Without NFL, MLB, or NHL teams, Portland tends to sit just outside the upper-echelon of U.S. sports cities. In that absence of "major league" teams, a mix of women’s, lower-division, and grassroots teams have filled the space, cultivating a unique sporting culture that reflects the city itself. It of course starts with the NBA’s Blazers, the only team in the city from the traditional “big four” sports leagues in the United States. As the center of Portland’s sports orbit sin