It was the Cinderella story that captured the imagination of a nation. But the final word has been written on Geordie star Tosan Evbuomwan’s fairytale run to the Sweet Sixteen of US college basketball’s premier competition. A global audience of millions tuned in to discover if ultimate underdog Princeton could add another huge scalp to…
The Newcastle Eagles WBBL side are on the road today at Oaklands College, St. Albans as they face a Wolves side in a Championship clash looking for a season’s double. This is one of those games that on paper looks like an Eagles win. When the two sides met in November at the Vertu Motors…
One of Newcastle’s most talked about sporting exports bids to make history tonight as Tosan Evbuomwan leads his Princeton Tigers into Sweet Sixteen action. The talk of this year’s NCAA basketball tournament — known as March Madness — has juggled practice with national television interviews all week. But the time for talking is over as…
Short-handed Newcastle suffered a sobering loss at the hands of champions-elect London as the Lions’ strength in depth overpowered the battling men in black. The visitors lined up at the Copperbox Arena shorn of starters Javion Hamlet and Hasahn French following Sunday’s heartbreaking defeat in Manchester. And with Ben Mockford still absent as he battles…
Marc Steutel insists his battling Eagles will fight to the finish as Newcastle launch a final bid to save their season. The men in black face a tough trip to London Lions tonight less than a week after coughing up the chance to beat the champions-elect on Tyneside. But with nine league games to go…
Somewhere, somehow, someway the Newcastle Eagles keep coming up with ways to lose a basketball game in what may well go down as one of their most frustrating seasons ever. On Friday night on their own court in the Vertu Motors Arena, they led Champions-elect London Lions by thirteen points with 11 minutes and 55…
The fairytale finish to Tosan Evbuomwan’s storied college career is gathering pace after the Eagles Academy graduate made history in Sacramento. Princeton sentenced another top seed to March Madness misery after adding Missouri to their list of prized NCAA scalps on Saturday night. And that secured a Sweet Sixteen spot for Tosan and his Tigers…
Newcastle have reached the ‘finals countdown’ in their bid to punch a ticket for the post-season party. That’s the verdict of Darius Defoe as the BBL’s most decorated player prepares for this afternoon’s pivotal showdown with friend and former team-mate Rahmon Fletcher. The Eagles have 10 games to salvage a disappointing campaign as Marc Steutel’s…
A disappointing night for Head Coach Noelia Cacheiro and her players as they went down to semi-final defeat at home in the WBBL Trophy. They showed plenty of commitment and spirit throughout the game but ultimately came up short against a very powerful Leicester side. Leicester advance to the final where London Lions await for…
