4 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 ...

4 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 ...

4 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 ...

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.

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.

Apr 29, 2024 · Candace Parker, a two-time WNBA MVP, three-time WNBA champion (two playing), two-time Olympic Gold Medalist, one-time WNBA Finals MVP and one-time WNBA Defensive Player of the Year is hanging it up. Parker was the last transcendent star of the Tennessee Lady Vols, helping Pat Summitt capture her final two …

Candace Parker entered the University of Tennessee in the fall of 2004 and redshirted her first season due to a knee injury. Shortly thereafter, she began her career for the Tennessee Lady Vols during the 2005-06 season under the legendary Coach Pat Summitt.

Apr 28, 2024 · Candace Parker was one of the biggest names in basketball for the past two decades: a high school star to a Tennessee Lady Vols legend to a two-time MVP and three-time champion in the WNBA.

Candace Parker, the standout Lady Vol from the University of Tennessee, wears many hats. After leading the Lady Vols to a second straight national championship in women’s basketball, she was the first pick in the WNBA draft, took the league’s MVP and rookie of the year awards and helped the United States win a fourth-straight Olympic gold ...