Newcastle Eagles have released Richard Midgley (pictured) after receiving an approach by Everton Tigers to sign the player. Midgley signed for the Eagles during the summer and Managing Director Paul Blake has explained the decision to release him. ‘It would be fair to say that a move to Everton is in the best interests of…
Newcastle Eagles’ skipper Andrew Bridge believes the players have everything to prove on Saturday when they bid to reach the BBL Cup final. The Tynesiders will go into their semi-final against the Scottish Rocks with both Bridge and player-coach Fab Flournoy demanding improvements – despite a weekend win double that saw them return to the…
EAGLES’ play-caller Fab Flournoy has quashed accusations of a crisis in the Tyneside team ahead of this evening’s encounter with the Leicester Riders. Sterling Davis’ Scottish Rocks roster put an end to the New Yorker’s blistering 10-game winning tear five days ago, handing the Eagles only their second defeat of the season. Earlier this week,…
Richard Midgley has revealed the secret behind his soaraway success story on Tyneside after blazing a glory trail in black this season. And the GB star insists his fitness and form is thanks to the French touch! Midgley has eased into cult hero TJ Walker’s shoes as the creative brain behind Newcastle’s recent 10-game winning…
Newcastle Eagles skipper Andrew Bridge is bracing himself for a Scottish Rocks backlash in Glasgow tomorrow. The Rocks were subjected to one of the most dramatic losses in recent memory earlier in the season when the Eagles clinched a sensational double-overtime win. Bridge is expecting the Rocks to be seeking revenge in a fixture that…
Newcastle Eagles chief Paul Blake has moved to reassure supporters the club is in safe hands after talk of Northern Rock’s takeover gathered pace. Some fans have become increasingly concerned the possible Virgin deal could be catastrophic for the club, who only signed a contract with Northern Rock a few months ago – a notion…
Eagles’ play-caller Fabulous Flournoy will be fighting on all fronts on Sunday night when he welcomes former teammate TJ Walker to Tyneside in the BBL Cup. The Newcastle veteran will take time-out from his frantic league schedule as he attempts to guide his roster to a semi-final spot in British Basketball’s first showcase competition. It…
Darius Defoe has vowed he will be an Eagle for life. That declaration came despite the burly benchman attracting the attention of a string of big clubs at home and abroad. The Londoner looked back to his destructive best with 10 points and eight boards in just 22 minutes against Worcester on Friday. And those…
Not content with a commanding lead at the top of this season’s BBL table, Newcastle Eagles are cleaning up where the North East’s emerging basketball talent is concerned. And if first team breakthroughs by Aaron Nielsen and Will Spragg have hinted at a pool of top hoops potential bubbling under the pro game’s surface, then…
