I wrote in October about the push by local consulting firm Pepper Foster to get Portland to bid on the 2028 Summer Olympics.

Pepper Foster says the city and region "offer the perfect combination of geography, climate, infrastructure, and culture to host the Games, and support is being generated from local business and community organizations to support the bid."

I don't see it.

We don't have to look any further than this story in the New York Times. The Times examined Rio de Janeiro six months after the 2016 Games departed, leaving decay and debt in their wake.

Portland and the state of Oregon have enough financial challenges as it is without taking on something like this.

//www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/02/employee_compensation_costs_cr.html

We're still waiting a planned renovation of the University of Oregon's Hayward Field. The renovation is necessary to bring the stadium up to minimum requirements for the 2021 World Outdoor Track & Field Championships, which have been awarded to Eugene.

It was supposed to begin last summer. The renovation timeline has been pushed back nearly a year. The official reason for the delay is to relocate a cellphone tower. But TrackTown USA apparently also has struggled to raise the money to complete the project.

Here is the piece I wrote in October:

//www.oregonlive.com/trackandfield/index.ssf/2016/10/goe_a_portland_bid_for_the_202.html

OK, more links:

Oregon Track Club Elite distance runner Sally Kipyego will miss the season as she awaits the birth of her first child.

United States Sports Academy awards Ashton Eaton the Jim Thorpe All-Around Award for the third time.

The Nike Oregon Project's Mo Farah probably will move back to Britain -- but, not in the next several years.

Farah tells British reporters it was important for him to speak out against President Trump's immigration order.

Inside Nike's Breaking2 Team.

Documentary takes viewers through the peaks and valleys of Justin Gatlin's life.

Michigan's multi-faceted Taylor McLaughlin excels as a 400-meter hurdler and as a student in mechanical engineering.

Ocean Breeze Grand Prix brings world-class indoor track & field to Staten Island.

Len Johnson for Runner's Tribe: Nitro Athletics was fun and people watched; how significant that will be over the long term remains to be seen.

British sprinter Dina Asher-Smith suffers a broken foot.

The front page for LetsRun.com.

The links package from Track & Field News.

The links from Duck Sports Now.

The links from Beaver Sports Now.

-- Ken Goe

kgoe@oregonian.com | @KenGoe

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