Mario Gotze will add to Munich's impressive squad, making the move from Dortmund in the off-season.
Spanish big-spenders Real Madrid, incredibly, then beat that English figure on their own in the off-season.
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They are generally respected pillars in their communities who have full-time jobs in the off-season.
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The National Collegiate Athletic Association allows testing of athletes at NCAA championships as well as in the off-season.
Much speculation has centered on which big man the Lakers should move in the off-season, if not both.
Cash did a great job with the players we got in the off-season.
The southern Florida native spent last season with the New England Patriots, then signed in the off-season with the Dolphins.
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It's things that aren't as apparent in the off-season, which is: Who has the talent pipeline to backfill the free agent?
Men who are horse- and mule-packers during the spring, summer and early autumn have little or no employment in the off-season.
Drew was on the brink of a move back to Huddersfield in the off-season, but the Australian says he is committed to Wakefield.
Next door, Big Sky offers huge, open boulevards, six and eight car lanes wide, as if the locals race tractor trailers down here in the off-season.
Darren Thomas (shoulder), signed from Glamorgan in the off-season, has still not played a game while Tony Palladino (abdominal strain) is only just back in action.
Vacation towns empty out in the off-season but then fill up again each year, which could get annoying for ghosts who want to settle in year-round.
The truth is, the Nets' failure to acquire Howard from the Orlando Magic at last year's trade deadline and again in the off-season should elicit more relief than regret.
Turned down for a mortgage by the National Bank of Detroit, Bing decided not to boycott the bank but to work there in the off-season to learn the lending business.
Newman, president and chief executive of hospital billing company Aeromedical Collection Services, spends 20 to 25 hours a week in the off-season haggling on behalf of his Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings.
Murray worked hard in the off-season on his delivery and he was beginning to reap the rewards, keeping his first serve percentage above 60% throughout and denying Garcia-Lopez a look-in.
One of the best parts of visiting in the off-season is that its traffic-clogged main roadway (Route 27) is much more navigable and trips between towns take a fraction of the time.
Fellow Glamorgan bowler James Harris also benefited from Lillee's advice in the off-season and provided good support to Harrison, taking 2-50 from his 15 overs, with Jim Allenby taking the other Worcester wicket.
"I think we're going to begin to redefine the winners and losers in the off-season, " said Vince Gennaro, author of "Diamond Dollars: The Economics of Winning in Baseball, " and a consultant to MLB teams.
Ferrari have started the season with an updated version of last year's car but the move has backfired this season as rule changes in the off-season have left their virtually unbeatable 2004 model well off the pace.
"I have not spoken with Chad Johnson yet, however, I do plan to meet with him in the relatively near future, " said Philbin, who also joined the Dolphins in the off-season, according to video posted on the team's website.
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Both are public beaches, and with a small parking fee (often avoidable in the off-season) you can walk across the sandy expanse for miles in either direction, taking a near-private tour of areas crowded with people during the high season.
But frankly (unintelligible), I mean, we realize a lot of times when people would stay in the community and stay with one team forever, it was because they didn't make enough money that they didn't have to work in a community in the off-season.
Touted as a pre-season favorite to represent the Western Conference in the NBA Finals after acquiring Steve Nash and Dwight Howard in the off-season, the Lakers have embarrassed themselves and their fans by displaying poor leadership, resulting in a record of 19-25 (winning percentage of .432).
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They created from hoarded parts: pre-existing stars Bryant and Pau Gasol were joined in the off-season by All-Stars Howard and Steve Nash, and there was an assumption that this boldface, Frankenstein'd outfit, while not assured of a Finals run, would give heavy competition to rivals like the Thunder and Spurs.
Bonds' FTPN was more than 120 points ahead of Cleveland's Jim Thome at 646. (Thome signed with Philadelphia in the off-season but is still only 22nd among starting position players in the salary rankings.) Rounding out the top five by FTPN are Boston's Manny Ramirez (salary rank: 3) and Pittsburgh's underrated Brian Giles (salary rank: 37).
The youngest of five children, Hudy grew up helping her oldest brother train in the football off-season by hopping on his back during resistance climbs up Appalachian trails.
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The 30-year-old Ontarian appeared in 320 regular-season and play-off games in the American Hockey League and has spent the past two seasons in the Asia League, a championship he won twice.
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Maybe, but the real losers would be local Muslims who already struggle to get by in the long tourist off-season.
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