Sun sports writers Jamison Hensley and Mike Preston may cover the inconsequential aspects of the Baltimore Ravens, such as the progress of first-round draft pick, quarterback Joe Flacco. But we here at O, by the Way keep track of the really important developments within the organization -- like how the new cheerleader calendar photo shoot is going down in Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic.

Actually, the guy with the real interesting assignment is Dave Lang of Ravens.com. Dave is  accompanying the cheerleaders on the photo shoot and is producing the appropriately titled "I Love My Job" Video Blog for the team Web site. The video reports are on the right side of the home page. Yesterday was water aerobics and beach dance lessons. Dave writes that this calendar duty may look like a "sweet gig" but he assures us that it's a lot of hard work, too (uh-huh).

Well, I can understand that. For instance, someone has to retrieve those wayward volleyballs being hit  by those cheerleaders. We didn't get an identification on the Ravens cheerleader here but we're pursuing that information because that's our job.

Photo: Shawn Hubbard/Courtesy Baltimore Ravens