WNBA expansion

Graphic with a photo of WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert and the ownership group of the new Golden State expansion team at the team's announcement press conference. Text below reads "The Portland Problem: Part 2"

Locked On Women’s Basketball: Is WNBA expansion in jeopardy? The Portland Problem, Part 2

By The Next / November 12, 2023

‘Whatever it is, they’re never gonna find … a better market to expand to than Portland.’

Graphic with photo of WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert at a press conference for the 2023 WNBA Finals. Text below reads "The Portland Problem: Part 1"

Locked On Women’s Basketball: Is WNBA expansion in jeopardy? The Portland Problem, Part 1

By The Next / November 10, 2023

‘Portland [would’ve been] a logical fit’

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Sources: Portland expected to be second WNBA expansion team

By Howard Megdal / October 5, 2023

Discussions have reached Board of Governors level

Locked on Women’s Basketball: Is expansion coming to the Bay Area?

By The Next / September 29, 2023

Host Jackie Powell and Alex Simon discuss WNBA expansion

Uncasville, Conn. - May 24, 2018: Los Angeles Sparks guard Alana Beard (0) warms up before a WNBA basketball game between the Sparks and the Sun at Mohegan Sun Arena. Photo Credit: Chris Poss

Institutional Knowledge: When the WNBA expands, it has to be Oakland

By Michelle Smith / June 11, 2023

Column: With multiple interested parties, and a painful history of having the rug pulled out, Oakland deserves this

Bridget Carleton (turned away from the camera) faces the basket and follows through on a shot during pre-game warm ups at Scotiabank Arena

Maple leaves, hopes and dreams: Inaugural Canada game highlights human side of WNBA expansion

By Isabel Rodrigues / May 16, 2023

‘I kept telling myself, this is not going to be my last game’

Locked on Women’s Basketball: A hypothetical two-team WNBA expansion draft exercise

By The Next / January 7, 2023

Toronto and Oakland are on the clock

Alana Beard. (WNBA Media Central)

How Alana Beard’s vision fits with Oakland WNBA expansion

By Gabriella Lewis / October 29, 2021

AASEG leadership group and Oakland municipal leaders continue progress

The Next presents: An Oakland WNBA expansion draft simulation (Part 2 of 2)

By Howard Megdal / September 16, 2021

The picks are in

The Next presents: An Oakland WNBA expansion draft simulation (Part 1 of 2)

By The Next / August 27, 2021

Our beat reporters set which players are off-limits