Author: Michael

A group of investors, including former governor of Tennessee Bill Haslam, made a bid Thursday to bring a WNBA team to Nashville. If the bid is successful, the team will be named after the queen of Tennessee basketball herself, Pat Summitt.
Haslam, who will also take over as majority owner of the Nashville Predators in July, and his wife Crissy are heading up the ownership team, which also includes a group of celebrity investors. Candace Parker, Peyton Manning, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill are all on board to help bring women’s pro basketball to Nashville.

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Chris Olave appears interested at the idea of Kellen Moore coaching the Saints.
We are a few days away from Super Bowl week beginning in New Orleans and yours truly will be on the ground covering things for SB Nation. To be clear the SB in this case is a convenient/coincidental double entendre for Super Bowl.
Obviously the game itself will not feature the hometown team as the Saints were eliminated from playoff contention in an effective sense around Halloween. It was a tough scene for them.

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