Having contested the last national final of the curtailed 2019-20 season when winning the BBL Trophy, the Newcastle Eagles will contest the first final of the 2020-21 season. They earned their place in the BBL Cup Final after a hard fought but deserved victory over fierce rivals Leicester Riders on the Riders’ home court last…
Tuesday’s BBL Cup Semi-Final between the Eagles and Leicester Riders has been moved from Manchester’s National Basketball Performance Centre due to COVID-19 implications. Manchester Giants have a number of players self-isolating and the club is unable to host this week’s back-to-back semis. In accordance with the BBL’s Secure Play protocols and rule amendments, Danny Byrne’s side…
Basketball is one of those sports where statistics play a huge part. But at the end of the forty minutes there’s only one that really counts and that’s the final score. For Newcastle Eagles last night was a painful final statistic. It brought an end to a five-match winning run during December that had seen…
Newcastle Eagles were given a huge double morale boost as they prepare for the first game of 2021 down in London tonight. The Eagles had ending 2020 in a terrific style with five wins out of six in the BBL Championship to take them to the top of the league as well as making the…
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,…
