The Newcastle Eagles made the long trip down to London for the British Basketball All-Stars Championship and after a slow start they were involved in some tight games before falling in the semi-final stage at the hands of homecourt favourites and eventual winners London Lions. For the third season in a row in this unique…
Rodney Glasgow is relishing this weekend’s trip into the unknown as the BBL breaks for its annual All Stars jamboree in London. The American guard replaced the injured Mike Morsell in Newcastle Eagles’ fluid line-up last weekend. And Glasgow celebrated his long-awaited full debut with a brace of wins in the BBL Cup. Tomorrow he…
The draw has taken place for this Sunday’s British Basketball All-Stars Championship with exciting opening match-ups across the board. Our Eagles will be third to tip-off in these fast-paced 12 minute running clock games in their first double-elimination group game against Glasgow Rocks. The winner of our first game will play the loser between Leicester…
This coming October sees the return of the British Basketball All-Stars Championship and our Eagles have once again qualified to take on rest of the top-eight teams in the BBL last season. Our Eagles will enter the one-day tournament at the Copper Box Arena, London, on Sunday 13th October along with Leicester Riders, London City…
The BBL and Matchroom Sport have announced that the British Basketball All-Stars Championship will return for 2019 on Sunday 13 October. This huge event will again take place at the Copper Box Arena in London with tickets going on sale from this coming Monday 18 February at 10am. Featuring multiple 12-minute games, an All-Star 5-point…
The first piece of silverware of the BBL season slipped out of Esh Group Eagles Newcastle’s grasp at the semi-final stage of the British Basketball All-Stars Tournament at The Copper Box, London yesterday afternoon. In what is effectively basketball’s version of cricket’s T20 with innovative rule changes including double-point golden buzzers, 12-minute games and a…
So, on the eve of the All-Stars Tournament and with no home game this weekend nor any midweek articles written I guess I’ve got time to do a blog and hopefully create a bit of discussion and have a bit of fun. Obviously was going to start with the Men’s Team, although should it be…
This weekend sees Esh Group Eagles Newcastle take a break from BBL Championship action as they fly down to London to take part in the Annual All-Stars Basketball Tournament at The Copper Box Arena, London tomorrow afternoon. The competition which will be shown live on Sky Sports from 1:00pm, is in its second year and…
This Sunday it’s the return of the British Basketball All-Stars Championship at London’s Copper Box and with so many rules changes in a very different format of games to the BBL we’ve pulled together the low-down for you to follow the action. The games take place across a five-hour session the eight teams playing in…
