Live on Sky Sports Mix tonight at half-time in Leicester Riders’ home game against Bristol Flyers the open-draw took place for the 2021 BBL Cup Semi-Finals. Our Eagles will go head to head over two legs against Leicester Riders and London Lions will face the Manchester Giants. Fixtures will be confirmed in due course to…
Flash Gordon on the TV? It must be nearly Christmas. As the BBL returned to Sky Sports, Justin Gordon took the opportunity to treat a nationwide audience to a very special highlights reel. And Newcastle fans will be demanding repeats of the colourful forward’s double double for years to come. Gordon bagged 26 points and…
Newcastle Eagles must tame London Lions in tonight’s league opener if the men in black are to consider themselves genuine title contenders. That’s the verdict of Drew Lasker as the multi-tasking Texan prepares to juggle his new role as Sky Sports pundit with that of impact player off the Newcastle bench. Back-to-back fixtures at the Eagles…
Newcastle Eagles need a win today down in Sheffield to confirm their quarter-final place in the BBL Cup. A win takes them to a 4 – 2 record which would be good enough to see them safely through Head coach Ian MacLeod’s men are virtually through depending on results elsewhere in the tough group in…
A 20-point defeat? It’s not all bad news. British basketball is £4m better off this week after the sport finally received its share of the government’s COVID-19 emergency fund. Clubs across the country are looking forward to a brighter financial future following months of fear and uncertainty. And Thursday’s confirmation of a much-needed cash injection,…
The Newcastle Eagles go into tonight’s BBL Cup Group 3 game at the Eagles Community Arena confident that they can reign victorious over the London Lions and cement their place in the competition’s Quarter Final stage. That confidence comes from moving to a 3-1 Group record after Tuesday night’s 97-87 home win over Sheffield Sharks…
It’s another tough road trip for the Newcastle Eagles this afternoon as they travel to Leicester Riders for their second BBL Cup Group game. But if the result is the same as last week’s stunning 89 – 79 overtime win over London Lions last Sunday it would be a perfect start for Head Coach Ian…
In our first preview interview of the new season Dan talks to head coach Ian MacLeod about our opening win on the road in London, the new team, a delayed start and tomorrow’s second BBL Cup tip-off at Leicester Riders.
Welcome back British Basketball League! A stunning game of intense high-energy basketball saw Newcastle Eagles win the first game of the new season down in London. What an absolute thriller it was as The Eagles picked up where they left off last season. The last game of the 2019/20 season way back in March saw…
