Newcastle Eagles will join Cheshire Phoenix, Leicester Riders and Manchester Giants in an exciting Retro Series 2023. Five games involving the four teams in March and April have been selected as special retro games featuring retro kits, old-school tunes and off-court appearances from BBL legends. “We are looking forward to throwing it back to the…
Legendary ex-Eagle Charles Smith has paid tribute to former Newcastle team-mate Darius Defoe as two of the biggest names in BBL history prepare to join forces for the first time in six years. Smith stepped down from top-flight hoops in 2016 as the all-time leading scorer for the men in black. And club bosses duly…
Sunday 12 January 2014 National Indoor Arena, Birmingham (15:30) It is perhaps fitting that this season’s maiden meeting between 2012/13’s top two, Esh Group Eagles Newcastle and Leicester Riders, comes in the BBL’s first showpiece event of the season, the BBL Cup Final this Sunday. The teams met on five occasions last term and Leicester…
