{"id":435197,"date":"2026-01-28T17:35:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T17:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/435197\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T17:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T17:35:08","slug":"portland-fire-reveal-jersey-design-for-2026-debut-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/435197\/","title":{"rendered":"Portland Fire reveal jersey design for 2026 debut season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nike-designed jerseys include a white base uniform with \u201cFire\u201d across the front and a bold, red base jersey, celebrating the Fire\u2019s legacy in Portland.<\/p>\n<p>PORTLAND, Ore. \u2014 The Portland Fire unveiled its debut season uniforms Wednesday morning as the franchise prepares to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kgw.com\/article\/sports\/wnba\/portland-fire\/portland-fire-first-game-may-9-chicago-fire-if-cba-reached\/283-d3995249-bcef-4498-80fd-df1a5d76b138\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">return to the WNBA<\/a> this season.<\/p>\n<p>The Nike-designed jerseys include a white base uniform with \u201cFire\u201d across the front and \u201ca bold, red base jersey, celebrating the Fire\u2019s legacy in Portland,\u201d the team said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur 2026 jerseys are an embodiment this new era of the team: bold, innovative, and resilient,&#8221; said Kimberly Veale, the Portland Fire\u2019s senior vice president of marketing and communication. \u201cEvery element was shaped with Portland in mind, honoring our legacy, while capturing the spirit and energy of this incredible city we represent. As we prepare for our debut season in May, our athletes, and fans alike, will embody that ethos when wearing a Fire jersey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__placeholder\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/f134a8eb-52f5-4b74-afcf-cc46b2a8df25_16x9.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__main\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/f134a8eb-52f5-4b74-afcf-cc46b2a8df25_1140x641.jpg\"  alt=\"\" style=\"opacity:0\" onload=\"this.style.opacity=1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The franchise also launched a new \u201cPDX\u201d logo Wednesday. The \u201cP\u201d and \u201cD\u201d are inspired by the Willamette River, while the \u201cX\u201d is meant to celebrate Portland\u2019s \u201cconviction, pride and individual expression,\u201d the team wrote in a news release.<\/p>\n<p>The red Portland Fire Nike jerseys are <a href=\"https:\/\/portlandfireteamshop.com\/?_gl=1*swf61q*_gcl_aw*R0NMLjE3Njk0NzA3MDYuQ2owS0NRaUF2dHpMQmhDUEFSSXNBTHdoeGRwX2FLQW1Wam56SURCbHQwcXY5WkdIYmloWE90bWdLTHl1NGZNMU1adDNxcmczZmtPd1plNGFBc19jRUFMd193Y0I.*_gcl_au*MTU5NTQ0MTY2My4xNzY0MDA2OTE0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">now available<\/a> for purchase.<\/p>\n<p>The Fire\u2019s first game is scheduled for Saturday, May 9, with a home opener against the Chicago Sky. The start of the regular season, however, depends on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kgw.com\/article\/portland-fire\/associatedpress\/wnba-and-players-union-fail-to-reach-new-cba-negotiations-continue-without-extension\/616-e71b8597-530d-41d7-8858-1ee946cb474c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">WNBA and the players\u2019 union<\/a> reaching a new collective bargaining agreement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Nike-designed jerseys include a white base uniform with \u201cFire\u201d across the front and a bold, red base&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":435198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[99,434],"class_list":["post-435197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}