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Portland Fire Soundly Defeats Indiana Fever; Goes Two-for-Three in Home Series

After stumbling against the Atlanta Dream, the Fire came roaring back against Caitlin Clark’s Fever.
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The Portland Fire rounded out a series of three home games with a 100-84 win over the Indiana Fever Saturday, firmly shutting down the doubts of naysayers (at home and elsewhere). With all the attention the Fever has received, it’s the kind of win that establishes a team has arrived. Head coach Alex Sarama acknowledged […]

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Portland’s Newest Women’s Sports Team, the Cherry Bombs, Win First Match

Getting support from a sold-out crowd, tattoo artists, and an opera company didn’t hurt.
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The mood was jovial at Southeast Portland’s Lents Field on Sunday, where a sold out crowd of 2,007 people assembled to watch the Portland Cherry Bombs—the USL W team that also represents the city’s latest foray into women’s sports—win their inaugural soccer match against the Drip FC, 4-0. Despite the more casual nature of Lents […]

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Portland Fire Nets a Win (and a Loss) Against the Liberty

In an up and down week, the Fire showed plenty of fight and grit.
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The Portland Fire’s two matches against the New York Liberty offered a mixed bag in terms of wins this week, but the team is doing exactly what coach Alex Sarama wants. The games were meant to be the team’s first test against Oregon graduates Sabrina Ionescu and Satou Sabally, but both were out due to […]

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