The Toronto Tempo and Portland Fire, the WNBA’s newest teams, began to construct their inaugural rosters on Friday during the league’s latest expansion draft — a two-team, two-round snake draft. The ...

The Portland Fire and Toronto Tempo will finally acquire some players on Friday (3:30 p.m. ET, ESPN/fubo) when the WNBA conducts the double expansion draft for the two new franchises joining the ...

Portland and the WNBA’s other expansion team, the Toronto Tempo, can pick up to 12 players from existing teams. Head Coach of Portland Fire Alex Sarama, left, and General Manager of the team Vanja ...

Editor's note: This post has been updated with new information. Next Friday's 2026 WNBA expansion draft will send new players to the incoming Toronto Tempo and Portland Fire. The draft order is set, ...

NEW YORK — As Adam Silver recalled the events, it was one of the first meetings he took after becoming NBA commissioner in 2014. His visitor that day was a minority owner of the Boston Celtics. But he ...

On Wednesday, the WNBA finally provided details and a timeline for the first major offseason event: the Portland and Toronto expansion draft. The league will flip a coin Friday to determine Portland ...

The Portland Fire and Toronto Tempo officially have a date they can begin building their rosters for the 2026 WNBA season. On Wednesday, the league announced that both teams would assemble their ...

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For the first time in more than two decades, NBA expansion is finally on the horizon. NBA owners approved a plan Wednesday to explore expanding into Las Vegas and Seattle, according to ESPN, and with ...

The Board of Governors has approved the exploration of potential team expansion in Las Vegas and Seattle. Official release NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announced Wednesday that the league will ...

NEW YORK — The NBA has begun looking into bringing an expansion franchise to Las Vegas after a Wednesday vote by the league’s board of governors. The board voted to explore expansion in Las Vegas and ...