It takes a brave man to wear a Newcastle Eagles vest with Smith plastered across the back. A name synonymous with the club’s golden decade of unprecedented success, it recalls heady days and heroic displays. There are those who believe Charles Smith is the most naturally talented basketball player ever to have donned the Newcastle…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle were looking to bounce back in Bristol last night after a disappointing loss at home to Leicester Riders on Friday. However, they were thwarted by a Flyers side that is off to their best ever start in The BBL and who leap-frogged the Eagles at the top of the table. It…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle’s perfect start to the season came to an end after losing a heated encounter 84-68 to title rivals Leicester Riders. Fab Flournoy’s side were frustrated by the visitors’ combative play in a defeat which gives the Midlands outfit an early advantage in the BBL Championship race. Newcastle remain top of the…
It’s starting to look like a very promising season indeed for Esh Group Eagles Newcastle as the league leaders rolled in to Plymouth this afternoon and came away with another excellent road win. It moves their record to 5 – 0 so far in the early going of the campaign but the juggernaut is really…
Lineker and Beardsley. Torvill and Dean. Molinari and Fleetwood. Sports fans love a good partnership. Whisper it quietly, but Newcastle Eagles might just have landed a great one. Victor Moses and Rahmon Fletcher have only been on court together for a matter of weeks and yet the best of Friday night’s intuitive interplay was bordering on the…
The first piece of silverware of the BBL season slipped out of Esh Group Eagles Newcastle’s grasp at the semi-final stage of the British Basketball All-Stars Tournament at The Copper Box, London yesterday afternoon. In what is effectively basketball’s version of cricket’s T20 with innovative rule changes including double-point golden buzzers, 12-minute games and a…
As Tony Garbelotto watched on in despair it was easy to feel a pang of sympathy for the man who brought Fabulous Flournoy to Newcastle 17 years ago. The coach many credit for ushering in a decade of unparalleled success on Tyneside returned to the North East in a ‘consulting’ role with new club London…
Despite being a man down, the Esh Group Eagles Newcastle dominated last night’s BBL Championship clash at Glasgow Rocks and came away with a superb road victory. The Eagles’ win was their second from as many games this season meaning they are yet to taste defeat in the League. They also netted a century of…
It is rare for Newcastle Eagles to embark upon a BBL season as anything other than favourites to lift British basketball’s biggest prizes. Normally emboldened by a familiar air of invincibility, the men in black are accustomed to wearing the weight of expectation like a badge of honour. In the past, simply turning up on…
