Portland, Oregon. (AP) – Portland Wgb The team hired its first employee, adding the president of the Inky Son team to lead the front office.
The franchise, which will join the League in 2026, made this announcement on Tuesday.
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“Inky will lay the foundations for our future growth,” said Mike Whitehead, who is the managing director of the mother -owned company.
Sound, which is from South Korea, was the administrative director of the National Basketball Players Association. She left the fashion industry to start a career in sport in 2015 with Major League Baseball Players Association.
“It’s an incredible opportunity to help bring a WNBA franchise back to Portland, a city that loves basketball and has already been to support female sports,” said Son.
The WNBA is developing this season with Golden State and next year in Portland and Toronto. The female basketball league plans to add at least another team in 2028 and several cities, including Detroit and Philadelphia, submitted offers to get a franchise.
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