The Swiss national basketball team will benefit from a vocal North East following this weekend with Newcastle Eagles’ WBBL skipper Giulia Simioni taking centre stage for the hosts. Chris Bunten, his assistant and six members of his Sport Central roster are flying out to Fribourg tomorrow ahead of Switzerland’s Eurobasket qualifier against the Czech Republic…
The British Basketball League is set to lead the way in automated TV production in the UK starting with an Eagles game next month. Should the tests and December pilot game be successful, the League will be the first professional sports league in the UK to employ the technology for TV broadcast purposes. Over the…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle face yet another tough and crucial week in their quest to fashion a position from where they could bring silverware back to basketball’s most successful franchise, writes Jeff King. On Friday night at Northumbria University Sport Central they face Cheshire Phoenix in a BBL Championship clash and then the following night…
This month has been one of huge transformations in the Eagles Community Arena as some of the biggest milestones in the development of the court area have been reached. The grand total of 18 baskets are now suspended from their supports in the ceiling and our state of the art LED lighting system is in…
The City of Edinburgh Kings have been confirmed as our BBL Trophy opening round opposition next month after being given an unexpected opportunity to replace fellow Scottish side St Mirren who have had to withdraw from the competition. “We were delighted to get the invite to take part in this year’s BBL Trophy,” confirmed Kings’…
Our very own Rahmon Fletcher is in conversation with MVP Magazine editor and reknowned British Basketball journalist and broadcaster Mark Woods in this week’s edititon of their podcast. Hear Fletch talk to the MVP Cast about turning 30, his Kansas City fraternity of under-sized basketball point guards, politics in America, his musical talents as a…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle needed Friday’s 97 – 89 win at home against Worcester Wolves to put them back on track after the previous weekend’s double reversal at the hands of Leicester and Bristol. It was a timely boost as the Eagles face some tough up and coming games in both The BBL Championship and…
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…
Tonight’s BBL Championship clash sees Esh Group Eagles going in to battle against The BBL’s bottom of the league side, Worcester Wolves. The Wolves have a 1 – 7 record compared to Newcastle’s 5 – 2 so on paper this looks like a home banker. But, those 2 losses came last weekend so the Eagles…
