Champions-elect London survived an almighty scare at the Vertu Motors Arena after Newcastle Eagles came within a whisker of ending the Lions’ 17-game BBL Championship winning streak. Marc Steutel’s men led until deep into another dramatic night on Tyneside but the league leaders proved their class to close out a barely deserved three-point victory. And…
Newcastle Eagles won’t stop growing until the end of the season as the WBBL’s rising force set their sights on double silverware down the stretch. That’s the confident claim of head coach Noelia Cacheiro ahead of tonight’s [Saturday] winner-takes-all WBBL Trophy semi-final against league leaders Leicester Riders. The women in black have won eight of…
Eagle turned Tiger Tosan Evbuomwan’s incredible senior year goes on after 15th seed Princeton dumped second ranked Arizona out of this year’s NCAA tournament. March Madness lived up to its name after the Ivy League underdogs caused one of the biggest upsets in college basketball history on the back of a brilliant 59-55 win. And the…
It seems as if every week for Newcastle Eagles brings another must-win game and a chance to try and ignite a run to make the playoffs. Tonight is no exception despite it being the multi-talented London Lions that are in town. Last weekend was another one typical of what this BBL season seems to have…
Tosan Evbuomwan heads into the biggest game of his basketball career tonight determined to fly the flag for Newcastle hoops on one of the sport’s grandest stages of all. The Eagles Academy graduate faces the toughest of tests when 15th seed Princeton bids to upset second ranked Arizona in the opening round of US college basketball’s…
Maggie Justinak insists perennial underdogs Newcastle Eagles are primed to cause another big upset this weekend with a WBBL Trophy final place on the line. And the in-form playmaker revealed she’s relishing life as an ‘emergency’ point guard after making the key position her own. Newcastle host league leaders Leicester in the Trophy final fours…
Our Eagles forward Hashan French leads the league’s All-Star Five this week after a huge weekend in BBL Championship action. It’s a debut in the pick of the players for French follow our Eagles’ Friday night win as we split a weekend double-header with Leicester Riders. French was key in our first win in six…
Deadeye David Cohn experienced the best and worst of professional basketball after battling Newcastle Eagles narrowly missed out on famous back-to-back wins against Leicester Riders. Crestfallen Cohn cut a dejected figure as he headed to the locker room after picking up a second unsportsmanlike foul of the game five minutes from time. But had it…
Jermel Kennedy has warned Leicester Riders to beware a Newcastle Eagles side in ‘desperation mode’ as Marc Steutel’s men chase a second win on the bounce against their bitter rivals. And the Canadian forward revealed a sense of deep embarrassment drove the men in black to turn Friday night’s 20-point deficit into a seven-point win….
