For the latest in my series of The Big Interviews, I caught up with Newcastle’s very own legal Eagle, assistant head coach and Eagles Community Foundation trustee Dave Forrester to chat about his life as an Eagle and his thoughts on many things basketball and Newcastle related. As always Dave wasn’t backward at coming forwards…
It was a very disappointing and difficult night for Newcastle Eagles last Friday down in Sheffield as they suffered a heavy 93 – 69 defeat at the hands of the Sharks. It means that this Friday’s home game against Leicester Riders is even bigger than normal. The Eagles are looking to get in to the top…
It was a wonderful weekend for Newcastle Eagles with two great road wins at Leicester last Friday and then at Cheshire on Sunday. Once again though the Eagles were unable to run their full roster with American Mike Morsell struggling with a hamstring injury. That gave former Surrey Scorchers star Nick Schlitzer the opportunity to step…
It was an exceptional weekend and start to the basketball season for Newcastle Eagles as they saw off Cheshire Phoenix at home and then went to Glasgow and took victory over the Rocks. Whilst the main plaudits and talking points of the Eagles’ performances revolved around imports Rahmon Fletcher, Mike Morsell and John Mitchell there…
At 08:00am on Friday 6th September a new chapter in the story of Newcastle Eagles unfolded as Ian MacLeod was announced as Interim Head Coach in place of the departed Fab Flournoy. Just over 12 hours later he’d presided over his first game in that role against BBL opposition. It may have only been a pre-season…
The first pre-season game without Fabulous Flournoy as Eagles head coach ended in a dramatic 1-point defeat 84-83 against Team USA Select, a side that the Eagles normally shake off comfortably. But with so many outside influencing factors it was not perhaps surprising that the game virtually paled into insignificance. Although for those suiting up…
Kyle Williams is confident Newcastle’s rising stars can carry the regular season load as an injury crisis grips the playoff-bound Eagles. The men in black will finish inside the BBL Championship’s top three for the 15thsuccessive season. But that monumental feat has taken its toll with player-coach Fabulous Flournoy down to the bare bones three…
Fabulous Flournoy will hand late fitness tests to star forwards Victor Moses and Darius Defoe ahead of Friday’s crunch clash against fierce rivals Sheffield Sharks. But Newcastle Eagles’ veteran coach will take no chances on two key players with this season’s playoffs the clear priority. Both Moses and Defoe limped out of Sunday’s loss against…
Fabulous Flournoy insists his players and fellow coaches have responded positively to change during a challenging season for the Newcastle Eagles. And the BBL’s longest serving coach admitted there is no place for those who refuse to embrace the future. Newcastle’s move to the Eagles Community Arena has coincided with a series of peaks and…
