It’s always great to hear about former Eagles and ex-BBL players doing well in their careers after they’ve flown the nest and in Kareem Maddox and Damon Huffman, the Eagles have two ex-players they can feel rightly proud of. They are among four athletes selected for the 2019 USA Basketball Men’s 3×3 World Cup Team….
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Well, in the first of this blog series I did promise you Part 2 and here it is and pretty much in Kareem’s words as well. All I’ve done is knitted them together and hey, guess what? When I told him what I was going to do he e-mailed me back as Damon, his team-mates…
So, I got the semi-final results absolutely spot-on then! Mind you after that draw down at The Copper Box on Friday I did have a snigger at myself. But, The Vince of Darkness and his boys came through for me and perhaps it’s fitting that we will have the top two slugging it out at…
Our penultimate line-up of the campaign contains one debutante and none of those at the top of our season leader board. Damon Huffman (Newcastle Eagles; pictured) The playmaker gave a master-class from behind the three-point line to help the Eagles take an impressive win against Glasgow Rocks at Sport Central. Huffman finished with 36 points,…
BBL Team Of The Week – Week 13 We’ve two debutantes this week, but most importantly, there’s a very strong British presence too. Damon Huffman (Newcastle Eagles; pictured) The Eagles’ playmaker produced one of the best performances of the BBL season so far and the best of the weekend by some distance as his team…
BBL Championship Newcastle Eagles 89 (Huffman 26, Defoe 21, Maddox 14) Surrey Heat 80(T. Holmes 20, Cricelli 17, C. Holmes 14) The Newcastle Eagles have given themselves a cushion in second place in the BBL Championship table after beating the third-placed Surrey Heat 89-80 in the northeast. The Eagles have won five of their last…
BBL Team of the Week – Week 10 It was a great weekend for Newcastle Eagles and they see three players make our starting five this week. Damon Huffman (Newcastle Eagles) The playmaker showed his versatility with an outstanding shooting performance for the Eagles as they jumped a sizeable distance towards the BBL Cup Final,…
BBL Team of the Week – Week 7 A trio of debutantes and Newcastle Eagles’ players dominate our line-up this week. Damon Huffman (Newcastle Eagles) It’s a long overdue debut for the Eagles’ playmaker who has been excellent ever since he arrived on Tyneside during the summer. He has fitted seamlessly into the team and…
We take a look at who has been hot since the season tipped-off during late September. Scoring machines Former British Basketball League MVP Jeremy Bell (UCP Marjon Plymouth Raiders; pictured) is way out in front when it comes to scoring so far this season. He is one of five players currently averaging over 19 points…
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