Newcastle Eagles take on Manchester Giants tonight in a sold-out crucial BBL Championship game as they look to kick start a run towards a play-off berth. It’s a match up against a side that contains ex-Eagle legend Rahmon Fletcher and opposition that the Eagles have already lost to twice this season. This time they need…
Justin Gordon is bracing himself for a ‘battle’ with old buddy and former team-mate Rahmon Fletcher this week when Newcastle Eagles lock horns with Manchester Giants. Friday’s Vertu Motors Arena clash marks the homecourt return of Gordon after the US star inked a third deal in as many seasons with the Tynesiders. But ex-Eagle Fletcher…
Marc Steutel is demanding Newcastle Eagles up their defensive effort ahead of this weekend’s Championship double header following a dispiriting defeat in Scotland. And Newcastle’s playcaller will double down on Justin Gordon’s Eagles rehabilitation after the forward failed to spark on his BBL return. The men in black host Rahmon Fletcher’s Manchester Giants this Friday…
It was labelled ‘The Big One’ as Newcastle attempted to smash the all-time attendance award for a WBBL Championship game. It was a home game at the Vertu Motors Arena and once again the Eagles as a club excelled. Off the court a brilliant crowd of 1,303 did indeed break Eagles own record and became…
The most successful franchise in BBL Trophy history will have to wait for a record-breaking eighth title after Newcastle Eagles were dumped out of this season’s competition by cross-border rivals Caledonia Gladiators. On a night when Marc Steutel’s men couldn’t buy a three-pointer — shooting just three from 24 from downtown — the visitors allowed…
Marc Steutel might have returned one of the most dynamic players of the modern era after sealing a deal for homecoming hero Justin Gordon. But ahead of tonight’s cross border clash at Caledonia Gladiators, the Newcastle Eagles playcaller has already settled on his on-court leader. And after in-form David Cohn rocketed into this week’s BBL…
Newcastle Eagles go into The Big One tonight against a strong Leicester Riders on a three-match winning run. The sold-out top-flight women’s basketball tip-off is set to see the club break the league attendance record once again this evening after 1,122 turned out to the first Big One just under a year ago. Our Eagles’…
Three is the magic number for Justin Gordon as the Newcastle Eagles favourite bids to fire Marc Steutel’s men towards this season’s playoffs. The eye-catching 29-year-old has committed to a third spell in as many years at the Vertu Motors Arena ahead of Friday’s night’s BBL Trophy trip to the Caledonia Gladiators. And Steutel can’t…
Chloe Gaynor promised Newcastle’s powerful frontcourt trio will put the ‘Big’ into The Big One as top-flight women’s basketball takes centre stage this Friday. The homecourt Eagles host high flying Leicester Riders looking to set a WBBL attendance record for the second successive season. And all eyes will be on Gaynor and fellow bigs Nette…
