The famous Williams siblings will hit the court together in Newcastle later this year. But it’s brothers in arms Kai and Jamal – rather than swinging sisters Serena and Venus – looking to net silverware on Tyneside. For the second season on the bounce the Esh Group Eagles Newcastle locker room will be a family…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle have swooped to sign their second Williams in a week – after confirming experienced forward Jamal is returning to Tyneside this season. The nine-year BBL veteran is back in black after a broken arm cut short his first campaign under player-coach Fabulous Flournoy. And Newcastle’s player-coach was keen to tie down…
Introducing the fresh-faced rookie Fabulous Flournoy recruited as the club’s new shooting guard direct from Las Vegas. The most successful franchise in British basketball history has gambled on Kyle Williams to inject some pace into a revamped backcourt. And the NCAA Division One Norfolk State graduate can’t wait to show his hand after a face-to-face…
One of the most familiar faces in North East sport has committed to another campaign on Tyneside as he goes in search of an unprecedented 25th national title. In 2004 a little-known Londoner signed on the dotted line for Newcastle Eagles following a brief but life-changing conversation with the club’s fast-rising player-coach, Fabulous Flournoy. As…
Perfectly timed as we start our series of stories about faces of British Basketball with Eagles connections we congratulate Nick Nurse, the two-time BBL Coach of the Year who brought our own Fab Flournoy to Britain, on being confirmed as the new head coach of Toronto Raptors in the NBA. It was back in 1996 when…
Fabulous Flournoy could be forgiven for taking a break from his beloved basketball following Newcastle Eagles’ most disappointing campaign for a decade but the New Yorker is already building for the future as Simon Rushworth reports. Fabulous Flournoy skipped through the sand like a man half his age. However, the most successful coach in the history…
As the BBL Championship campaign came to a close last weekend and the top eight teams including our Esh Group Eagles Newcastle all set their sights on the 2018 Play-Offs silverware there was one more competition which had its entrants locked into place. In the early stages of the 2018-19 season the league rounds will…
Fabulous Flournoy will take a final roll call of his walking wounded tomorrow night before deciding on which players are deemed fit enough to face Plymouth Raiders on Friday. But the Newcastle Eagles playcaller admitted he doesn’t know what to expect after an injury-ravaged season went from bad to worse. A frustrated Flournoy left hospital…
Fabulous Flournoy went against the best advice of Newcastle’s medical team in a last-gasp bid to bolster an injury-ravaged Eagles roster. And the veteran New Yorker could pay a heavy price for his unexpected return as he faces a race against time to be fit for Friday’s homecourt clash against Manchester Giants. Flournoy and Darius…
