His antics have since been mimicked by the Chicago Bulls' Benny the Bull and the Denver Nuggets' Rocky, an off-beat mountain lion.
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The star is known for his off-beat humour and love of Broadway tunes, qualities which would make him suited to the traditional opening number.
Although his choice of apparel is off-beat, his songs consisted of standard French romance songs, as you would expect to hear played on an accordion.
MondoMedia, a group that produces off-beat adult cartoons, was the most popular channel on YouTube last week with 6m views and has been seen 1.4bn times since inception.
During her 27 years at CNN, Moos has covered national and international issues and ground-breaking news and features, but she soon carved out a niche with her off-beat, thoughtful reporting on the quirkier aspects of life.
The duo looked to have ridden out the storm when a pearler from Asif, almost a rapid off-break, beat Laxman's defences to hit middle-and-off.
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The 25-year-old former Wigan stand-off, who helped England beat France 60-6 at Leigh on Saturday, was contracted to the Galpharm until the end of 2012.
The pop legend - whose baby daughter was born last month - beat off stiff competition from James Bond star Pierce Brosnan and Oscar nominee Jude Law.
In the Olympic two-man test race in February at Sochi, Cory Butner and brakeman Johnny Quinn were the highest-finishing Americans in ninth, more than a second off the gold-medal pace of Beat Hefti and brakeman Thomas Lamparter of Switzerland.
Felipe Contepomi landed a 35-metre penalty and replacement winger Shane Horgan beat off two tacklers to make the corner for the match-winning try.
There are no real surprises in the squad, with Harvey and off-spinner Nathan Hauritz the players omitted from the 15 which beat South Africa 6-1 earlier this year.
He was part of the promotion-winning side who beat Yeovil in the 2007 League One play-off final at Wembley.
And on the same floor at the Sprint Center, 13th-seeded La Salle knocked off Kansas State and No. 12 seed Ole Miss beat fifth-seeded Wisconsin.
Stoke end their debut Premier League campaign at Arsenal on Sunday (kick-off 1600 GMT) and could secure a top-half finish if they beat the Gunners.
Julius Erving of the New York Nets took off from the free-throw line and beat his competition.
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But McCutcheon snapped up Portadown's equaliser from close-range and then Braniff's long-range attempt deflected off Mukendi to beat O'Hare.
Pickrel finished with 14 points Saturday, making up for off-days from starters Becca Mills and Klarissa Bell, as the Spartans beat 12th-seeded Marist 55-47.
London, England (CNN) -- On-form Wayne Rooney came off the bench to score the winner as Manchester United beat Aston Villa 2-1 in the English League Cup final at Wembley on Sunday.
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Spanish big-spenders Real Madrid, incredibly, then beat that English figure on their own in the off-season.
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Even those of us who enjoy perversity in movies may be put off by its skittering, against-the-beat rhythms.
Despite having Thomas Vermaelen sent off, the Gunners beat the Hammers 2-0 to go top of the table by a point.
It was an off-spinner but it just skidded on and it beat me and hit the stumps.
The Seasiders' beat Cardiff in the play-off final at Wembley to secure their place in the top flight.
After the Ducks knocked off top-seeded San Jose in 2009, Detroit beat eighth-seeded Anaheim in the second round on the way to the Stanley Cup finals.
The bronze medal went to Austria's Anna Fenninger, who beat off competition from compatriot Kathrin Zettel -- extending the host nation's wait for a first individual gold of the competition, having won only Tuesday's mixed teams event.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat John Isner 6-3 6-2 to put France ahead before Williams fought off Mathilde Johansson 3-6 7-5 6-4 to draw the U.S. level.
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Uruguay exceeded all expectations after having to beat Costa Rica in a play-off to book their place in the finals.
The three were replaced by Norwich, West Brom and Crystal Palace, who beat West Ham in the play-off in Cardiff.
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