EAGLES coach Fab Flournoy has warned his players not to take Birmingham Panthers lightly when the BBL leaders travel to the BBL basement club on Sunday. After a bumpy start to 2008, the Eagles have been in ominous form of late, racking up three huge wins. They will be looking to improve on that and…
Fab Flournoy has hailed the superb 105-75 win over Cheshire Jets that booked the Eagles their place in a staggering fourth successive BBL Trophy Final. After losing their grip on the Trophy last season against Plymouth, they will have to travel to Devon and the Raiders’ home-court on Sunday, March 2, but it will be…
Playcaller Fabulous Flournoy may already have clinched every major accolade in British basketball but the Eagles coach last night expressed his bitter disappointment at losing the BBL Cup final to Milton Keynes Lions. For a second consecutive year the Newcastle Eagles lost at the final stage of the competition and gifted the cup to a…
Newcastle Eagles coach Fabulous Flournoy believes new signing Bryan Defares will be a catalyst for success – hailing his latest recruit as the spark to help fulfil their clean-sweep aspirations. The Dutch international star arrived on Tyneside yesterday afternoon and may have to watch court-side as his new team-mates lock horns with Scottish Rocks tonight…
Fab Flournoy was looking forward to welcoming his latest addition today as Bryan Defares finally landed on Tyneside. The Eagles coach has been operating with a paper-thin squad of late, and the arrival of the Dutch guard will be a tremendous boost for a roster that has been decimated by injuries. While Flournoy and the…
Birmingham Panthers coach Nigel Lloyd has admitted his struggling side need to learn from tonight’s visit to the trophy-chasing Eagles. The Barbadian, whose biggest pal in the game is Eagles play-caller Fab Flournoy, arrives on Tyneside for a David-versus-Goliath battle with his club besieged by on and off-court problems. With the Panthers rumoured to be…
Eagles player-coach Fabulous Flournoy has dismissed speculation he will move for ex-Newcastle favourite Andrew Sullivan to replace defector Richard Midgley, ahead of this afternoon’s BBL Cup semi-final clash with the Scottish Rocks. The Tynesiders were rocked by the shock departure of star point guard Midgley, who made his debut for Everton last night, scoring 18…
EAGLES’ play-caller Fab Flournoy has quashed accusations of a crisis in the Tyneside team ahead of this evening’s encounter with the Leicester Riders. Sterling Davis’ Scottish Rocks roster put an end to the New Yorker’s blistering 10-game winning tear five days ago, handing the Eagles only their second defeat of the season. Earlier this week,…
Eagles’ play-caller Fabulous Flournoy will be fighting on all fronts on Sunday night when he welcomes former teammate TJ Walker to Tyneside in the BBL Cup. The Newcastle veteran will take time-out from his frantic league schedule as he attempts to guide his roster to a semi-final spot in British Basketball’s first showcase competition. It…
