Newcastle chief Paul Blake has urged Eagles fans to keep the faith after insisting the club’s wide-ranging rebuild will reap long-term rewards. British basketball’s most successful franchise has endured a difficult start to the season as a constantly changing roster adapts to the unique challenges of a new-look BBL. But one of the league’s most…
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Newcastle Eagles season is just not improving any time soon and Coach Marc Steutel needs to address the situation very quickly otherwise despite not even reaching Christmas it’s going to be a long campaign. Last night in Leicester they went crashing out of the BBL Cup at the hands of a rampant Riders side that…
Newcastle Eagles are on the road today as they travel to Leicester to take on The Riders at the Morningside Arena in a crucial BBL Cup Quarter-Final. After defeating Plymouth in the last round they were hardly rewarded with what looks, on paper, a very tough game indeed. Although perhaps it’s not the strongest Riders side…
Marc Steutel is doubling down on his determination to transform Newcastle Eagles’ defensive mentality. Ahead of Saturday’s BBL Cup clash at Leicester Riders, the experienced playcaller is demanding more from his inconsistent roster. And Steutel conceded his players must learn to balance defensive fundamentals with controlled aggression following a flurry of costly fouls in recent…
Newcastle Eagles latest BBL Championship defeat at the Vertu Motors Arena was perhaps the most disappointing of the season so far in what has been a stop-start campaign full of issues for new Head Coach Marc Steutel. In Friday night’s 95–79 loss at the hands of the Plymouth City Patriots, a side they had already…
Plymouth City Patriots pulled off the perfect revenge mission as Paul James’ men sentenced Newcastle Eagles to a punishing homecourt loss. The short-handed visitors had lost twice to Marc Steutel’s men this season but there was no hat-trick of wins for Sport Newcastle’s newly anointed Coach of the Year. The Eagles went into battle without…
Marc Steutel bids to complete the hat-trick of wins against Plymouth tonight after bagging the biggest coaching honour in North East sport. Newcastle Eagles’ head coach masterminded an epic 108-96 victory three weeks ago as Paul James’ Patriots left the Vertu Motors Arena empty handed. And that standout win followed hot on the heels of…
Darius Defoe has targeted a swift return to action less than two weeks after a muscle injury halted the forward’s season in its tracks. The Newcastle star hobbled out of the Eagles’ clash against Surrey Scorchers on November 4 early in the second quarter. And the immediate future didn’t look good for the dependable Defoe…
Last Friday night at the Vertu Motors Arena the draw took place for the 2023 BBL Trophy first round live on Sky Sports. 16 teams in total went into the draw, 10 BBL teams and six invited teams with home ties assured to the teams who made the Trophy Quarter Finals in the 2021-22 campaign. The…