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

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

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

The WNBA has awarded Portland a new franchise that will enter the league and begin to play in 2026. The team will be owned by ...

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

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

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

The WNBA is headed back to Portland, Oregon. The newly announced team is the league's 15th franchise and will begin play in ...

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 ...

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

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 growing from 12 teams to 15 with the additions of Golden State (in 2025) as well as Toronto and Portland in 2026.