Epicenter of Women’s Sports with Karina LeBlanc

WNBA's Portland Fire Alumni: Legacy Reignited

Episode Summary

Epicenter's first-ever live taping, recorded at Moda Center before a Portland Fire home game. Karina sits down with four of the women who built the original Fire — Jackie Stiles, Sophia Witherspoon, Sylvia Crawley, and head coach Linda Hargrove — for a Legacy Reignited moment twenty-three years in the making.

Episode Notes

For Epicenter's first-ever live taping, recorded on the concourse at Moda Center before a Portland Fire home game, Karina sits down with four of the women who built the original Portland Fire.

The night's theme was Legacy Reignited. Twenty-three years after the original Fire played its last game, Jackie Stiles, Sophia Witherspoon, Sylvia Crawley, and head coach Linda Hargrove came back to talk about what it took to play in the WNBA before the league had investment, attention, or resources, and what it means to see this franchise come back to life. A handful of former Fire players join the stage to speak to the moment.