Welcome to our on-going series of classic British Basketball photographs on 'mikeshaft.com', under the slogan 'We got history...We got game.'

Newcastle Eagles' quest to win all four pieces of BBL silverware this season remains on track after a BBL Trophy quarter-final victory against Glasgow Rocks on Sunday.

Fab Flournoy has been rewarded for another highly productive period with Esh Group Eagles Newcastle by being crowned the Molten BBL Coach of the Month for January.

Newcastle Eagles defeat Sheffield Sharks to move clear at the top while Riders dumped the reigning champions Worcester Wolves out of the BBL Trophy

Well for the past few hours I have been wondering what I was going to say about the situation regarding British Basketball which unfolded so dramatically yesterday. I think I will keep my counsel for the time being and just see exactly what is developing.

Basketball England’s biggest and longest running cup competition reached its climax on Sunday 25 January at English Institute of Sport, Sheffield where both the men’s and women’s finals took place with Cardiff Archers being crowned the women's champions.

Basketball England’s biggest and longest running cup competition reached its climax on Sunday 25 January at English Institute of Sport, Sheffield where both the men’s and women’s finals took place with Manchester Magic being crowned the men's champions.

Once again in recent years this is a competition that has been dominated by The Sheffield Hatters. Back in the 1990s the Hatters won the Cup 8 times in a row. But recently they have had more serious competition from Rhondda Rebels. In the early days of the National Cup for Women, teams like Crystal Palace, Northampton and Southgate also made their mark

Eight teams were involved in Sunday evening action in the BBL Championship and there will be no happier than Sheffield Sharks, who managed to snap Cheshire Phoenix's 11-game winning streak with an impressive victory on the road.

Three of the BBL Championship's top four teams won on Friday as attention turned back to league action.