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

Could a WNBA team come to Nashville? Bill and Crissy Haslam have submitted a bid for 2028 to get an expansion team.

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.

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.