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2015 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE: Catch HBCU football on Magic Johnson's ASPiRE Network


 
The bands, the traditions, the pride and the competition.  It's HBCU college football season!
2015 Season Includes Live Broadcasts of Five Regular Season Games, Three Exclusive Games, the SIAC Exclusive Championship Game 
and the CIAA Championship Game
 
Plus the Return of "HBCU Playback Game of the Week,"
Hosted by CBS Sports/HLN's Rashan Ali and 2Live Stews' Doug Stewart 
Exclusively on ASPiRE
 
ASPiRE Also To Broadcast HBCU Basketball Games
Beginning in January

 
ATLANTA -- Historically Black College & University (HBCU) college football is airing on ASPiRE (@tvASPiRE) through Saturday, November 14th, announced ASPiRE.   Five regular season games will be live, with three intra-collegiate match-ups exclusive to ASPiRE.  The live games include the Palmetto Capital City Classic (Livingstone @ Benedict, exclusive), the annual Tuskegee - Morehouse Classic (exclusive), Virginia State University Homecoming - (Bowie State University v. Virginia State University), the WSSU Homecoming - Shaw University @ Winston-Salem State University, the Fountain City Classic (Fort Valley State v. Albany State, exclusive) and the annual CIAA Championship Game.  The SIAC Championship Game is also exclusive to the network.  The schedule also features the five best-of Black college football games under the banner "HBCU Playback Game of the Week" which are hosted by CBS Sports Commentator Rashan Ali (@RashanAli) and ESPN commentator Doug Stewart (@2livestews) and produced by Urban Sports & Entertainment Group (USEG, urbansportsgroup.net).

 
In addition, the network announced that it will broadcast 12 HBCU basketball games, including 11 CIAA men's matchups and the CIAA Women's Basketball Championship game, beginning in January 2016, exclusively on ASPiRE.
 
"ASPiRE is extremely pleased and honored to bring viewers the play-by-play action of a new exciting season of Historically Black College & University football.  We are grateful to work with our partners Urban Sports & Entertainment Group and to welcome back sports commentators Rashan Ali and Doug Stewart.  Moreover we are extremely pleased to support our young student athletes as they showcase their exceptional skills on the court in a series of exciting matchups and defining college games," said Tina Thompson, director, programming, ASPiRE.
 
The football games to be broadcast on ASPiRE are:
  • September 5th at 5:00 p.m. EST - SIAC Livingstone @ Benedict (Palmetto Capital City Classic), in Columbia, SC (exclusive and live)
  • September 12th at 2:00 p.m. EST - 2000 Playback VSU vs Norfolk State University (Labor Day Classic)
  • September 19th at 2:00 p.m. EST - 2004 Playback Shaw University vs. Tuskegee (Pioneer Bowl)
  • September 26th at 2:00 p.m. EST- 1999 Playback Howard vs. SC State (HU Homecoming)
  • October 3rd at 2:00 p.m. EST - 2002 Playback KSU vs. Lane College (KSU Homecoming)
  • October 10th at 6:00 p.m. EST - SIAC Tuskegee vs. Morehouse (TU-MHC Classic) in Columbus, GA (exclusive and live)
  • October 17th at 2:00 p.m. EST - CIAA Bowie State University @ Virginia State University in Ettrick, VA (live)
  • October 24th at 2:00 p.m. EST - 2005 Playback North Carolina Central University vs. Bowie State University  (CIAA Championship)
  • October 31th at 2:00 p.m. EST - CIAA Shaw University @ Winston-Salem State University (WSSU Homecoming) in Winston-Salem, NC (live)
  • November 7th at 2:00 p.m. EST - SIAC Fort Valley State vs. Albany State (Fountain City Classic) in Columbus, GA (exclusive and live)
  • November14th at 2:00 p.m. EST - CIAA Championship Game in Raleigh, NC (exclusive and live)
  • November 14th at 7:00 p.m. EST - SIAC Championship Game in Montgomery, AL (exclusive and live)
The complete schedule for ASPiRE's broadcast of HBCU Basketball games, beginning in January 2016 will follow. 
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