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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Siblings Bhathal Merage and Bhathal will run the still-unnamed team, which they paid $125 million for, under the company Raj ...

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 ...