National Basketball Association

SportSouth, Hawks announce 2014-15 television schedule

Published Sep. 30, 2014 10:12 a.m. ET

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ATLANTA -- SportSouth, a FOX Sports regional network, and the Atlanta Hawks announced Tuesday that the network will televise 75 regular-season games during the 2014-15 season.

Hawks games on SportSouth will reach more than 5.1 million households across Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee through most programming distributors, including AT&T Uverse, Charter, Comcast, DIRECTV, and DISH Network.

Play-by-play announcer Bob Rathbun is entering his 19th season as the voice of the Hawks and will again be joined by Hall of Famer Dominique Wilkins, returning for his seventh season as an analyst on SportSouth. Andre Aldridge returns for a fifth season as sideline reporter.

Hawks LIVE!, SportSouth's 30-minute pregame and postgame show, will air before and after every game. Jerome Jurenovich and Mike "Stinger" Glenn will host Hawks LIVE!, along with contributions from Aldridge.

The Hawks will tip off the regular season in Toronto on Wednesday, Oct. 29 at 7:30 p.m. ET against DeMar DeRozan and the Raptors. Saturday, Nov. 1st, at 7:30 p.m. ET, marks the team's home opener against the Indiana Pacers, delivering a rematch of the last season's first round playoff series. Other highlights from the SportSouth schedule include two games against the defending NBA Champion San Antonio Spurs, four games against LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers, and two games against the Los Angeles Lakers.

• Click here for a complete SportSouth schedule of Atlanta Hawks games.

The FOX Sports regional networks serving the Southeast -- FOX Sports South, FOX Sports Tennessee, FOX Sports Carolinas and SportSouth -- collectively reach more than 13 million cable and satellite households in seven states across the Southeast. They are the television home of the Atlanta Braves, Atlanta Dream, Atlanta Hawks, Carolina Hurricanes, Charlotte Hornets, Charlotte Hounds, Memphis Grizzlies, Nashville Predators, Cincinnati Reds, Indiana Pacers, New Orleans Pelicans, and St. Louis Cardinals, as well as the Atlantic Coast Conference, Conference USA, Southeastern Conference, and Big 12 Conference. Combined, the four networks produce more than 750 live local events and televise more than 1400 live local events each year. For more information, please visit FOXSportsSouth.com, FOXSportsTennessee.com, and FOXSportsCarolinas.com.