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Uniforms

At home, white with red on the sides and gold on the shoulders, black Fire logo text on the chest. On the road, black with red on the sides and gold on the shoudlers, Fire logo text in white. The shorts had the Fire logo on them.

Playoff history

Playoff Appearances:

Conference Championships:

WNBA Championships:

History

In its short history, the Portland Fire franchise held some of the more dubious distinctions among WNBA franchises. Founded in 2000, Portland Trailblazers owner Paul Allen served as the team's chairman. Lead by Vanessa Nygaard and Sylvia Crawley, the team managed a 10-22 record in their inaugural season. In the 2001 season, the team faced another losing season but found hope in the play of rookie guard Jackie Stiles, who would win the WNBA Rookie of the Year Award. However, in 2002 Stiles suffered a severe injury and was out for most of the season. Without their star player, the Fire faced another losing campaign. This article is about the year 2000. ... The Portland Trail Blazers are a National Basketball Association team based in Portland, Oregon. ... Paul Allen Paul G. Allen (born January 21, 1953) is an entrepreneur who established himself by co-founding Microsoft Corporation with Bill Gates. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Jackie Marie Stiles is a basketball shooting guard born December 21, 1978 in Kansas City, Kansas to Pat and Pam Stiles. ... The WNBA Rookie of the Year Award is given each year to the best rookie in the WNBA. Rookie of the Year Awards (1997 - Present) 1997 - No award 1998 - Tracy Reid, Charlotte Sting 1999 - Chamique Holdsclaw, Washington Mystics 2000 - Betty Lennox, Minnesota Lynx 2001 - Jackie Stiles, Portland Fire 2002 - Tamika... 2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The 2002 season proved to be the Portland Fire's last. After this season, the WNBA sold ownership of their franchises to owners of their counterpart NBA teams or to third parties. Fire chairman Paul Allen's continued financial problems with what was seen league-wide as an unachieving Trailblazer team put him out of the running to buy the Fire franchise and led to the Portland Fire folding in 2002. With this, the Fire became the only WNBA franchise not to make the playoffs and along with the Miami Sol, the WNBA franchise with the shortest lifespan. The National Basketball Association of the United States and Canada, commonly known as the NBA, is the premier professional basketball league in North America. ... The Miami Sol joined the Womens National Basketball Association in 2000. ...

Retired numbers

Hall of Famers

Not to be forgotten

The following have been listed on the Fire roster:

• LaQuanda Barksdale
• Tully Bevilaqua
• Marla Brumfield
• Alisa Burras
• Monique Cardenas
• Sylvia Crawley
• Ukari Figgs
• Kristin Folkl
• Amber Hall
• Tamicha Jackson
• Melody Johnson
• Jenny Mowe
• Mandy Nightingale
• Vanessa Nygaard, now an assistant coach at Pepperdine University
• Gergana Slavtcheva
• Jackie Stiles
• Stacey Thomas
• Michele Van Gorp
• DeMya Walker
• Carolyn Young

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Coaches and others

Head Coaches:

• Linda Hargrove (2000-2002), now serves as the General Manager of the Washington Mystics

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External links

• WNBA website