The Newcastle Eagles at the ninth time of trying finally got over the line on Friday night to record only their third win of the SLB Championship with a 92 – 89 win over Surrey 89ers in a tough entertaining encounter that went right down to the wire. Eagles recovered from a slow start to…
The Newcastle Eagles fly into Friday’s Super League Basketball Championship encounter at home in The Vertu Arena against Surrey 89ers desperately looking for a win to end their current losing streak. The Eagles last played a week ago also at home to Sheffield Sharks and despite leading by 13-points with a quarter and a half…
A disastrous final ten minutes condemned the Newcastle Eagles to an eighth consecutive defeat in all competitions. In a game where they won the first three quarters it was the one last period that the Sharks won that made all the difference. In losing the Eagles slipped to a 2-win 8 loss in the League…
The Newcastle Eagles begin their third campaign in Europe with Tuesday night’s home opener in their 2025/26 European North Basketball League group game. Their opponents are Dziki Warszawa of Poland’s top professional basketball league. In their first two seasons of ENBL competition Newcastle have given an excellent account of themselves and done British Basketball proud…
A much-improved competitive performance from Friday night’s loss at Leicester almost say Marc Steutel’s Newcastle Eagles put an end to their losing streak. However despite better defence and spreading the scoring load they still came up a little short in a battling effort that they took all the way. They say in a team performance…
Newcastle Eagles have made their first signing of the close season and returned fan’s favourite Cole Long to the Vertu Motors Arena for 2025/26 Super League Basketball (SLB). Canadian sharpshooter Long had a very solid first season in the top-flight of British basketball last campaign impressing many. The 6’7” from Orangeville, Ontario was a very…
Cole Long insists Newcastle are in it to win it at Manchester tomorrow after the classy Canadian paved the way for a famous playoff win. The Eagles forward returned to Marc Steutel’s starting five in some style after a badly gashed lip at the hands of Leicester Riders ended his regular season early. Long lit…
Newcastle Eagles will be without key man Seneca Knight at fierce rivals Sheffield Sharks this afternoon as the club anxiously awaits news yet another injury setback. The US star missed Friday night’s humbling at the hands of a fresh and focused Manchester Basketball as the men in black slipped to an eighth loss in nine…
Newcastle Eagles must play the Long game — and the smart game — if the club is to triumph in the face of adversity. That’s the verdict of the club’s crack Canadian forward as the Tynesiders return to European competition. Cole Long warmed up for a mouthwatering ENBL quarter-final first leg tie against Bakken Bears…
