Proposed PGE Park Deal Gets International Ink

Portland Beavers and Timbers owner Merritt Paulson's proposal to bring Major League Soccer to Portland —while renovating PGE Park and building a new baseball stadium somewhere in town for the Beavers— got ink in the Manchester (U.K.) Guardian this week.

One of the authors, Jules Boykoff, played collegiate soccer for the University of Portland and later played professionally. He's now a professor at Pacific University in Forest Grove. His co-author, Dave Zirin, is a sports writer for The Nation and ESPN.

The deadline for Paulson and the City to submit their bid for an MLS expansion franchise is March. The committee that Mayor Sam Adams named to consider the issue as well as possible new sites for a minor-league baseball stadium held its second meeting last week.