and if you can’t be at Worcester tonight then you can still watch us to see how…

BBL Play-Offs, Semi-Finals, First Leg Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 105 (23,53,81) (Defoe 26, Parks 20, Fletcher 19) Worcester Wolves 86 (18,49,70) (Walker 19, Kennedy 15, Klassen 12, Khan 12) The locals at Sport Central were bouncing with elation on Wednesday night as Esh Group Eagles Newcastle made a sizeable leap towards The 02 after completing…

Molten BBL All-British Team of The Year 2016-17 The next award in our series of accolades is the Molten BBL All-British Team of the Year, with the clubs/coaches voting as follows: Conner Washington (Leicester Riders) Having already cemented a place in the Molten BBL All-Defensive Team of the Year, Washington is back again with more…

BBL All-Star Five – Week 30 It’s a bitter-sweet feeling as we unveil our very last All-Star Five of the 2016-17 BBL season! Rahmon Fletcher (Esh Group Eagles Newcastle) The playmaker has been in scintillating form during past months and was instrumental in taking the Eagles into the Play-Off Semi-Finals with an excellent contribution in…

It’s our Supporters Club End of Season Party on Monday 15th May 2017 at Jury’s Inn on the Baltic Quayside. Join us for the final fling with our 2016-17 Esh Group Eagles Newcastle players before many of them fly home for summer. There will be lots of chances for autographs, selfies and time to chat…

With a big shout out to Darius too who makes it to the bench. Molten BBL All-Defensive Team of the Year 2016-17 The awards season tips-off with the Molten BBL All-Defensive Team of the Year, with the clubs/coaches voting as follows: Zaire Taylor (London Lions) The former BBL MVP has remained one of the best…