Tyler Summitt said the Nashville bid for a WNBA expansion team, named the Tennessee Summitt, is the "perfect way" to honor Pat Summitt's legacy.

Cathy Engelbert only wants to add four teams in this expansion cycle. The post Nashville Is Late Entry to WNBA Expansion Jockeying With Powerhouse Bid appeared first on Front Office Sports.

The Nashville International Airport and Bridgestone Americas are joining Secretary of State Tre Hargett's efforts to fight human trafficking.

School threats, related violence has increased in the week after the Antioch High School shooting, Nashville Police say.

Nashville Predators co-owner and former Gov. Bill Haslam and his wife, Crissy Haslam, are leading a bid for the city to land a WNBA expansion franchise. Driving the news: The Haslams are joined by country music stars Tim McGraw and Faith Hill as well as former University of Tennessee athletics legends Candace Parker and Peyton Manning.

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.

Nashville's WNBA bid isn't guaranteed to succeed, but it's difficult to see how this effort that checks boxes and tugs at heartstrings could fail.

Candace Parker is one of the most influential American athletes ever. She's joined a group pushing for a new WNBA team named after Pat Summitt.

Former Tennessee governor Bill Haslam is bidding for a WNBA team in Nashville. It would be named the Tennessee Summitt.

During a special legislative session that went into the evening Wednesday, lawmakers approved a series of measures aimed at helping East Tennesseans.