Newcastle Eagles have added to their front court power by signing the versatile and athletic 6’7 forward Gus Okafor. The 26-year-old American-Nigerian flies in to Newcastle after leaving Penarol Mar Del Plata of the highly-rated top-flight Argentinian La Liga. “I’m really excited to be joining the Eagles and can’t wait to play in front of…
After only playing four competitive games since the season opening SLB Championship win on 21st September at Caledonia things are about to get very serious for the Newcastle Eagles. They embark on Friday night on a run of three games in a mere 5 days. Two on the road in The SLB and their season…
Newcastle Eagles have made their second change to their 2025/26 men’s roster, bringing in 6’4 guard Deion Hammond, who last season played in the German Bundesliga for BG Goettingen. Hammond had a record-breaking college career, averaging double-figure scoring returns in each of his four years at Monmouth University of the Colonial Athletic Association from 2017…
Newcastle Eagles is delighted to officially announced that Newcastle College continue as its men’s team’s main sponsor for the 2025/26 season. The club’s partnership with the college and its higher education arm, Newcastle College University Centre, was celebrated on its sixth anniversary earlier this year with both staff and students regular visitors to the Vertu…
Super League Basketball (SLB) have announced the official formats and schedules for the 2025/26 Men’s Cup and Trophy. Newcastle Eagles can now confirm its tip-offs in both competitions as they look to retain the Trophy as 2025 winners. Head coach Marc Steutel will be looking to bring the Cup back to Newcastle for his first…
Perhaps no surprise to anyone as head coach Marc Steutel completes his 2025/26 roster with the return of Eagles legend Darius Defoe. The man known as ‘Mr. 28′ will begin an astonishing 22nd season on Tyneside and in top-flight British basketball. Defoe has been a member of every single one of the Eagles’ 28 national…
Newcastle Eagles are delighted to announce head coach Chloe Gaynor’s latest recruit to her new-look 2025/26 Women’s Super League Basketball (SLB) roster. Exciting and explosive point guard Alyssa Marin flies into Newcastle from NCAA Big West Conference University of California Santa Barbara. The 5’9” player has had a stellar USA collegiate career spending 5 years…
Newcastle Eagles men will tip-off their 2025/26 Super League Basketball (SLB) season on Sunday 21 September, over the boarder at Caledonia Gladiators in the Championship. The structure and key dates for the new SLB campaign promises another action-packed year of British basketball across four major competitions. SLB Championship fixtures start the calendar this season tipping-off…
Newcastle Eagles will tip-off in two exciting pre-season games as they warm-up to the 2025/26 Super League Basketball (SLB) and European North Basketball League (ENBL) campaigns. The club’s popular welcome night, The Launch returns to tip things off in the build-up to the new season on Friday 5 September with your first chance to meet…
