In the last game against the Jets the Eagles lost Joe Chapman to a season ending Achilles injury. ‘Geordie’ Joe is still on Tyneside recovering so we caught up with him to see how he was getting on. How are you recovering from the injury and do you know how long you will be out…
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It’s only happened once all season, way back during week 8. Now it’s happened again and after a 12 week wait, we finally see five players from five different BBL clubs take their place in our starting line-up. As well as two debutantes this week, two other players (both guards) make their fifth appearances of…
Essex Pirates 74 (17,33,57) (Adu 15, Sturt 14, Sing 11) Newcastle Eagles 91 (20,48,66) (Chapman 29, Smith 22, Moore 12) The Newcastle Eagles kept up their impressive run of form in the BBL Championship and moved level on points with the Mersey Tigers at the top of the table thanks to a 74-91 victory over…
Newcastle Eagles will look to continue their fine BBL Championship form when they host Guildford Heat on Friday evening. The Eagles have won their last ten Championship games to move up to third in the table with an 11-3 record, but will aim to bounce back after their BBL Trophy exit at the hands of…
They are the form team of the new calendar year and most definitely turning the screw in their pursuit to successfully defend their BBL Championship title. With this in mind, maybe it’s not too surprising the red-hot form of Newcastle Eagles means their players dominate the BBL line-up this week as the Tyneside team grab…
On The Spot Reporters: James Parker, Meg Henry, Jordan Pease, William McLean, Molly Toward and Meg Robson In January, Joe Chapman: the famous Eagles basketball player that stands at 6ft 6in and originates from Chicago was interviewed at Benfield School. Mighty Joe revealed enlightening facts about his career and experiences. The talented player was more…
The Newcastle Eagles made it nine league wins in a row, as they went through the century mark for the fourth time in five games in beating the Prestige Homes MK Lions 91-100. The Eagles used another strong first half performance, as they were through the half century mark by half time for the sixth…
Trey Moore takes a break from the BBL Team of the Week but the Eagles still have one player in the starting line-up and one coming off the bench. Jeremy Bell (Cheshire Jets) Bell continues to impress during his rookie BBL season with the playmaker rubber stamping a fourth appearance of the season in the…
The fixture list may have been decimated by the weather at the weekend but in spite of a reduced number of winning performances to choose from, the efficiency ratings of our fabulous five are still as good as any other week while a certain guard becomes the first player to make a fifth appearance of…