Newcastle Eagles are able to announce the signing of 6’8 power forward Kareem Maddox. The 23 year American will be starting his second professional season and will look to fill the role vacated by the departing Andrew Thomson. Maddox played Division I college basketball for the Princeton Tigers of the Ivy League. In his senior…
The Newcastle Eagles are delighted to announce the signing of point guard Damon Huffman. The 6’2 American who hails from Michigan joins the Eagles having spent last season playing in the Dutch League. Huffman played his college basketball at the prestigious Brown University, part of the academically elite Ivy League. He set a number of…
Thirteen seasons since first signing for the Eagles as a graduate from Rider University, Eagles star Charles Smith returns to his home club for the 2012-13 season. Following a stellar year with the club, including a haul of all four trophies and MVP awards at the BBL Cup Final and BBL Play Off Final, Smith…
The BBL is delighted to announce that the Manchester Giants and East London Royals have joined their ranks ahead of the 2012/13 season. The Royals will be bringing top flight basketball back to the Capital and are owned by a group with in-depth experience of basketball throughout the UK, Europe and the USA. They will…
Newcastle Eagles Head Coach Fabulous Flournoy was looking for stars of the future at Christ Church C of E Primary School in Newcastle this week. The Eagles Community Foundation has teamed up with Greggs and their School Breakfast Clubs to offer a whole day of fun activities for the pupils of 6 schools from across…
BBL MVP and quadruple winning Joe Chapman has pledged his allegiance to Newcastle Eagles for a fourth consecutive season. The 6’4″ Chicago born guard had a remarkable comeback season, following a 90% achilles tear suffered in February 2011, ending his 2010-11 campaign. Chapman joined the Eagles in 2009, and has since won 7 trophies in…
Newcastle Eagles’ assistant coach Dave Forester paid tribute to coach Fabulous Flournoy after the north east side completed a clean sweep with a 71-62 victory against Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders in the play-off final. Eagles’ veteran Charles Smith collected the MVP award, but there was little doubt about the influence Flournoy had on the…
BBL Championship Play-off Final Newcastle Eagles 71 (12,31,56) (Smith 21, Gause 13, Defoe 10) Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders 62 (21,31,49) (Sullivan 18, Hardy 12, Wierzbicki 11) Newcastle Eagles made it a clean sweep of all four British Basketball League trophies with a 71-62 victory over Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders in the play-off final…
The Eagles have secured one clean sweep already this year by winning all three awards in the Basketball Journalists Association’s Awards. Joe Chapman was the first two-time winner of the Player of the Year award whilst Andrew Thomson won the Pete Jacques Award for BBL British Player of the Year for the second consecutive season….
