Black Ivy League institutions as being "Howard University, Hampton University, Spelman College, Fisk University, Morehouse College, Tuskegee University and Dillard University." The "North Star" News described "Howard, Fisk, Hampton, Morehouse, Morgan, Tuskegee, and Cheyney ... as the equivalent of a Black Ivy League." Lincoln University in Pennsylvania has also been mentioned as being included in the group. In 1976, the "Chicago Tribune" included "Morehouse, Atlanta University, Morris Brown, Gannon, Clark and Spelman..." The actual Ivy League is an eight-member athletic conference. At one point in history, some of these institutions debated forming a Black Ivy League athletic conference without reaching an agreement. Although
Ivy League Digital Network Ivy League Digital Network Ivy League Digital Network was an Internet television website and operated by the Ivy League. The internet network was first available to subscribers in the fall of 2013, and covered all eight of the Ivy League schools. The site used technology provided by NeuLion to feature live and on-demand content from a variety of sports across the eight schools and conference championship events. On April 4, 2018, it was announced that the Ivy League and ESPN agreed having the ESPN platform carry Ivy League athletic competitions. Under the ten year deal, over 1,100 Ivy League events