This week the British Basketball League announced an exciting new TV coverage deal with FreeSports who will broadcast a number of games during the remainder of the season, opening up the opportunity for existing BBL followers to watch games more easily as well as reaching a huge audience of potential new fans. The coverage starts this…
The British Basketball League have just announced their pick of players from last week’s games and yet again our Eagles star. Two of our roster line-up in the BBL’s dream team this week and leading them out is Jaysean Paige, who becomes the first player so far this season to record four starting appearances. Following…
The BBL have released their dream-roster of the All-Star Five after last weekend’s performances and once again there’s a double showing from our Eagles with Jaysean Paige and Darius Defoe both starting. Paige has become only the second player in the BBL this season so far to book a third appearance. Here’s the full line-up…
The BBC has unveiled plans to broadcast even more British Basketball League games along with over 30 additional sports or sporting events in an attempt to “reinvent free-to-air sports broadcasting”. In total over 1,000 extra hours of live sport a year will be made available live via iPlayer and the BBC Sport website. BBC director general Tony…
Once again our Eagles lead the role-call of the top players over the last seven days in the British Basketball League. This afternoon the BBL announced their picks for the 4th All-Star line-up with an All-Eagles backcourt taking centre stage. Here’s their full list featuring Saah Nimley and your MVP from Friday night’s game against…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 97 (22,46,63,86) (Cooke 28, Smith 18, Gause 17) Leicester Riders 96 (22,37,64,86) (Couisnard 28, Sullivan 13, Hassan 13) Leicester Riders fell even further behind from the BBL Championship leaders after being handed their second loss in a row, as Esh Group Eagles Newcastle celebrated a 97-96 victory after overtime and climbed…
We take a look at who has been hot in the BBL during the month of November. Scoring machines Five players managed to pass the landmark of 20 points per game, with Brandon McGill (Surrey United) way out in front with 27.5 points per game, although the new arrival only played twice during the period….
We take a look at who has been hot in the BBL during the months of September and October. Scoring machines Eight players have made a blistering start to the new campaign in the scoring stakes, but one player is way out in front when it comes to points production. Brent Benson (Birmingham Knights) has…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle have hit three figures three times this season but coach Fab Flournoy is still searching for greater cohesion on the offensive end when his team host Glasgow Rocks on Friday in front of the BBL TV cameras. Free scoring Eagles reached a century as they eased past both Birmingham Knights and…
