It was unlucky Friday the 13th for Esh Group Eagles Newcastle as once again their road game jinx hit them hard and they fell to another crushing away defeat in Worcester last night, writes Jeff King. With London Lions winning comfortably at Leeds, the scrap for second place in The BBL is now well and…
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The Esh Group Eagles Newcastle are on the road again tonight for a tough match-up against Worcester Wolves, writes Jeff King. It’s just over a week ago that the Eagles bounced back to winning ways with a thrilling 86 – 83 home win against tonight’s opponents. That win was needed after three double-digit losses away…
Tomorrow morning it’s a huge game for the England women’s basketball team at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games as they play for a medal in the semi-finals and with the men’s team now out of the running after this week’s loss against Canada the question is can the girls do what the guys could not?…
With only a couple of games remaining in the regular BBL Championship season our very own Jaysean Paige gets yet another starting place. Congratulations Jaysean! Here’s the full list of players picked by the league: Kiefer Douse (Leicester Riders) It was a momentous weekend for Riders as they got the pair of victories required to…
Darius Defoe could return to action in time for Newcastle Eagles’ next home game after the forward resumed light training this week. The BBL veteran has been out of action since March but has continued to be a significant presence on the sidelines. And Newcastle have resisted the temptation to bolster their ranks ahead of…
UPDATED: England will play Canada on Tuesday 10th April at 8:30am (UK time) Team England advanced to the quarter-finals of the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games after a 27-point win over Cameroon in the early hours of Sunday morning UK time, finishing 81-54 at the Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre. The hopes of Basketball England and…
Jure Gunjina insists Newcastle Eagles are in no mood to give up on their BBL Play-Offs dream after the crisis-hit club confounded the critics with brilliant back-to-back wins. And the in-form Croat revealed his team-mates never considered throwing in the towel despite the club enduring a series of mid-season losses and a number of serious…
Jaysean Paige inspired a second win in four days as short-handed Newcastle Eagles silenced the critics with an all-round performance evoking the club’s storied past. Combining pinpoint offence with a defensive determination lacking for so much of this season, the hosts overturned a 10-point first quarter deficit to suffocate a stunned Sheffield Sharks. And Paige…
