(KGW) Sen. Ron Wyden joined 140 local businesses to draft a letter to WNBA commissioner Cathy Englebert in support of bringing an expansion team to the Rose City. ...

Author: Art Edwards PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Portland is hoping to land a WNBA expansion team. On Monday, heavy hitters in the Oregon sports world got the chance to make a pitch directly to the league’s commissioner. The Sports Bra, ...

Author: Jared Cowley (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Twenty years ago, women’s professional basketball bid farewell to Portland. The Portland Fire was Portland’s WNBA team for three seasons before the franchise folded after the 2002 season. The team wasn’t very good ...

MOSCOW, Russia (NBC) – American basketball star Brittney Griner pleaded guilty to drug charges in a Moscow court Thursday, her lawyers said, leaving her facing the prospect of jail time as her family and friends step up their calls for ...

Author: KGW Staff PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Former WNBA player Shoni Schimmel was indicted Friday for assaulting an intimate partner on the Umatilla Indian Reservation, the U.S. Attorney for Oregon announced. Schimmel, 29, is charged assault by strangulation of an ...

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