Fabulous Flournoy has quashed speculation that he will hang up his BBL vest for good after revealing he plans to play a full part in Newcastle Eagles’ bid to score silverware this season. The most decorated coach in British basketball history turned 45 last month and broke his foot towards the end of a frustrating…
Returning to the Eagles’ roster for the 2018/19 season is 5’10” point guard Themba Yabantu. The teenager who was a product of our Academy program was promoted to the senior side towards the end of last season. The 2017 Academy Player of the Year had been training full-time with the senior squad throughout last season…
Eddie Matthew has revealed that a desire to buy back into the ethos underpinning Esh Group Eagles Newcastle prompted a welcome return to Tyneside. The club’s youngest BBL star – the guard made his debut for the men in black aged 16 – returns to Sport Central after a three-year absence. And 22-year-old Matthew made…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle are hoping that their seventh signing of the summer is the man to take them to the Promised Land and return them to the top of the BBL as they land a player they have coveted in the past. Victor Moses is a 6’7” powerhouse American forward that will bring huge…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle have swooped into the USA collegiate graduate ranks to pluck their sixth signing of the summer and feather their nest with their second import spot for the 2018/19 season. Coming out of the University of North Carolina-Asheville, where he had an outstanding record-breaking career, 23-year-old Ahmad Thomas is an athletic 6’…
The famous Williams siblings will hit the court together in Newcastle later this year. But it’s brothers in arms Kai and Jamal – rather than swinging sisters Serena and Venus – looking to net silverware on Tyneside. For the second season on the bounce the Esh Group Eagles Newcastle locker room will be a family…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle have swooped to sign their second Williams in a week – after confirming experienced forward Jamal is returning to Tyneside this season. The nine-year BBL veteran is back in black after a broken arm cut short his first campaign under player-coach Fabulous Flournoy. And Newcastle’s player-coach was keen to tie down…
Introducing the fresh-faced rookie Fabulous Flournoy recruited as the club’s new shooting guard direct from Las Vegas. The most successful franchise in British basketball history has gambled on Kyle Williams to inject some pace into a revamped backcourt. And the NCAA Division One Norfolk State graduate can’t wait to show his hand after a face-to-face…
One of the most familiar faces in North East sport has committed to another campaign on Tyneside as he goes in search of an unprecedented 25th national title. In 2004 a little-known Londoner signed on the dotted line for Newcastle Eagles following a brief but life-changing conversation with the club’s fast-rising player-coach, Fabulous Flournoy. As…
