The Newcastle Eagles fly into Friday’s Super League Basketball Championship encounter at home in The Vertu Arena against Surrey 89ers desperately looking for a win to end their current losing streak. The Eagles last played a week ago also at home to Sheffield Sharks and despite leading by 13-points with a quarter and a half…
A disastrous final ten minutes condemned the Newcastle Eagles to an eighth consecutive defeat in all competitions. In a game where they won the first three quarters it was the one last period that the Sharks won that made all the difference. In losing the Eagles slipped to a 2-win 8 loss in the League…
Newcastle Eagles have added to their front court power by signing the versatile and athletic 6’7 forward Gus Okafor. The 26-year-old American-Nigerian flies in to Newcastle after leaving Penarol Mar Del Plata of the highly-rated top-flight Argentinian La Liga. “I’m really excited to be joining the Eagles and can’t wait to play in front of…
