FAB FLOURNOY has been handed a shock snub after being overlooked for this season’s BBL Coach of the Year award despite leading the Eagles to the league title. Surprisingly, the man who has pipped the New Yorker to the accolade is none other than owner turned coach Vince Macaulay of Milton Keynes Lions – the…
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Lynard Stewart, of the Newcastle Eagles, has won the Molten Player of the Season award to add to the collection of medals that he has picked up this season. The 6’8″ centre, who joined the Eagles from Euphony Bree in Belgium over the summer, has been inspirational in their memorable run to the BBL Championship…

The Newcastle Eagles School of Excellence celebrated their first season in the Junior National League with an end of season celebration. The event took place at the Holiday Inn Express, Newcastle. The event included the 3 National League age groups and the Girl’s U18 team which the club rescued after the team nearly folded. Players…

ANDREW BRIDGE insists Newcastle are not thinking about a fourth Play-off crown on the bounce. Because the Eagles are already dreaming of a FIFTH! The reigning champions head into next weekend’s Final Fours in Birmingham on the back of six successive wins. All those victories have come against top eight opposition and Bridgey’s boys have…
OLU BABALOLA showed just why he loves the play-offs after his sparkling 21-point performance kept the Eagles’ dreams of a historic fourth successive play-off championship alive. The man who was crowned the most valuable player in last year’s final, is now just 40 minutes away from having another crack at that accolade as the Eagles…

Newcastle Eagles 105 (23,52,78) (Babalola 21, Defoe 20, Leven 15) Worcester Wolves 96 (18,51,67) (Life 29, Paez 24, Harker 20) Three-time play-off champions Newcastle Eagles are back in the Final Four again after holding off a spirited performance by Worcester Wolves on Tyneside. After four consecutive overtime matches to end the regular season the Eagles…

Lynard Stewart was awarded the 2007-8 Eagles Players Player of the Year Award last night at the Eagles End of Season Dinner, hosted by the Newcastle Gateshead Hilton. In a star studded night, young Eagle and England Under 15 Ross Wilson was awarded the Eagles School of Excellence Player of the Year award and coach…
BBL champions Newcastle Eagles had to go to overtime for the fourth game in a row before they sealed their 21st straight home win and finally saw off the challenge of the Sheffield Sharks in the last game of the regular season, writes JEFF KING. It gives Newcastle a 29-4 record in the league and…
NEWCASTLE Eagles coach Fabulous Flournoy insists his side’s recent trend of overtime wins will bode well for play-off success this season. In recent weeks, Flournoy’s roster has done it the hard way. Their last three league fixtures have required energy-sapping periods of overtime to close out games against Everton, Guildford and Milton Keynes. However, Flournoy…