Northwest Sports: In the Morning

You must see this...
The Oregon O-Line put out possibly the most hilarious and amazing calendar in history. For extra hilarity, read the Every Day Should Be Saturday riff on the thing; it will make your day.

Another loss to Baltimore...
The injury that caused Carlos Silva to leave the game isn't thought to be serious, writes Larry Stone.

Of course, we all thought that about Mike Morse's injury, and now he's out for the year. Bloomquist will assume Morse's role in the platoon with Brad Wilkerson, writes Stone. Really? Good God. Bavasi, made a trade.

Jarrod Washburn is getting terrible run support again this year, writes David Andreiesen.

Though Liberty Mutual is buying Safeco, Safeco Field will remain Safeco Field (item 3), Liberty Mutual's CEO tells John Hickey.

Other news...
New Husky RB/WR Chris Polk doesn't lack confidence, writes Jim Moore. But Polk is living up to his hype, writes Bob Condotta.

Katie Gearlds, the Storm's first-round draft pick last year, is trying to bounce back from a bad rookie season, writes Jayda Evans. In the games I saw, Gearlds looked about two steps too slow--she was hopeless on defense and couldn't get her shot off....not that you couldn't say the same thing about the first 34 games of Kevin Durant's career.

Oregon State's gymnasts start the NCAA championships today with a chance to make the team finals for the first time, writes Lindsay Schnell.

The P-I runs a golf guide today--my favorite part is Jim Moore's primer on betting during your round.

Inner-city baseball teams find it hard to compete with suburban ones because the kids can't afford summer baseball, writes Sam Cameron.