FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2013, file photo, former Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt smiles as a banner ... after attending her grandfather's funeral. Candidate to the presidency ...

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.

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.

Nashville has submitted a bid for a WNBA expansion team that would be named after the late Pat Summitt. The city is considered a strong contender because of the ownership group, Bridgestone Arena ...

The legendary Pat Summitt and her Lady Vols were more than worth the drive, whether it was a Sunday afternoon tipoff or a Thursday night game when they didn't get home until midnight. In Tyler ...

There’s a bid for Nashville to land an expansion WNBA team named the Tennessee Summitt in honor of legendary Lady Vols coach Pat Summitt and facilitated by Candace Parker and Peyton Manning.

In 1998, Pat Summitt spent a Tuesday evening on celebrity row at Madison Square Garden with Chamique Holdsclaw, her star player at the University of Tennessee. It was Summitt’s first WNBA game ...