The WNBA is continuing to expand — and the latest franchise is coming to Portland, Oregon, the league announced Wednesday morning. With Toronto, San Francisco, and now Portland each getting their own WNBA teams, the league will have 16 teams by 2026.
It’s not the first time WNBA basketball will be played in Oregon. Portland previously had a WNBA team, the Portland Fire from 2000 to 2002, before that franchise was ultimately shut down. The league was close to bringing a team to Portland last fall, but those plans — with a different ownership group — fell through. Portland’s new WNBA team is set to begin play in
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