The Newcastle Eagles WBBL side will take to their home court in the Vertu Motors Arena in a huge derby day clash against Durham Palatinates this afternoon. They will do so on the back of an encouraging although losing performance against a very strong Leicester Riders side on the road. It was always going to…
This was the first in a series of Retro Games organised by The BBL and took fans and Clubs back the glory years when these two sides regularly delivered silverware for their fans. Memories of 2004/05 resonated throughout a sold-out Vertu Motors Arena the year when the Eagles won the end-of-season play-offs after Cheshire, then…
Newcastle’s Tosan Evbuomwan could become the first British basketball player since 2010 to be drafted into the NBA. Earlier this month the former Eagles Academy star completed a fairytale run to the Sweet 16 of this season’s NCAA tournament with surprise package Princeton. And with NBA scouts, their affiliate G League colleagues and clubs from…
It’s ‘Mission Playoffs’ for Newcastle Eagles this weekend as the WBBL’s wildcards bid to double down on their post-season push. Noelia Cacheiro’s side face title challengers Leicester on Saturday just two weeks after the rampant Riders dumped the women in black out of this season’s Trophy. And less than 24 hours later Newcastle host derby…
Friday 31 March tips-off the Retro Series 2023 as we throw it back to the 2004-05 season when our Eagles started lifting BBL silverware. EXPECT THROWBACK KITS, OLD-SKOOL TUNES, FAMOUS FACES AND MORE… The team will also be playing in a specially produced a limited edition retro reboot of that first winning kit, which is available to purchase on the shop online…
A short-handed Newcastle Eagles side left it all on the floor but couldn’t quite come out with a win in a blow to their playoff hopes down in St. Albans yesterday afternoon. There’s no doubting that Head Coach Noelia Cacheiro and her charges would have had this game down as a win on their schedule…
It was the Cinderella story that captured the imagination of a nation. But the final word has been written on Geordie star Tosan Evbuomwan’s fairytale run to the Sweet Sixteen of US college basketball’s premier competition. A global audience of millions tuned in to discover if ultimate underdog Princeton could add another huge scalp to…
One of Newcastle’s most talked about sporting exports bids to make history tonight as Tosan Evbuomwan leads his Princeton Tigers into Sweet Sixteen action. The talk of this year’s NCAA basketball tournament — known as March Madness — has juggled practice with national television interviews all week. But the time for talking is over as…
Short-handed Newcastle suffered a sobering loss at the hands of champions-elect London as the Lions’ strength in depth overpowered the battling men in black. The visitors lined up at the Copperbox Arena shorn of starters Javion Hamlet and Hasahn French following Sunday’s heartbreaking defeat in Manchester. And with Ben Mockford still absent as he battles…
