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 ...

It seemed the Portland Thorns had — at long last — found a reprieve. The team’s worst month in club history had taken the ...

One of Arnold’s strongest skills is her distribution, an area where Hogan has struggled throughout the season. “It is vital ...

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

It's the third expansion franchise the WNBA will add over the next two years, with Golden State and Toronto getting the other ...

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

The Thorns (8-9-3, 27 points) came into the match riding a three-game losing streak in league play, and while the team was ...

The team will be owned and operated by Raj Sports, led by Lisa Bhathal Merage and Alex Bhathal, who also own the Portland ...

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

Portland has slightly more time to prepare for its first season than the Valkyries, who were introduced as an expansion franchise in October and will begin play in 2025. The Toronto team, which will ...