Terry Martin will take his coach’s criticism on the chin after quitting the melting pot that is South American basketball for the passion pit of the BBL. The American forward faced both barrels from a typically fired-up Fab Flournoy after Newcastle Eagles’ playcaller called a snap fourth quarter time-out against Team Northumbria last weekend. But…
The final countdown is on to the first competitive game of the 2017-18 campaign for our Esh Group Eagles Newcastle. This Sunday afternoon eight teams will suit-up at The O2 for an exciting never before seen British Basketball tournament with a huge prize of £25,000 for the winning team. Across a five-hour session the teams…
Jaysean Paige has set his sights on becoming a Newcastle Eagles success story after launching the latest chapter in a stellar career. The explosive shooter arrived on Tyneside via NCAA Division One heavyweights West Virginia Mountaineers and stints in Germany and Macedonia. And the word is Paige has the talent to become Newcastle’s headline act…
They will certainly face tougher tests this season and as they say one swallow doesn’t make a summer but the new-look Esh Group Eagles Newcastle were certainly impressive on Friday night, writes Jeff King. In their first competitive outing, together they hit no less than 19 three-point shots from beyond the arc and dished out…
The more things change the more things stay the same. And on the night our Eagles handed debuts to seven new faces there was a familiar air of superiority as the hosts cruised to a comfortable MKM Building Supplies Pre-Season victory. Historically, player-coach Fabulous Flournoy has built his all-conquering rosters on consistency – the new…
Darius Defoe is determined to put a summer of serious soul searching behind him and right the wrongs of a frustrating season for Newcastle Eagles. The fan favourite is one of just three returning players as a revamped roster looks to put the men in black back where they belong – at the BBL summit….
This has been a week of arrivals for Esh Group Eagles Newcastle as their new-look roster has flown in from all over the globe to prepare for the 2017/18 British Basketball League season, wrote Jeff King for the Sunday Sun newspaper yesterday. From Zagreb to Winnipeg, from Copenhagen to New York and from Toronto to…
As your Esh Group Eagles Newcastle build-up to pre-season we are pleased to announce that MKM Building Supplies, one of our loyal corporate partners for a number of years, has joined the team as our pre-season games sponsor. Esh Group Eagles Newcastle Managing Director Paul Blake thanked MKM Building Supplies for their support, saying “We…
