RENTON -- From the 2,500 Twelves perched daily upon the VMAC berm to the televised punditocracy in Bristol, Los Angeles and New York, all binoculars and microscopes are trained on the Seahawks to spot some symptom of the dreaded Super Bowl hangover.

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RENTON -- Unsurprisingly for the smooth machine the Seahawks have become, as training camp opened Friday on sunny, breezy lakeside morning, everyone was reading from the same script regarding the missing Beast.

Marshawn Lynch was a holdout, and everyone was in their lanes.

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As the Seahawks opened training camp Friday at the Virginia Mason Athletic Center in Renton, analysts at the betting site SportsBettingDime.com posted odds on Super Bowl XLIX that are certain to irk the Twelves: the Denver Broncos, at 13/2, are the favorites to win the Lombardi Trophy followed by Seattle at 7/1, San Francisco at 15/2, New England at 9/1 and Green Bay at 10/1.

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Although the Seahawks have acknowledged nothing, RB Marshawn Lynch will apparently pull a training camp no-show. Creating a Thursday afternoon Twitter frenzy, former Seattle fullback Michael Robinson broke the news on the NFL Network. Lynch reportedly also confirmed his decision to at least one Seattle media member.

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Two days before training camp opens, WR Sidney Rice, who played half the 2013 season before tearing his ACL but was re-signed in April, has retired, the Seahawks announced Wednesday. Citing an unidentified league source, ProFootballTalk.com, reported that the 27-year-old Rice’s decision "arises from his history of concussions. "

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As statuary goes, Seattle is a little shy. We sculpt salutes to Hammering Man, J.P. Patches and the Fremont Troll, which are cool except for the fact that they symbolize characters, as opposed to actual doers of deeds. The statue of V.I. Lenin exists purely as Fremont's salute to its own contrarian kitsch.

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More than electric, Richard Sherman might be magnetic.

The Seahawks cornerback-turned-cultural-phenomenon drew a raucous crowd of 22,000 to Safeco Field on misty Sunday afternoon for a celebrity charity softball game. The Mariners average 23,858, although it's not a fair comparison -- Sherman's blue and gray teams hit better.

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Aldon Smith, whose mistake in the NFC Championship helped the Seahawks to the decisive touchdown, was ordered Friday to pay for a few other mistakes by a Santa Clara, CA., County  judge. The 49ers' star linebacker was put on probation for three years and ordered to pay a $2,000 fine and spend 11 days on a work crew, likely picking up trash along freeways.

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The Seahawks won the award for best team and CB Richard Sherman claimed the honor of best breakthrough athlete at the ESPYs in Los Angeles Wednesday night, ESPN's 22nd annual awards show.

Quarterback Russell Wilson provided a little love for the hometown folks when he said,  "Just to be up here with all the other teams that were nominated is an honor. Most of all, to all our fans, the 12th man, bringing back the title to Seattle was special. Go Hawks!"

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Single-game Seahawks tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday, July 21. About 1,000 upper level single-game tickets per home game will be available at the CenturyLink Field NW box office. Fans may purchase up to four single-game tickets per person. Also, 650 bleacher seats, standing-room only and scattered single-game tickets will be available for each home game through ticketmaster.com or Ticketmaster by phone at 800-745-3000.

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THE UNANIMOUS DECLARATION

OF SEATTLE SPORTS FANS

July 4, 2014

When in the Course of sporting events, it becomes necessary for one city's fans to dissolve the pejorative rhetoric that has connected them with others, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of reverse drafts entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

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The Seahawks Wednesday signed rookie wide receiver Kevin Smith, an undrafted free agent out of the University of Washington originally inked by the Arizona Cardinals. Smith signed with Arizona May 12, was released June 4 and claimed off waivers by the Jacksonville Jaguars June 5. They let Smith go June 19.

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Pain management is a basic part of any pro football career. Jesse Williams more than most, because he also volunteers for hurt. As the most tatted-up Seahawk, he willingly undergoes the needle for so much art and messages that he is running out of canvas.

In fact, he has gone too far. Behind the short-cropped hairline, across the front of his scalp that is a highly sensitive part of the body, a cursive script reads, "Loyalty over Royalty."

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The gaudiest memento of NFL success -- a Super Bowl championship ring -- was delivered Thursday night to the Seahawks at a private ceremony at the Experience Music Project in downtown Seattle with pop star Usher as the featured entertainment. Invited were all members of the championship team, coaches, executives and staffers who had roles in the Seahawks' first championship.

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Seahawks coach Pete Carroll was selected the winner of the 2014 Jack Horrigan Award by the Professional Football Writers of America. Given to a league or club official for professional style in helping pro football writers do their jobs, is named for the former sportswriter for UPI and the Buffalo Evening News who also served as public relations director for the American Football League (1963-66).

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A mundane June practice flared up Wednesday with a little Seahawks-on-Seahawks mayhem that included a tangle between star CB Richard Sherman and reserve WR Phil Bates. The offenses and defenses jumped in to defend their teammates, and players had to be pulled apart.

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The value of a quality quarterback -- the most important position in all of team sports -- has long been understood. But a fuller appreciation of the virtue that was delivered by Seahawks newcomer Kevin Williams Tuesday underscored Russell Wilson's eminence -- a premier defensive tackle left money on the table to play on his side.

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Marshawn Lynch is no fun at all. It would be much more entertaining to speculate on his absence rather than report that he was at practice.  But there he was Tuesday afternoon, standing there. Not practicing, but standing. Indications of the Seahawks star running back's financial dismay were not apparent.

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Russell Wilson had his cooperative nature confirmed by writers who regularly cover the NFL when they named the Seahawks the winner of the 10th annual "Good Guy" award. The Pro Football Writers of America annually selects a player whose qualities and professional style help pro football writers do their jobs.

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