1.   But he battled so hard off the court, that he never seemed able to bask in the adulation of coaching success.

2.   But in that coastal ocean village hard off the Northumberland Straits, the weather mattered little to the Cormier boys.

3.   Irvin, however, played as hard off the field as he did on it with jewelry, tailored suits, limousines and all-night partying.

4.   Raveling stressed that he would not change his teachings, that he would school his players as hard off the court as on.

5.   The Rangers got a break when the ball rebounded hard off the backstop.

6.   The Shaq of a year ago likely would have thrown something hard off the backboard as he caromed out of control into a mass of bodies.

7.   He shot the second one hard off the backboard and rim, and Battie had a clear shot after grabbing the offensive rebound.

8.   The Indians hit several balls hard off Avery in the first two innings.