Nik Streng

@nikstreng.bsky.social

Sports reporter/editor for The Oregonian/OregonLive covering the Portland Fire. he/him. 808 raised. #VeryAsian 🎌 nstreng(at)oregonian(dot)com

Nika Muhl in Portland does make one wonder what her role with the team would be. She's a strong defender but not a strong scorer. On a team that has guards Carla Leite, Sarah Ashlee Barker, Teja Oblak, Karlie Samuelson, and Iyana Martin (next year). Does she make the roster?

Obviously sucks that it took the SAB injury for Puoch to get back into the starting lineup but she works so much better with the starting unit than the bench. Don't need her to do as much offensively.

No Portland Fire game for me today. Zane Sparling’s memorial service overlaps the game against the Sparks. Hug your loved ones and have fun. Hopefully Cameron Brink has a great showing in her first pro game at Moda.

2 things: We don't have proof that the person who was removed from Moda was an Indiana Fever fan, per se. He was there to cheer on Sophie Cunningham but wasn't wearing Fever gear. He's also from Washington state, I've been told. PPB's Bias Crimes Unit is also looking into this.

Nik Streng@nikstreng.bsky.social · 5d ago

Updated this post with more information from tonight: A Fire season ticket holder claims they were spit on by an Indiana Fever fan who made homophobic and transphobic comments.

There was a “reporter” at tonight’s game who asked incendiary questions about whether biological men should be able to play in the WNBA. The person posting the clips is from FOX news. It isn’t the man who asked the questions, who apparently misrepresented themselves as being from another outlet

The Fever close the half on an 8-0 run. Emily Engstler definitely fouled Sophie Cunningham on a buzzer-beater 3 but the referees ruled that the foul happened after the clock expired so no call