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Portland gets WNBA expansion franchise
WNBA announces expansion team in Portland, league’s 15th franchise
The WNBA is expanding to Portland by granting the league’s 15th franchise to the city. The team, which was announced Wednesday, will begin play in 2026 and be led by Lisa Bhathal Merage and Alex Bhathal,
WNBA awards 15th franchise to Portland
The league’s 15th team will debut in the 2026 WNBA season and be owned and operated by the RAJ Sports investment group. RAJ Sports is led by siblings Alex Bhathal and Lisa Bhath
Commitment to build practice facility helped Portland secure 15th WNBA franchise
Alex Bhathal and Lisa Bhathal Merage, the brother-sister duo who recently purchased the NWSL’s Portland Thorns, are the WNBA’s newest owners.
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The WNBA returns to Portland, billed as a ‘global epicenter’ for women’s sports
Ron Wyden’s voice boomed through Moda Center. The slender, 75-year-old U.S. senator could have been mistaken for an in-game ...
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WNBA returns to Portland; Will be league’s 15th team
The WNBA is headed back to
Portland
, with Oregon’s biggest city getting an expansion team that will begin play starting in ...
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Gallery: WNBA, fans celebrate Portland's new pro basketball team
Merage spoke about the yet-to-be-named team as an investment not only in the league, but in the local Portland community, ...
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Portland, a Hub of Women's Sports, Gets New WNBA Franchise
The WNBA is headed back to
Portland
, with Oregon's biggest city getting an expansion team that will begin play in 2026. The ...
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