Merage spoke about the yet-to-be-named team as an investment not only in the league, but in the local Portland community, ...

The WNBA is headed back to Portland, with Oregon’s biggest city getting an expansion team that will begin play in 2026.

Portland had a previous WNBA team, the Fire, which played for just two seasons and folded in 2002. It’s not yet decided if ...

The WNBA announced Wednesday it has awarded Portland, Oregon a new expansion franchise, which will begin play in the 2026 ...

Ron Wyden’s voice boomed through Moda Center. The slender, 75-year-old U.S. senator could have been mistaken for an in-game ...

While Portland basketball fans are daydreaming of picking JuJu Watkins in the WNBA draft in two years or signing Oregon Ducks ...

The WNBA is growing from 12 teams to 15 with the additions of Golden State (in 2025) as well as Toronto and Portland in 2026.

Alex Bhathal and Lisa Bhathal Merage, the brother-sister duo who recently purchased the NWSL’s Portland Thorns, are the ...

The WNBA is returning to Portland, Oregon, starting in 2026, with the new franchise set to become the WNBA’s 15th team, the ...

The WNBA is headed back to Portland, Oregon. The newly announced team is the league's 15th franchise and will begin play in ...

Previously, the WNBA announced they’re adding two expansion teams with the Golden State Valkyries and an unnamed Toronto team ...

Portland, Oregon, has become the latest city to benefit from the Women's National Basketball Association's rapid expansion ...