Portland is welcoming a new WNBA team in 2026 for the first time in more than 20 years, marking professional women's basketball's long-awaited return to Oregon. Portland Fire, whose name and logo ...

The WNBA continues to expand following a season of unparalleled growth, with the league announcing on Wednesday that a third expansion team has been granted to Portland, Oregon. The expansion team ...

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.

Portland's new WNBA franchise announced its first employee Tuesday: Team President Inky Son. “We are thrilled to welcome Inky to our team,” said franchise owner Lisa Bhathal Merage in a statement.

How Nike, the WNBA, and NWSL pitched women's sports in Portland as a summit held by soccer and basketball team owners RAJ Sports made the case.

The WNBA continues to grow. The league announced on Sept. 18 that it has awarded a team to Portland, Oregon, making it the 15th franchise in the WNBA. The team, which has yet to be named, will ...

If Portland is chosen to host a WNBA team, it would be the first time the city has been home to professional women’s basketball in more than 20 years. Portland hosted two earlier professional ...

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 ...

With the WNBA as big as ever, the incoming Cleveland expansion team has just named their first president in Cavaliers' CCO ...