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

Alex Bhathal and Lisa Bhathal Merage, the brother-and-sister team whose RAJ Capital purchased the NWSL’s Portland Thorns ...

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

Previously, the WNBA announced they’re adding two expansion teams with the Golden State Valkyries and an unnamed Toronto team ...

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 ...

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

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

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 the Oregon city getting an expansion team that will begin play starting in 2026. The ...

The new team will be owned and operated by RAJ Sports, led by controlling owner Lisa Bhathal Merage and her brother, Alex Bhathal. They also are the majority owners of the NWSL's Portland Thorns.

Professional women’s basketball will return to the Rose City for the first time in more than two decades after the WNBA announced Wednesday that it has awarded Portland an expansion team that ...