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 is expanding to Portland by granting the league’s 15th franchise to the city. The team, which was announced ...

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

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek said the team’s return to Portland is a sign of the city’s “unequivocal love of women’s sports,” ...

Commissioner Cathy Engelbert had previously named Philadelphia as a potential expansion city. But with three new expansion ...

WNBA basketball is officially heading back to Portland, Oregon. The league announced on Wednesday that the city has been ...

The Bhathal family, which also owns the Portland Thorns, pointed to the city's passionate support for women's sports as ...

"It’s an opportunity to see themselves represented at the highest level," said one girls basketball coach in the metro area.

Portland was awarded the 15th WNBA franchise and will be the third expansion team entering the league over the next two years ...

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