Five-and-a-half years is a long time in basketball. Just ask Glasgow Rocks. The border raiders must go back as far as 2012 to find evidence of their most recent victory against Newcastle Eagles – an 85-77 win on April Fool’s Day. David Cameron was leading a coalition government, Queen Elizabeth had just celebrated her diamond…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle opened their BBL Championship challenge on the road in Leeds tonight, writes Jeff King. And what a sensational opener it was too as Fab Flournoy’s black and white warriors laid siege to Leeds’s doors and forced them down in some style. As statements and markers go this must be one of…
Basketball’s equivalent of Cricket’s T20 blast arrived in The UK yesterday with Barry Hearn’s Matchroom Productions bringing their heavy metal support to British Basketball, writes Jeff King. The competition featured the top eight from last season’s BBL Championship table was uncharted territory that featured golden buzzer power-plays, 12-minute games, 5 point shooting lines, running clocks…
As pre-season programmes go things could hardly have gone better for the Newcastle Eagles – three games, three wins and nothing more than the odd niggle mean the men in black head into next weekend’s Betway All-Stars Basketball tournament in confident mood. By keeping it in the family the most decorated franchise in the history…
The more things change the more things stay the same. And on the night our Eagles handed debuts to seven new faces there was a familiar air of superiority as the hosts cruised to a comfortable MKM Building Supplies Pre-Season victory. Historically, player-coach Fabulous Flournoy has built his all-conquering rosters on consistency – the new…
Molten BBL Play-Off Final Leicester Riders 84 (29,47,72) (Thomson 18, Hampton 14, Bernardini 12) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 63 (11,27,44) (Fletcher 16, Martin 11, Parks/Behrens 10) Leicester Riders completed a memorable treble in dominant fashion after beating Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 84-63 in the Play-Off Final in front of 14,500 at The O2. Rob Paternostro’s…
BBL Play-Offs Semi-Finals, Second Leg Worcester Wolves 111 (31,54,83,103) (Walker 26, Kennedy 19, Setty 16) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 94 (32,45,69,84) (Martin/Fletcher 28, Parks 15) Eagles win 199-197 on aggregate. Esh Group Eagles Newcastle came through a thrilling encounter as they advanced to the BBL Play-Off Final with a dramatic 199-197 aggregate victory. Worcester Wolves…
BBL Play-Offs, Quarter-Finals, Second Leg Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 84 (21,46,67) (Defoe 26, Fletcher 20, Parks 12) Bristol Flyers 82 (26,47,65) (Ali 24, Boggs 20, Cosby 12) Eagles win 181-176 on aggregate. Esh Group Eagles Newcastle secured a spot in the Play-Offs Semi-Finals after beating Bristol Flyers 84-82 at Sport Central for a five-point aggregate…
