Alex Bhathal and Lisa Bhathal Merage, the brother-sister duo who recently purchased the NWSL’s Portland Thorns, are 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 team will be owned and operated by Raj Sports, led by Lisa Bhathal Merage and Alex Bhathal, who also own the Portland ...

BREAKING: The WNBA is officially returning to Portland. The league has announced the city will earn a new expansion franchise ...

The league’s 15th team will debut in the 2026 WNBA season and be owned and operated by the RAJ Sports investment group. RAJ ...

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

The WNBA continues to see historic growth this season, announcing Wednesday that Portland will see the return of a women's ...

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

The WNBA is expanding again. The professional women’s basketball league announced Wednesday that it has awarded its 15th ...

The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) announced today that it has awarded Portland, Oregon, the league’s 15th ...

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