08/30/2026
We’ve been following Rachel Axon’s reporting at Sports Business Journal for years, so it was great to have her on the ground in Portland for Epicenter Week.
Rachel spent the week touring the new Kaiser Permanente Performance Center, sitting in the room for The Epicenter: Women’s Global Sports Summit, presented by Nike, and spent time with the people building what’s happening here.
The result: a look at the bigger picture from different angles: infrastructure, investment, partnership, and the ambition behind Portland’s growing women’s sports ecosystem.
There’s so much value in reporters experiencing a story firsthand. We’re grateful Rachel made the trip and took the time to see this one up close.
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