Tosan Evbuomwan is set to realise his NBA dream after the Detroit Pistons snapped up the Newcastle-born forward. The Eagles Academy graduate narrowly missed out on the 2023 NBA draft after failing to emerge as one of this summer’s top 60 picks. But hours after the dust settled on one of the biggest events on…
Princeton Tigers
One of Newcastle’s most talked about sporting exports bids to make history tonight as Tosan Evbuomwan leads his Princeton Tigers into Sweet Sixteen action. The talk of this year’s NCAA basketball tournament — known as March Madness — has juggled practice with national television interviews all week. But the time for talking is over as…
Tosan Evbuomwan heads into the biggest game of his basketball career tonight determined to fly the flag for Newcastle hoops on one of the sport’s grandest stages of all. The Eagles Academy graduate faces the toughest of tests when 15th seed Princeton bids to upset second ranked Arizona in the opening round of US college basketball’s…
Going into the Christmas holidays there are often thoughts cast by players that haven’t been able to get home to be with their families and how it can be tough to be a pro-player at times. For one young man from the North-East that’s equally true and he’s not even a professional. Not yet he…