The Portland bid for a WNBA team had been led by Kirk Brown, a wealthy businessman who had founded the company that is now called ZoomInfo. There is uncertainty now if Brown will be involved going ...

In Portland, the WNBA is choosing to go back to a city it previously tried to succeed in. The Portland Fire lasted just three seasons in the Rose City from 2000-02, compiling a record of 37-59.

As if reborn from the ashes, the Portland Fire are back. Portland’s forthcoming WNBA expansion team, set to begin play in summer 2026, unveiled its name and logo Tuesday morning.

How Nike, the WNBA, and NWSL pitched women's sports in Portland as a summit held by soccer and basketball team owners RAJ ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The wait is over. The Portland WNBA franchise announced its official team name early Tuesday morning: the Portland Fire. It's the team name the franchise last held in the early ...

Portland is joining back up with the WNBA at an ideal time. The league is as popular as it has been in years. Attendance is up to an average of 9,311 fans per game this season, up from 6,615 last ...

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

In September 2024, the WNBA announced that it had awarded the city of Portland a team, making the franchise its 15th team. The news came after a previously failed bid in 2023, when Kirk Brown ...

Send this article to your social connections. The WNBA is headed back to Portland, with Oregon’s biggest city getting an expansion team that will begin play in 2026. The team will be owned and ...

The WNBA put in a trademark request for the wordmark of "Portland Fire" on June 18, signaling the possible team name as the franchise gets ready for tipoff in 2026.

The WNBA has wrapped up its 2022 season, but the offseason could be very interesting for Portland. The league has a short list of cities that could be ready for expansion by 2024, and Portland is ...