The UK-based global basketball website Hoopsfix have announced the line-up for their All-Star Classic 2018 which is set to feature our Newcastle Eagles Academy star Tosan Evbuomwan. The Hoopsfix All-Star Classic event returns for its fourth year as a showcase of British basketball talent. Rosters are selected at two levels, ‘Underclassmen’ for Under-18s with some of the best…
The Newcastle Eagles and Eagles Community Foundation are proud to announce the launch of the ‘Newcastle Eagles Academy’, aimed at developing the top talent from around the region. As off-court development continues to push forward, with the building of the Eagles Community Arena, it is a fitting time to announce changes to our Performance Pathway…
Well, in the first of this blog series I did promise you Part 2 and here it is and pretty much in Kareem’s words as well. All I’ve done is knitted them together and hey, guess what? When I told him what I was going to do he e-mailed me back as Damon, his team-mates…
So, I got the semi-final results absolutely spot-on then! Mind you after that draw down at The Copper Box on Friday I did have a snigger at myself. But, The Vince of Darkness and his boys came through for me and perhaps it’s fitting that we will have the top two slugging it out at…
What a load of rubbish! No, not us and how the season ended although that wasn’t good, no I’m referring to my predictions. I got two right and two wrong. I won’t dwell on the right ones, but I will look at the wrong ones and one in particular, can you guess which? So, London…
Bristol win on aggregate 163 – 157 Esh Group Eagles Newcastle crashed out of the BBL play-offs in Bristol yesterday afternoon after another disastrous away performance in keeping with what has happened since the turn of the year, writes Jeff King. Quite where the Eagles hierarchy go after one of the most disappointing seasons in…
So, is it too late and too close to the games to do a blog? Not sure but you’re going to get one anyway! Just seems that it’s been too long since the last one and I really need to put down my marker as we enter the Play-Offs. Thoughts on the regular season? Disappointed,…
In the penultimate line up of the 2017-18 BBL campaign and our very own Jaysean Paige has become the season winner for the most starting appearances is the All-Star Five. Darius Defoe also appears playing off the bench. Congratulations Jaysean and well done DD. Here’s the full pick of players from the league this week:…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle take the long road trip to Surrey today for this afternoon’s final BBL Championship clash of the regular season with the possibility of the runners-up spot in the table still alive, writes Jeff King. Newcastle need to win, and hope London Lions slip up at Cheshire Phoenix later in the day to…
