Portland’s WNBA franchise is set to unveil the team’s name and logo on July 15. The presumed name is the Portland Fire after the league recently filed trademark applications for the Fire nickname.

In Portland, the WNBA is choosing to go back to a city it previously tried to succeed in. The Portland Fire lasted just three seasons in the Rose City from 2000-02, compiling a record of 37-59.

Portland previously entered the WNBA as the expansion Fire in 2000 before folding after the 2002 season, when the league moved from central ownership to individual ownership of teams.

The WNBA's Portland expansion team is experiencing some early turbulence as it tries to assimilate into the league. On Thursday, Bill Oram of The Oregonian reported that just weeks before the ...

Portland is joining back up with the WNBA at an ideal time. The league is as popular as it has been in years. Attendance is up to an average of 9,311 fans per game this season, up from 6,615 last ...

Portland had a WNBA team, the Fire, from 2000 until it folded in 2002. That franchise averaged more than 8,000 fans when games were played at the Rose Garden.

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

Send this article to your social connections. 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 ...

The Portland bid for a WNBA team had been led by Kirk Brown, a wealthy businessman who had founded the company that is now called ZoomInfo. There is uncertainty now if Brown will be involved going ...

This would be the city’s second attempt at a WNBA franchise after the Portland Fire lasted just three seasons from 2000 to 2002. This time, the WNBA would come to Portland under different terms.

The WNBA put in a trademark request for the wordmark of "Portland Fire" on June 18, signaling the possible team name as the franchise gets ready for tipoff in 2026.

The WNBA has wrapped up its 2022 season, but the offseason could be very interesting for Portland. The league has a short list of cities that could be ready for expansion by 2024, and Portland is ...