The Newcastle Eagles took their second road win in under 48 hours at Cheshire last night to move to 4 – 1 for the season and remain in pole position in the BBL Cup North Group. It was a scrappy game in which the high scoring belied the nature of the game. For the Eagles it…
The first big BBL clash of the season between the countries top two sides went the way of the visitors as Newcastle Eagles took the spoils in Leicester tonight. It was Leicester’s first defeat of the season and means the two sides now have identical 3 – 1 positive records in the BBL Cup North Group….
The honeymoon period is over. But Newcastle Eagles’ interim head coach Ian MacLeod won’t care. Nobody said it would be easy succeeding the most successful play caller in British basketball history and the new man at the helm always knew as much. A dramatic last-gasp overtime defeat to Glasgow Rocks won’t dissuade MacLeod that he…
The Newcastle Eagles completed a thrilling victory in Glasgow last night to stay perfect in the BBL Group North. It was a huge win on the road and puts the men from Tyneside in a great position early in the Cup proceedings. There may be a bigger story for the Rocks to answer as they were…
A perfect symmetry or pure coincidence? In 2002 Fab Flournoy’s opening game and first victory as Newcastle Eagles coach was against Chester Jets – a nailbiting three-point win featuring standout performances from TJ Walker, Jeremy Hyatt, Andrew Mavis, Nikki Arinze and rising star Andrew Bridge. Fast forward 17 years and the same franchise stood between…
Sheffield Sharks gained revenge for Friday’s heavy defeat the hands of Newcastle Eagles by claiming a nailbiting 66-61 win in yesterday’s South Yorkshire rematch. The two teams were tied at 33-33 at the half and the hosts took a one-point lead into the final period. But Sheffield pulled away in the fourth quarter and held…
Rodney Glasgow Jr paced an impressive Newcastle Eagles tonight as the versatile guard bagged a game high 23 points against shellshocked Sheffield. And the Sharks will need to find an extra gear in South Yorkshire tomorrow if last season’s BBL playoff semi-finalists are to take anything from this weekend’s pre-season double header. Glasgow Jr was…
Ian Macleod has revealed Fabulous Flournoy’s fingerprints are all over a coaching career two decades in the making. The new man at the helm of Newcastle Eagles guided the hosts to an 86-80 win against Worcester Wolves in his first game as interim head coach. And Macleod paid tribute to his predecessor’s overriding influence – and…
The first fixture of the post-Fabulous Flournoy era tipped off against a backdrop of mixed emotions following the 6pm announcement that the BBL’s most decorated coach had accepted an assistant’s role in the NBA with reigning champions Toronto Raptors. And Newcastle’s players – who were told of their coach’s decision at a team meeting the…
