Stability is the key for Marc Steutel as Newcastle Eagles’ head coach prepares to consign an unsettling period of flux to the history books. Donovan Johnson represents the penultimate piece in a puzzle that’s proved tough to solve during the first few weeks of an unexpectedly challenging roster-wide reset. And after the US star touched…
It is set to be another show-stopping year of British Basketball League (BBL) action as the fixtures for 2022-23 season were officially announced this afternoon on live on Sky Sports News. The curtain will rise on the new season on Friday 23, Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 September with our Eagles in action on the…
When it’s not your time, it’s not your time. Newcastle Eagles travelled to Cheshire Phoenix yesterday already eliminated from The BBL Cup and destined to finish bottom of the North Group. Since the season opened it’s been a catalogue of misfortune for Head Coach Ian MacLeod and his men and that theme unfortunately continued prior…
In what is fast becoming one of the most difficult starts Newcastle Eagles have had to a season in living memory, it was another tough night in the Vertu Motors Arena on Friday. The Eagles 111 – 73 loss to Manchester Giants in the BBL Cup North Group game means they will no longer be…
Newcastle finally relinquished their increasingly flimsy grip on the BBL Cup last night as an illness and injury-ravaged Eagles slipped to a sixth defeat of the season. The 2021 winners head to Cheshire Phoenix tomorrow with nothing more than pride to play for as a North Group dead rubber signals the end of a cup…
Newcastle Eagles go into tonight’s sold-out game against Manchester Giants at the Vertu Motors Arena knowing only a win can keep their hopes of qualifying for the BBL Cup quarter finals alive. Even then they will still need Glasgow to beat Cheshire at the same time to remain in the hunt to retain a trophy…
Daniel Johnson-Thompson is relishing the chance to shoulder even greater responsibility after playing a key role in Newcastle’s spirited response to a potentially crippling Covid outbreak. The shorthanded Eagles played two games inside 72 hours without a slew of senior stars last weekend. And Johnson-Thompson played all but seven minutes of two tough tests on…
The expression, ‘if it wasn’t for bad luck, you’d have no luck at all,’ was never more appropriate on Friday night when Newcastle Eagles went down to an 85 – 64 defeat at Sheffield Sharks. It was a loss that seriously dents their hopes of qualifying for the next round of The BBL Cup. With…
Beaten but unbowed Newcastle Eagles face a last-minute body count ahead of tomorrow’s cross-border clash in Glasgow following a fraught end to a difficult week. The BBL Cup holders lost both Rahmon Fletcher and Kyle Williams after the break as a bruising battle in Sheffield stretched the visitors’ resources to the limit. And with three…
