Rickey McGill predicts a classic semi-final clash will go down to the wire as Newcastle Eagles take on Dziki Warszawa for a place in the European North Basketball League (ENBL) final. The US guard has a foot in both camps after representing the Poles earlier this season and clinching the ENBL’s regular season MVP award…
Darius Defoe heads into one of the biggest games of his illustrious career determined to show the rest of Europe that Newcastle Eagles are not finished yet. British basketball’s most decorated player leads his side into tonight’s do or die European North Basketball League (ENBL) in bullish mood. And Defoe insists Bakken Bears will feel…
Understandably head coach Marc Steutel was elated after his Newcastle Eagles side produced a superb performance to defeat Bristol Flyers 97 – 78 in the Super League Basketball Trophy Final at the Utilita Arena Birmingham on Sunday afternoon. It gave the British basketball’s most successful franchise their 28th national title and it was also a…
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Darius Defoe is tipping Newcastle Eagles to go back to the future by writing the next chapter in the franchise’s storied history in Birmingham this weekend. It’s 20 years since the most decorated player in British basketball bagged his first medal as the men in black defeated Brighton Bears to lift the 2005 BBL Trophy….
Marc Steutel claims it was ‘critical’ to retain the services of Darius Defoe with the Newcastle Eagles favourite set to play on. The most decorated player in British basketball history suits up for a 21st consecutive season on Tyneside. And Steutel is convinced Defoe’s experience and leadership will help steer a new-look roster through the traditionally tough…
Newcastle Eagles stars Chloe Gaynor and Darius Defoe were honoured to present a prestigious Northern Leaders Trust Community Champion Award last month. Now in its second year, the 2024 event was a resounding success, with nine honourable young people from Newcastle schools receiving an award for their exceptional contributions to the city’s community. The ”dazzling…
Fabulous Flournoy celebrated the Darius Defoe Legends Game in typically flamboyant style — and promised the first fixture dedicated to a Newcastle great won’t be the last. On a flying visit from his day job with NBA powerhouse Philadelphia 76ers, the former Eagles playcaller rolled back the years in support of one of his greatest…
Next month we will celebrate an incredible 20 seasons for Eagles legend Darius Defoe with a special testimonial game not to be missed! Players from across his 20 years at the club will take to the Vertu Motors Arena court, many for the first time, on Saturday 15th June at 7:30pm. Tickets are just £13…
Determined Darius Defoe insists Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles are down but far from out as the Jekyll and Hyde of the British Basketball League look to bounce back at Surrey tonight. The most decorated player in domestic hoops cut a forlorn figure as he reflected on the disastrous finish that gifted Bristol Flyers victory on…
