There’s a formidable line-up for the 2020-21 Molten BBL Defensive Team of the Year, voted by BBL Head Coaches, which features our very own back-court star Cortez Edwards. Edwards does a bit of everything for us at both ends of the floor and also received six votes from BBL Head Coaches. The American guard comfortably…
Ali Gorrell wrote the latest chapter in Newcastle’s fairytale finish to the WBBL campaign with the titanic triple double that fired the Eagles into the 2021 playoff final. The league MVP contender added 10 assists and 11 rebounds to her game high 22 points as league champions Sevenoaks Suns were shown the door at this…
All the May Madness games will be free to watch on Sky Sports and the BBL Player. On Saturday and Sunday in the WBBL and Monday in the BBL, the Play-Offs Quarter Finals games will be shown on the Sky Sports website and apps for fans in the UK as well as on the BBL Player…
One for the history books as both teams have qualified for the Play-Offs together as Eagles for the first time. Back row – left to right: Tom Lishman (WBBL sport psychologist), Luke Orwin (WBBL assistant coach), Eric Wilson (BBL team manager), Janee Bates, Rex Pflueger, Mollie Arnold, Louis Sayers, Abby Lowe, Justin Gordon, Yemisi Mefful,…
The Vertu Motors Arena is set to tip-off the 2021 British Basketball Play-Offs as part of an exciting new look to the final competition of the BBL and WBBL seasons. May Madness is ready to take over the best British basketball teams with all eyes on the prize of reaching the showpiece finale of the Play-Offs….
After a regular season full of adversity, the season looks like it will end for Newcastle Eagles in the play-offs after a fine Derby Day win over Durham Palatinates. That was Head Coach Chris Bunten’s goal after a campaign that has been hit with injuries and departures throughout. Even yesterday’s 5-point win over a gritty…
There are sporting rivalries. And then there’s this sporting rivalry. Newcastle Eagles and Leicester Riders is a once in a generation head-to-head founded on a mix of respect, enmity and a will to win. No other franchise has come close to breaking the two clubs’ near monopoly on the British game during the last 10…
Bouncing-back from defeat in Durham last Saturday, our WBBL team fought to a crucial win over Oaklands just 24-hours later and one player’s huge performance in that game has landed her a starting place in this week’s All-Star Five. Alison Gorrell led her team to a 91-89 win over the Oaklands Wolves and makes her fourth appearance…
The new-look Ball Out 3×3 is coming to the Vertu Motors Arena this summer in partnership with Basketball England as an exciting expansion of its iconic tour. This tour will feature eight qualifying events across the country during summer, culminating in two days of finals in London. The Newcastle date is set for Saturday 31 July with…
