Tag: European North Basketball League (ENBL)
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Bristol Are Trusting the Game Itself
Bristol have started the season with a different kind of rhythm. Three SLB games so far have produced four different leading scorers — Zach Anderson in the opener, Cameron Holden and Jonathan Brown tied as joint top scorers in game two, and Will Yoakum leading in game three. This is a roster built on balance,…
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A Ball in the Air
The opening night of the second season of the SLB was meant to be about the basketball. Six teams took the floor with refreshed rosters and a summer of preparation, eager to prove the league was more than an improvised debut. Instead, it arrived in the shadow of refereeing uncertainty and FIBA intervention. When the…
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The Return of Ambition
For years, Newcastle were the centre of British basketball. Trophies weren’t celebrated—they were expected. The Fab Flournoy era built a dynasty. But dynasties fade. And for a while, the Eagles felt like a memory of something bigger. This year, that memory came back into focus. First in Europe. Then at home. A club once defined…
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The Ceiling Is Showing
The Bristol Flyers began in 2006 through a merger between Filton Flyers and Bristol Academy. Starting in EBL Division 2 under coach Andreas Kapoulas, the club climbed to Division 1 within a year and spent the next seven seasons there. In 2014, they reached the top flight—where they’ve remained ever since. That rise was steady,…
