Host Jackie Powell sits down with Sean Highkin, longtime NBA Reporter and the author of The Rose Garden Report to parse through what happened to WNBA expansion in Portland. In part I of II, Sean and Jackie discuss Portland’s WNBA origin story, why Portland is such an advantageous location for expansion in the first place and how what we all thought was a done deal suddenly wasn’t. Come back on Sunday to hear part II. Thumbnail Photo Credit: Candice Ward-USA TODAY Sports Links: Bill Oram of The Oregonian’s reporting: shelves-plans-to-expand-to-portland.html">https://www.oregonlive.com/sports/2023/11/wnba-shelves-plans-to-expand-to-portland.html the-wnba-to-portland-plans-fell-apart-days-before-expected-announcement.html">https://www.oregonlive.com/sports/2023/11/how-the-wnba-to-portland-plans-fell-apart-days-before-expected-announcement.html Sean’s Work at the Rose Garden Report: https://www.rosegardenreport.com/p/wnbas-plans-for-portland-expansion Howard Megdal’s new reporting that explains why having one expansion team is a problem: https://www.theixsports.com/features/the-wnba-needs-to-solve-the-portland-problem-fast-chicago-sky-gm-jeff-pagliocca-talks-new-role-must-click-womens-basketball-links/ Follow & Subscribe on All Podcast Platforms… 🎧 https://link.chtbl.com/LOWomensBasketball?sid=YouTube Locked On NBA League-Wide: Every Team, Fantasy, Draft, WNBA & More 🎧 https://linktr.ee/LockedOnNBA Follow Locked On Women's Basketball on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lockedonWBB Follow The Next on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thenexthoops --------------------------------ABOUT LOCKED ON Women's Basketball ------------------------------------- Locked On Women's Basketball is a daily podcast covering all aspects of the women's basketball world! Join host Howard Megdal (The IX, The Next) as he interviews the incredible staff of The Next, along with the biggest and most influential names in the sport. All that and more on Locked On Women's Basketball, part of the Locked On Podcast Network. --------------------------------ABOUT OUR SPONSORS------------------- Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! eBay Motors For parts that fit, head to eBay Motors and look for the green check. Stay in the game with eBay Guaranteed Fit at eBayMotos.com. Let’s ride. eBay Guaranteed Fit only available to US customers. Eligible items only. Exclusions apply. Jase Medical Get $20 off these lifesaving antibiotics with Jase Medical by using code LOCKEDON at checkout on jasemedical.com. PrizePicks Go to PrizePicks.com/lockedonnba and use code lockedonnba for a first deposit match up to $100! Gametime Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDONNBA for $20 off your first purchase. FanDuel Score early this NFL season with FanDuel, America’s Number One Sportsbook! Right now, NEW customers get ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS in BONUS BETS with any winning FIVE DOLLAR MONEYLINE BET! That’s A HUNDRED AND FIFTY BUCKS – if your team wins! Visit FanDuel.com/LOCKEDON to get started. FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN) #WNBA #NCAA #WomensBasketball #WomensBasketballCollege Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices