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

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

The team will be owned and operated by Raj Sports, led by Lisa Bhathal Merage and Alex Bhathal, who also own the Portland ...

The WNBA has awarded Portland a new franchise that will enter the league and begin to play in 2026. The team will be owned by ...

The league’s 15th team will debut in the 2026 WNBA season and be owned and operated by the RAJ Sports investment group. RAJ ...

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

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

It's the third expansion franchise the WNBA will add over the next two years, with Golden State and Toronto getting the other ...

The WNBA is expanding again. The professional women’s basketball league announced Wednesday that it has awarded its 15th ...

The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) announced today that it has awarded Portland, Oregon, the league’s 15th ...

The WNBA has announced it has awarded an expansion team to Portland, Oregon, following new teams in Toronto and Golden State.

The team will be owned and operated by Raj Sports, led by Lisa Bhathal Merage and Alex Bhathal. They paid $125 million for ...