THE $80m man proved worth his weight in gold as Great Britain christened Northumbria University’s new £30m indoor arena with a thrilling Luol Deng-inspired victory over dogged Macedonia. On the day the wrapping was taken off the impressive new Sport Central venue, Team GB looked set for a damaging defeat against Group B joint favourites…
GB Standard Life men made it two wins from two EuroBasket qualifiers as they won an overtime thriller 104-96 against FYR Macedonia. Macedonia looked to be on the verge of their third straight win before Luol Deng sunk a three-pointer to take the game into overtime, and a strong final two minutes sealed things for…
The 2010 – 2011 season is now on the horizon as the fixtures have been announced by the BBL. The full fixture list is available on their website – http://www.bbl.org.uk/ – and will appear here in due course. The season structure has been altered slightly with the BBL Trophy fixtures taking precedent in the early…
with only 7 days remaining to the eagley awaited Team GB fixture at Northumbria University, the local journalists have been in good form. Over the next few days these articles will appear on this site. We are extremely grateful to be able to do this and must thank Mark Douglas for his excellent coverage of…
Eagles have shelved plans to play in Europe after concluding it could put the financial future of the club in jeopardy. Eagles managing director Paul Blake said it was a decision he was taking reluctantly but his “head had to rule his heart” over entry into next season’s Eurochallenge competition. With six Ukrainian sides having…
An entertaining game at the Benfield Sports Centre last night saw an Eagles Select side edge past the Scottish National squad in front of a packed gym writes Jeff King. Those loyal Eagles fans that turned up for this hastily arranged friendly were well rewarded as an energy packed and commitment young Newcastle line-up deservedly…
The Molten BBL Coach of the Year Award goes to Newcastle Eagles player-coach, Fabulous Flournoy, whilst the player’s equivalent is awarded to Mike Cook. Flournoy takes the award after another terrific season in charge of the North East club. This season, the Eagles edged out Sheffield Sharks in the league race, finishing top of the…
BBL Championship Play-off Semi-Final, Second Leg Newcastle Eagles 79 (20,36,58) (Stewart 17, Smith 15, Chapman 14) Everton Tigers 95 (21,41,67) (Babalola 24, Gumbs 17, Jones 16) Everton Tigers are the first team through to the BBL play-offs final after comprehensively seeing off regular season title winners Newcastle Eagles 190-158 on aggregate. Tony Garbelotto’s men repeated…
