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Reports on Newcastle Eagles, the Cleveland Cavaliers, Tees Valley Mohawks and more. en-gb JournalLive http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/basketball-news/2008/07/04/europe-wait-for-cautious-eagles-61634-21226640/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/basketball-news/2008/07/04/europe-wait-for-cautious-eagles-61634-21226640/ NEWCASTLE Eagles will continue to pursue their dream of European basketball despite deciding not to enter Continental competition this season. http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/basketball-news/2008/06/26/eagles-thrilled-to-land-star-trey-61634-21152491/ Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/basketball-news/2008/06/26/eagles-thrilled-to-land-star-trey-61634-21152491/ NEWCASTLE Eagles’ defence of their league title already looks as though it will be a strong one following the arrival of former BBL Player of the Year Trey Moore. http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/basketball-news/2008/06/14/seven-up-as-bridge-re-signs-for-eagles-61634-21072400/ Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/basketball-news/2008/06/14/seven-up-as-bridge-re-signs-for-eagles-61634-21072400/ ANDREW Bridge has agreed to return to Tyneside for a seventh consecutive season but the Newcastle Eagles captain has warned he will not accept a repeat of last term. http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/basketball-news/2008/05/05/leven-in-trouble-over-bust-up-61634-20862510/ Sun, 04 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/basketball-news/2008/05/05/leven-in-trouble-over-bust-up-61634-20862510/ AUSTRALIAN Steve Leven is facing club disciplinary action after a dressing-room bust-up during Newcastle Eagles’ miserable finals weekend. http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/basketball-news/2008/05/05/no-fun-for-fab-as-his-side-is-beaten-61634-20862511/ Sun, 04 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/basketball-news/2008/05/05/no-fun-for-fab-as-his-side-is-beaten-61634-20862511/ NEWCASTLE Eagles travelled to Birmingham looking to make history, but left in a cloud of acrimony. http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/basketball-news/2008/05/02/memory-of-defeat-spurs-on-babalola-61634-20851474/ Thu, 01 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/basketball-news/2008/05/02/memory-of-defeat-spurs-on-babalola-61634-20851474/ OLU Babalola has promised the Newcastle Eagles will use the memory of their biggest disappointment of the season as motivation in this weekend’s British Basketball League play-offs. http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/basketball-news/2008/05/01/flournoy-inspired-by-devils-heroics-61634-20845322/ Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:30:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/basketball-news/2008/05/01/flournoy-inspired-by-devils-heroics-61634-20845322/ Newcastle Eagles are two games away from re-affirming their dominance of British basketball, but already their coach has a wary eye on bigger things. Stuart Rayner reports http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/basketball-news/2008/05/01/outstanding-stewart-takes-award-61634-20845323/ Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/basketball-news/2008/05/01/outstanding-stewart-takes-award-61634-20845323/ LYNARD Stewart has capped a triumphant return to the British Basketball League by being crowned its player of the season. http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/basketball-news/2008/04/26/newcastle-eagles-105-worcester-wolves-96-61634-20824775/ Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/basketball-news/2008/04/26/newcastle-eagles-105-worcester-wolves-96-61634-20824775/ FABULOUS Flournoy’s Newcastle Eagles edged past Worcester Wolves last night to book their place in the semi-finals of the play-offs in Birmingham. http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/basketball-news/2008/04/23/eagles-confident-of-play-off-success-61634-20804098/ Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/basketball-news/2008/04/23/eagles-confident-of-play-off-success-61634-20804098/ BRITISH Basketball League player of the month Lynard Stewart will head into the end-of-season play-offs claiming Newcastle Eagles fear none of their rivals as they look to win the tournament for a fourth successive year. http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/basketball-news/2008/04/22/blake-my-eagles-can-be-record-breakers-61634-20797747/ Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/basketball-news/2008/04/22/blake-my-eagles-can-be-record-breakers-61634-20797747/ PAUL Blake has challenged his Newcastle Eagles to start rewriting British Basketball League history after the club’s best-ever regular season. http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/basketball-news/2008/04/21/newcastle-eagles-95-sheffield-sharks-84-61634-20793163/ Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/basketball-news/2008/04/21/newcastle-eagles-95-sheffield-sharks-84-61634-20793163/ BBL champions Newcastle Eagles had to go to overtime for the fourth game in a row before they sealed their 21st straight home win and finally saw off the challenge of the Sheffield Sharks in the last game of the regular season, writes JEFF KING. http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/basketball-news/2008/04/19/we-re-in-a-trophy-mode-flournoy-61634-20787361/ Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/basketball-news/2008/04/19/we-re-in-a-trophy-mode-flournoy-61634-20787361/ NEWCASTLE Eagles coach Fabulous Flournoy insists his side’s recent trend of overtime wins will bode well for play-off success this season. http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/basketball-news/2008/04/15/defence-is-the-key-for-us-bridge-61634-20764498/ Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/basketball-news/2008/04/15/defence-is-the-key-for-us-bridge-61634-20764498/ ANDREW Bridge is expecting the Newcastle Eagles’ defence to be the key whoever they face in the quarter-finals of the BBL Play Offs next week. http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/basketball-news/2008/04/09/perfectionist-from-the-bronx-has-no-time-to-celebrate-61634-20738255/ Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/basketball-news/2008/04/09/perfectionist-from-the-bronx-has-no-time-to-celebrate-61634-20738255/ IT was a journey which began on the streets of the Bronx in New York with the murder of an elder brother, a battle with poverty and a new pair of trainers. http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/basketball-news/2008/04/07/guildford-heat-101-newcastle-eagles-108-61634-20728585/ Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/basketball-news/2008/04/07/guildford-heat-101-newcastle-eagles-108-61634-20728585/ NEWCASTLE Eagles are the BBL Champions for 2007-08. It’s as simple as that. What was not so simple was the way they achieved it. http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/basketball-news/2008/04/04/eagles-hoping-to-fly-into-europe-61634-20717606/ Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:30:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/basketball-news/2008/04/04/eagles-hoping-to-fly-into-europe-61634-20717606/ NEWCASTLE Eagles will launch their first assault on Europe next season as the club looks to build on its domestic dominance on the continent. http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/basketball-news/2008/03/29/newcastle-eagles-82-milton-keynes-lions-68-61634-20691167/ Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/basketball-news/2008/03/29/newcastle-eagles-82-milton-keynes-lions-68-61634-20691167/ THE Eagles bounced back from last weekend’s devastating defeat at Guildford and, as is becoming the custom in their clashes with the Lions, a dire contest threatened to boil over into a brawl, with blood on the court. http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/basketball-news/2008/03/24/newcastle-just-can-t-handle-the-heat-61634-20666929/ Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/basketball-news/2008/03/24/newcastle-just-can-t-handle-the-heat-61634-20666929/ Guildford Heat86 http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/basketball-news/2008/03/22/tricky-hurdle-cleared-easily-61634-20659002/ Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/basketball-news/2008/03/22/tricky-hurdle-cleared-easily-61634-20659002/ THE Eagles negotiated another potentially difficult hurdle in their relentless pursuit of the BBL Championship title last night at The Metro Radio Arena, writes JEFF KING.