Professional women’s basketball will return to the Rose City for the first time in more than two decades after the WNBA ...

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

Merage spoke about the yet-to-be-named team as an investment not only in the league, but in the local Portland community, ...

As Portland celebrated the return of professional women’s basketball to the Rose City, there was one common refrain — the ...

As Portland celebrated the return of professional women’s basketball to the Rose City, there was one common refrain — the ...

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

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

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

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

The WNBA continues to grow. The league announced on Sept. 18 that it has awarded a team to Portland, Oregon, making it the ...

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

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