BBL Championship Bristol Flyers 93 (18,44,70) (Bland 25, Streete 20, Seilund 17) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 105 (29,58,84) (Smith 25, Jones 19, Defoe 17) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle are outright leaders of the BBL Championship once more after a high-scoring 93-105 win on the road at Bristol Flyers. The Eagles have now won ten straight…
BBL Cup, Semi-Final (First Leg) Sheffield Sharks 75 (22,31,51) (Payne 18, Holmes 15, Lewis 15) Newcastle Eagles 77 (18,34,58) (Defoe 18, Martin 18, Fletcher 13) AND THE CORRECT SCORERS WERE – Scott Martin 19, Darius Defoe 18, Andre Jones 13, Rahmon Fletcher 12 plus Andy Thomson 5, Charles Smith 4, Fab Flournoy 4 and Drew…
Winner at the North East Sports Personality of the Year Awards Jackie Milburn Award: Fabulous Flournoy Fabulous Flournoy, coach and player at the Newcastle Eagles, received the Jackie Milburn Award, which honours the region’s sporting greats.
Bristol Flyers v Esh Group Eagles Newcastle – Saturday 29 Nov – WISE Basketball Arena (19:30) The signs are ominous for Bristol Flyers and the rest of the BBL ahead Newcastle Eagles’ visit to the WISE Basketball Arena on Saturday with the league leaders in fine form. Player-coach Fab Flournoy feels confidence is still growing in his…
Sheffield Sharks v Esh Group Eagles Newcastle – Friday 28 November 2014 – EIS Sheffield (19:30) Olu Babalola believes success in the BBL Cup semi-final against Newcastle Eagles could turn Sheffield Sharks’ season around. Sharks have endured a stuttering start to the campaign and slipped to a third straight loss on Friday as they were beaten by…
WBBL TEAM OF THE WEEK – WEEK 7 There are two more debutantes in our line-up this week. Teresa Manigrasso (Team Northumbria) The Team Northumbria guard joins her colleague Fiona O’Dwyer on three WBBL Team of the Week appearances this season after playing two great games over the weekend to help her side record a…
BBL Team of the Week – Week 9 This week features our new season leader, two Brits and a debutante. Kirk Crecco (Surrey United) It’s a first appearance of the season in our starting five for the former Wildcats’ guard as he produced a scintillating display to help Surrey pick up an overdue second win…
BBL Championship Plymouth University Raiders 82 (18,44,64) (Hampton 20, George 16, Sayers 15) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 88 (16,38,64) (Smith 24, Jones 21, Fletcher 10) A late salvo from Charles Smith restored Esh Group Eagles Newcastle as the outright leaders of the BBL Championship on Saturday night – having been joined at the summit after…
Newcastle Eagles’ nine-game winning streak will be under threat when they travel to Plymouth Raiders on Saturday, but Andrew Thomson believes it will be another step towards his team reaching their potential. Eagles have been flawless since losing their opening game to Worcester Wolves and Thomson credits this to the players’ ability to quickly discover…
