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…
It was a great double-winning weekend last time out for Esh Group Eagles Newcastle and they’ll be looking for more of the same this coming weekend. Wins over Bristol at home and on the road at Cheshire consolidated the Eagles third place in the BBL Championship. This weekend it’s back-to-back away games at Worcester on…
The dream of lifting the BBL Championship may well have died last Friday night for Esh Group Eagles Newcastle after their disappointing loss. But the Eagles are not about feeling sorry for themselves as they still sit third in the table and are looking to finish the season on a good run. So, says, veteran…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle go in to this Friday’s BBL Championship home clash against Glasgow Rocks buoyed by last weekend’s fine 95 – 89 victory over Bristol Flyers. The Eagles fine all-round team performance was highlighted by no fewer than six players scoring in double figures. One of those was rookie shooting guard Kyle Williams…
With the top two in The BBL, London Lions and Leicester Riders, both in action and winning on Friday night, it was imperative that third-placed Esh Group Eagles Newcastle did likewise to stay in touch at the top in their home clash with Bristol Flyers. That’s what, in the end, they did in front of…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle return to the court and the wonderful new Eagles Community Arena this Friday night with a 7:30pm tip-off in the BBL Championship against Bristol Flyers. Newcastle will be keen to get back to winning ways after an enforced International break. Going in to that break they had been looking to extend…
Proud Newcastle Eagles boss Paul Blake insists the club’s brand new home is ticking all the right boxes. The Eagles Community Arena opened in the West End of the city last month and has already established itself as one of Tyneside’s top sporting destinations. New clubs are moving in every week and Newcastle’s junior players…
