It was a great double-winning weekend last time out for Esh Group Eagles Newcastle and they’ll be looking for more of the same this coming weekend. Wins over Bristol at home and on the road at Cheshire consolidated the Eagles third place in the BBL Championship. This weekend it’s back-to-back away games at Worcester on…
Fabulous Flournoy could be forgiven for taking a break from his beloved basketball following Newcastle Eagles’ most disappointing campaign for a decade but the New Yorker is already building for the future as Simon Rushworth reports. Fabulous Flournoy skipped through the sand like a man half his age. However, the most successful coach in the history…
Fab Flournoy has promised Newcastle Eagles fans a coaching masterclass as three generations of playcallers square up on Tyneside this weekend. And the New Yorker has defended the decision to tackle fierce rivals Glasgow Rocks in a pre-season friendly just weeks before the two teams clash in the BBL. Newcastle host Tony Garbelotto’s revamped Scottish…
The coach who brought Fab Flournoy to Newcastle Eagles can see the 44-year-old New Yorker bothering the BBL for years to come. And Tony Garbelotto – who returns to Tyneside this weekend with new side Glasgow Rocks – insists it’s a case of ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’. Flournoy signed for Newcastle in…
BBL Play-off Semi-final First Leg Everton Tigers 95 – 79 Newcastle Eagles Tonight on a run of 23 consecutive wins, the Eagles travelled to the Greenback Academy, Liverpool to play Everton Tigers, who were themselves on a mini run of 5 victories. Something had to give!!! The Eagles last tasted defeat to Worthing Thunder in…
Everton Tigers will be aiming to reach the BBL Trophy semi-final when they host BiG Cheshire Jets on Friday evening. Coach Tony Garbelotto is expecting a difficult test when his side host the Northgate Arena outfit: “They are our local rivals, and I still maintain they are better than their record suggests. They showed what…
