Ideas for a sports nickname - if MLB awarded an expansion baseball team to Tennessee?

Tennessee Hills.

Tennessee Kings.

Memphis Kings.

Memphis Slabs.

Well, you could probably get Smokies... two teams having the same name is really only an issue if they're in the same level (basically every team in the Atlanta farm system is called the "Braves").

Memphis Suns? But that's specifically for Sun Records, so there'd probably be copyright infringement or something. Same goes for Memphis Stax. Memphis is known for music, Memphis Countries and Memphis Rock and Rolls don't sound good... Memphis Rockabillys? Memphis Blues would probably work best.

I like the Memphis Deltas.

Memphis is named after the ancient Egyptian capital, so you could go with Memphis Egyptians, or Memphis Pharaohs or even Mummies or Pyramids or something.

Memphis Riverboats, or Memphis Ironclads for a tougher name, but may be too associated with the Civil War.

It is very unlikely there will be any expansion teams for a while. There are too many teams and too many players that should not be in the majors. Too many players with .218 or lower batting avg.'s and pitchers with 6.38 or higher era's. This is nonsense. Such players are taking up roster space because of shortage.

The Tennessee Lions

The Tennessee Stars (country stars)

The Memphis Metros (metropolis)

The Tennessee Showboats

The Tennessee Religious Nuts. The Nuts for short. I'd love to hear a "GO NUTS!" chant.

Rednecks

The Memphis "Never Going To Happens"

I'd say Mountaineers, but you'd end up getting confused with UWV.