As the dust settles on the opening weekend of the 2017-18 season, the BBL have announced their first “fantastic five” with an array of new faces including and topped by two of our Eagles. Here’s the full list from the league: Saah Nimley (Esh Group Eagles Newcastle) The rookie enjoyed a scorching start to his…
Tonight’s opening BBL Championship encounter sees Esh Group Eagles Newcastle travel to fellow sponsorship stable-mates Leeds Force looking to get their league campaign off to a flying start, writes Jeff King. This is a very different looking Eagles roster from previous seasons with only Head Coach/Player Fab Flournoy, guard Drew Lasker and forward Darius Defoe…
Jaysean Paige has set his sights on becoming a Newcastle Eagles success story after launching the latest chapter in a stellar career. The explosive shooter arrived on Tyneside via NCAA Division One heavyweights West Virginia Mountaineers and stints in Germany and Macedonia. And the word is Paige has the talent to become Newcastle’s headline act…
In the biggest rebuild of recent seasons a total of seven new Eagles fly in over the next seven days in preparation for our pre-season schedule, the British Basketball All-Stars Championship and of course the 2017/18 British Basketball League campaign. Earlier this week, upon the announcement of our final new signing, our commentator and press…
