The WNBA is headed back to Portland, with Oregon’s biggest city getting an expansion team that will begin play in 2026.
WNBA salaries are so low that many athletes play a second season overseas in the offseason. But a new $2.2 billion media ...
Commissioner Cathy Engelbert had previously named Philadelphia as a potential expansion city. But with three new expansion ...
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.
The team will be owned and operated by Raj Sports, led by Lisa Bhathal Merage and Alex Bhathal. They paid $125 million for ...
Alex Bhathal and Lisa Bhathal Merage, the brother-sister duo who recently purchased the NWSL’s Portland Thorns, are the ...
Portland was awarded a WNBA expansions franchise Wednesday afternoon, announced during a mid-afternoon press conference at ...
Portland joins the Bay Area and Toronto as recently announced expansion additions to the WNBA, and the team will start play ...
Previously, the WNBA announced they’re adding two expansion teams with the Golden State Valkyries and an unnamed Toronto team ...
The Bhathal family, which also owns the Portland Thorns, pointed to the city's passionate support for women's sports as ...
After teasing expansion on Tuesday, the WNBA has confirmed Portland will be home to the 15th franchise in the league. The ...
"Not only does the city support women's sports, but basketball is also in Portland's blood," WNBA Commissioner Cathy ...