The WNBA is headed back to Portland, with Oregon’s biggest city getting an expansion team that will begin play in 2026. The team will be owned and operated by Raj Sports, led by Lisa Bhathal Merage and Alex Bhathal, who also own the Portland Thorns of the National Women’s Soccer League. So we’re very excited about the future.” Some 300 …
Raj Bhathal, part of a group that bought the Sacramento Kings in 2013, was completely on board with his children’s plan to purchase the Portland Thorns of the NWSL. “It’s so cool to have an older gentleman from India, that grew up in such a different way, say, ‘Yes, this is the future,’” So this month with Raj Bhathal’s blessing, …
The NWSL's Portland Thorns have been sold for a league-record $63 million following years of fans' unrest over fallout from the Paul Riley sexual misconduct scandal. Merritt Paulson, whose Peregrine Sports also owns Major League Soccer's Portland Timbers, put the Thorns up for sale in late 2022 amid a series of abuse and misconduct scandals that rocked the NWSL. A …
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland Thorns have been acquired by the Bhathal family, investors in the NBA’s Sacramento Kings, the National Women’s Soccer League team announced Wednesday. Merritt Paulson, whose Peregrine Sports also owns Major League Soccer’s Portland Timbers, put the Thorns up for sale in late 2022 amid a series of abuse and misconduct scandals that rocked the NWSL. …
