2 days ago · An ownership group including Bill and Crissy Haslam, Candace Parker, and Faith Hill and Tim McGraw has submitted a bid for a WNBA expansion team in Nashville. The team would be named the Tennessee ...

2 days ago · One of the named partners in the bid is, yeah, you guessed it, Candace Parker. This project is likely extremely personal for Parker. The proposed team name is the Tennessee Summitt named after ...

Candace Parker is teaming up with NFL legend Peyton Manning to bring a WNBA expansion team to Tennessee, which will be named after legendary Volunteers head coach Pat Summitt. Summitt sadly passed ...

2 days ago · Candace Parker, a former Lady Vols player and WNBA standout, is also on board. So are country stars Tim McGraw and Faith Hill. And add in former Tennessee Vols quarterback Peyton Manning.

As a college player for Tennessee, she led the team to two consecutive national championships (2007, 2008), was named the Final Four's most outstanding player in both occasions and was a two-time consensus national player of the year.

2 days ago · 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 is the DNA of everything women’s ...

2 days ago · NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The chairman of the NHL’s Nashville Predators and his wife want to bring the WNBA to Music City and have teamed up with a star-filled investor group including Candace Parker, Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning and entertainers Tim McGraw and Faith Hill.. The group led by Bill Haslam, a former Tennessee governor, submitted its bid to the WNBA on ...

2 days ago · A group of led by Bill Haslam, and including Candace Parker and Peyton Manning, has introduced a bid to make the Nashville-based Tennessee Summitt, named after the late Lady Vols coach, the WNBA ...

Apr 28, 2024 · University of Tennessee graduate Candace Parker, a legendary player whose presence helped transform women's basketball at the high school, college, professional and international levels of the game, announced her retirement on Sunday.

Apr 28, 2024 · Lady Vols legend Candace Parker announced her retirement from the WNBA on Sunday after 16 seasons, two MVP awards and three championships.