As excitement around the WNBA continues to heat up, the league's 15th expansion team name has been officially announced: the Portland Fire will return in 2026.

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The Portland Fire will start playing in the 2026 WNBA season, which begins next May. The team will play its home games at the Moda Center, sharing the arena with the Portland Trail Blazers.

Portland’s WNBA expansion team unveiled its new branding and name — the Portland Fire — a rekindling of the city’s previous team that played from 2000 to 2002.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon’s WNBA team stepped back in time for its new name, reintroducing the Portland Fire. The expansion franchise, which begins play next season along with the Toronto Tempo ...

Fire was Portland’s name during its previous WNBA run from 2000-02. The Fire logo features a rose engulfed in red flames with accents and includes the shape of the Moda Center.

The Portland Fire will tip off next season, sporting the same name as the Rose City’s inaugural professional women’s basketball team. The first iteration of the Fire joined a then-young WNBA ...

Oregon’s incoming WNBA team hosted a launch party at the Moda Center Tuesday as part of the rollout of the revival of the Portland Fire, the same name as the franchise that played from 2000-2002.

The Fire already have sold more than 11,000 season tickets, surpassing the WNBA’s previous best. The team will play at the Moda Center, where the original Fire averaged some 8,000 fans a game.