It’s been a tough time for Newcastle Eagles in the last few weeks. Five consecutive defeats in the British Basketball League have seen them slip out of the play-off places. It’s the first time in a considerable time that they’ve entered the end of season run-in in danger of not making the end of season…
Newcastle Eagles have parted company with main sponsor GiveToLocal prior to the end of an agreed two-year partnership with the Tyneside-based sport organisation. British basketball’s most successful franchise will remove all GiveToLocal branding from the club’s playing kit, website, social media channels and sites across the Vertu Motors Arena with immediate effect. Both the club’s…
Leicester Riders won on Tyneside but were forced to wait to lift the league title after a London Lions victory against Bristol Flyers kept this season’s Championship race alive. Rob Paternostro’s men took control midway through the first period to lay the foundation for an impressive victory in front of the Sky Sports cameras. And…
Newcastle Eagles are fighting to keep their campaign alive despite suffering the latest in a long line of cruel setbacks this season. That’s the defiant message from head coach Ian MacLeod after it was confirmed that Wesley Person Jr will miss this week’s BBL action. Newcastle travelled to London for tonight’s clash against the Lions…
Another disappointing night in the BBL Championship for the Eagles down at Sheffield saw them slip to a third consecutive defeat and their fifth in a row to Sheffield in all competitions this season. The Eagles total points of 53 was their lowest total since December 1994 and their sixth lowest ever. A sobering thought…
Ruthless Sheffield Sharks maintained their Indian sign over Newcastle this season with a fifth successive win against the Eagles. A third defeat on the bounce leaves the men in black clinging to their top four dream. And there’s no respite for the Eagles with Wednesday’s road trip to London Lions looming large — followed by…
After a break of a fortnight the Newcastle Eagles go to Ponds Forge, Sheffield tonight to take on a Sharks team they’ve failed to beat in four previous outings this season, writes Jeff King. It’s the start of a run of four very tough looking fixtures that lie ahead for Newcastle. There will be a…
NBA scouts, British basketball bosses and his old mates back on Tyneside have all been gripped by Tosan Evbuomwan’s epic basketball story this season. Simon Rushworth found out more about the man behind the myth from three people who know the 20-year-old best. “He always had the talent,” insisted Newcastle Eagles’ American forward Justin Gordon…
The consistently inconsistent Newcastle Eagles once again showed both sides of their character on Friday night as they slipped to a disappointing home loss to Manchester Giants. As the final buzzer sounded it was an eerie silent Vertu Motors Arena that surveyed another tough night for their favourites. The Eagles had been due to travel…
