A WNBA team in Nashville, Tennessee, could happen thanks to a pretty familiar name—Candace Parker. Yep. That’s right, WNBA icon Candace Parker. Parker, Peyton Manning, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, and Bill Haslam are part of a star-studded ownership group that wants to bring a team to the city.

A group including Candace Parker, Peyton Manning, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill submitted a bid on Thursday to bring a WNBA expansion franchise to Nashville.

Nashville, Tennessee announced a bid for a WNBA expansion team on Thursday. The team would be called the Tennessee Summitt, honoring former Lady Vols’ head coach Pat Summitt, and would begin play in 2028 at Bridgestone Arena. Named partners in Nashville’s WNBA expansion bid are Tim McGraw, Faith Hill and former Lady Vol Candace Parker.

Tennessee takes a loss to Vanderbilt after a game winning shot. Tennessee took on the Vanderbilt Commodores inside Memorial Gymnasium in today’s women’s basketball contest. The Lady Vols were defeated by The Lady Commodores by a score of 71-70 after Ruby Whitehorn made a layup with only four seconds on the clock and Vanderbilt hit a game-winning shot.

The WNBA might have its newest expansion team, the Tennessee Summitt, with people like Candace Parker and Bill Haslem placing a bid.

Tennessee seems to have found their guy in Josh Huepel who has returned the Volunteers football program to relevance  Tennessee football will enter its fifth se

Zakai Zeigler and the No. 6 Tennessee Volunteers (16-1, 3-1 SEC) meet the Vanderbilt Commodores (14-3, 2-2 SEC) at Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville, Tennessee on Saturday, January 18 at 3:30 PM

January 18 - Jason Edwards scored 18 points and Jaylen Carey had a double-double as Vanderbilt held on to upset sixth-ranked Tennessee 76-75 on Saturday in Nashville ... 16 points with 10 assists to lead the Volunteers (16-2, 3-2). Felix Okpara and ...

The game did not go as planned as the Volunteers were defeated by the ... The game took place inside Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville, Tennessee. Tennessee’s terrors inside Memorial Gymnasium ...

It'll be the biggest home game of the year for the Commodores (14-3, 2-2 SEC), who have lost the last two in the series against the Volunteers (16-1, 3-1). But 2023 is not all that long ago that Vanderbilt can't remember the joy of a victory in the in-state series.

Chairman of the Nashville Predators and former governor of Tennessee Bill Haslam, along with his wife Crissy Haslam, are leading a group of investors to submit a bid for a WNBA expansion team. The team would be named the Tennessee Summitt,