1.   He did the requisite offseason work and he had a good spring.

2.   Herman said Wednesday that a combination of the never-ending offseason work, and the pressure of the two-a-day workouts, had pushed Ware into leaving.

3.   So most of his offseason work with strength and conditioning coach Al Miller has been on holding his ground.

4.   The Hurricanes also endured perhaps their hardest offseason work ever.

5.   The offseason work carried into the opener at Monterrey where Vasser was one of the stronger cars on the grid and eventually finished sixth.

6.   The offseason work carried into the opener at Monterrey, Mexico, where Vasser was one of the strongest cars, finishing sixth.

7.   The positive on Aaron Sele is his offseason conditioning work probably has paid off, and he should be more durable.

8.   Riley said it will be imperative for Leaf to step up his conditioning and other offseason work, even if the team has to require him to do so.

9.   The coach said he and Centers differed over how the fullback would rehabilitate a minor knee injury, and that led to differences over offseason work in general.