FORMER Newcastle Eagles star Richard Midgley will make his first return to the Metro Radio Arena tonight since his shock exit from Tyneside, but he is adamant there is no animosity. The Great Britain guard will come face to face with the franchise he deserted more than three months ago and, while some may be…
NEWCASTLE Eagles kept their momentum going at the top of the BBL Championship with a clinical demolition of bottom-of-the-table Birmingham. Although this was a game Fab Flournoy’s men were expected to win, the message to the rest of the league is that the Eagles went about business in the right way. The game was played…
‘CAPTAIN Cool’ Andrew Bridge today played down talk that the BBL league title is Newcastle’s for the taking after a near- perfect weekend for the Eagles. But the laid-back skipper did admit last night’s ruthless 82-112 demolition of Cheshire Jets was a return to Fab Flournoy’s famous total team basketball. ‘That was one of the…
Fab Flournoy has hailed the superb 105-75 win over Cheshire Jets that booked the Eagles their place in a staggering fourth successive BBL Trophy Final. After losing their grip on the Trophy last season against Plymouth, they will have to travel to Devon and the Raiders’ home-court on Sunday, March 2, but it will be…
A bullish Fab Flournoy was today reflecting on coming within a whisker of being dumped out of the BBL Trophy after his Newcastle Eagles side crashed 100-78 to Scottish Rocks in Glasgow. Just a week after the Cup Final loss, a defeat would have been a crushing psychological blow for the New Yorker who was…
Newcastle Eagles bounced back from their BBL Cup Final nightmare to cruise past the Everton Tigers and all but put their name in the draw for the final four of the BBL Trophy. The Eagles, inspired by the brilliant Andrew Bridge, closed out a 16-point victory 48 hours after their heartbreaking loss to the Milton…
Playcaller Fabulous Flournoy may already have clinched every major accolade in British basketball but the Eagles coach last night expressed his bitter disappointment at losing the BBL Cup final to Milton Keynes Lions. For a second consecutive year the Newcastle Eagles lost at the final stage of the competition and gifted the cup to a…
Marshall MK Lions secured the first piece of silverware of the season with a 69-66 triumph over Newcastle Eagles in the BBL Cup Final at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham on Sunday afternoon. Lions’ Kevin Griffin was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) in this most anticipated of matches that pitted the BBL’s top two…
Charles Smith of the Newcastle Eagles has been recognised for his efforts during December as he has been awarded with the Molten Player of the Month. The 6’6″ forward has averaged 20.8 points per game over the six matches that the Eagles played in December and he also inspired the team to the BBL Cup…
