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Tim McGraw <\/a>and Faith Hill <\/a>were hoping to bring the WNBA to Nashville, but the league isn’t interested.<\/p>\n The couple\u00a0are part of a star-studded ownership group seeking a franchise. This week, three new WNBA franchises<\/a> were awarded across America, but Nashville will continue to warm the bench.<\/p>\n Related<\/strong><\/em>: 18 Country Artists Who Simply Disappeared<\/a><\/p>\n The news doesn’t totally kill the chance of an WNBA team coming to Music City. Former Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam led the pitch to get a team that would be called the Tennessee Summitt, but the billionaire’s presence was overshadowed by the sports stars he’d assembled.<\/p>\n In addition to McGraw and Hill, Peyton Manning was involved in the proposal. Former WNBA star Candace Parker was also hoping to be co-owner of a team that would be named in honor of late University of Tennessee women’s basketball coach Pat Summitt.<\/p>\n “We will continue to keep our eye on future opportunities and evaluate them as they present themselves,” Haslam says in a statement. “I am confident that one day Tennessee will be the home of a major professional women\u2019s sports franchise.”<\/p>\n Currently, the only high-level professional sports teams in Nashville are the NFL’s Tennessee Titans and NHL’s Nashville Predators. There is a movement to bring a Major League Baseball team to Nashville, however, and another country star is attached to that proposal.<\/p>\n Darius Rucker<\/a> is part of the proposed Nashville Stars franchise. As recently as spring 2024, Luke Combs<\/a> and Maren Morris<\/a> were tied to one group trying to bring the MLB to town, although they were labeled as advisors, not investors or owners.<\/p>\n McGraw was previously a minority owner in the Arena Football League’s Nashville Kats until the league folded in 2007.<\/p>\n “Who I Am” and “Ode to Billie Joe” are songs we all know the words to \u2014 we’ve sung along to them on more than one occasion \u2014 they were\u00a0huge<\/em>\u00a0hits! But what ever happened to Jessica Andrews\u00a0and Bobbie Gentry?<\/p>\n You’ll often find us reminiscing over some of our favorite artists who took a break from music, whether to start a family, solely write songs … or just plain vanish(?!).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Gallery Credit: Billy Dukes<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Tim McGraw and Faith Hill sold their historic Southern manor home outside of Nashville for $15 million.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Gallery Credit: Sterling Whitaker<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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