For the 2009 offseason, the Sixers drafted UCLA point guard Jrue Holiday with the 17th pick.

During the 2009 offseason, the Cavaliers signed wingman Anthony Parker, and forwards Leon Powe and Jamario Moon for the following season.

In the 2009 / 2010 offseason, Dumars reached an agreement with the former Bulls guard Ben Gordon on a 5 year /$ 55 million contract, as well as an agreement with former Bucks forward Charlie Villanueva on a 5 year contract worth $ 35 million.

During the 2009 offseason, Golden State declined to renew the contract of General Manager Chris Mullin.

In the 2009 offseason, the Warriors traded Jamal Crawford to the Atlanta Hawks for Acie Law and Speedy Claxton.

During the offseason, Gerald Henderson from Duke was chosen with the 12th pick by the Bobcats in the 2009 NBA Draft.

The 2009 season was marred by an offseason injury to star Athan Iannucci, who was only able to appear in 10 games, and compiled just 36 points after his record breaking haul the season before.

In preparation for the 2009 World Baseball Classic, Rodríguez returned to the Puerto Rico Baseball League ( formerly LBPPR ) during the offseason, following ten years of absence .< ref >

In the 2009 – 10 offseason, the team removed GMs Brett Hull and Les Jackson who had traded for Richards, and fired coach Dave Tippett who was replaced by Marc Crawford.

Mike Rizzo's new philosophy continued to show in the 2009 – 2010 offseason.

After all of the offseason issues Sadler found himself in the # 19 Stanley Tools Dodge for Richard Petty Motorsports in the 2009 Sprint Cup Series season.

An unrestricted free agent in the 2009 offseason, Boller signed with the St. Louis Rams on April 4 as the backup to starting quarterback Marc Bulger.

McGahee spent the 2009 offseason more seriously dedicated to rehabbing and coming back better than ever.

On August 9, 2009 in the Titans ' first preseason game, Crumpler weighed approximately 300 pounds, gaining an estimated 30 pounds during the offseason .< ref >

During the offseason between the 2008 and 2009 seasons, Duckett again changed his number, this time to 44.

An unrestricted free agent in the 2009 offseason, Thomas agreed to terms with the Kansas City Chiefs on April 11, 2009.

Mark McGwire has served as his hitting coach since the 2009 offseason.

During the 2009 – 10 WNBA offseason, Douglas played in the EuroLeague for Galatasaray, a club based in Turkey.

An unrestricted free agent in the 2009 offseason, Rossum was re-signed by the 49ers on February 27, 2009.

During the offseason, on April 19, 2009, Rhodes signed with the Buffalo Bills on a two-year deal.

Barrett attempted to make a comeback with the Toronto Blue Jays in 2009, but continued to struggle with injury issues, which led to his release in the subsequent offseason.

Vasgersian has been a studio host at MLB Network since its debut on January 1, 2009, appearing regularly in-studio and on-site at the All-Star Game and World Series on MLB Tonight, the network's Emmy Award-winning live nightly studio show, as well as “ Quick Pitch ,” “ The Rundown ,” the offseason studio show " Hot Stove ," MLB Network ’ s Spring Training series 30 Clubs in 30 Days, and MLB Network's first-ever game show Baseball IQ.

:* Orlando has a boutique Bastille Day street festival that began in 2009 in the Audubon Park Garden District and involves champagne, wine, music, petanque, artists, and street performers.

* 1933 – Orlando " Cachaito " López, Cuban musician ( Buena Vista Social Club ) ( d. 2009 )

* 2009 – Orlando " Cachaito " López, Cuban musician Buena Vista Social Club ( b. 1933 )

In 2009, the Lakers with Kobe Bryant returned to the Finals, this time defeating the Dwight Howard-led Orlando Magic.

The couple have two children, a son named Orlando, born on 21 September 2006, and a daughter named Athenà, born on 29 August 2009.

In 2009, SeaWorld Orlando debuted Manta, a flying roller coaster themed to resemble the manta ray, along with an exhibit featuring other ray species.

On September 28, 2009, Orlando extended the contract of head coach Stan Van Gundy by exercising his option for the 2010 – 11 season.

Amway Arena opened in 1989 and served as home to the Orlando Magic since their inception until the 2009 – 2010 season.

After losing both the 2004 and 2008 NBA Finals, the Lakers won two more championships by defeating the Orlando Magic in 2009 and Boston in 2010.

* 8th International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality ( ISMAR 2009 ), Orlando, Florida, United States, October 2009.

* Orlando Canizales ( 2009 )

In 2009 the band traveled to Orlando, Florida and marched in the famous Disney World Parade.

* Orlando Furioso: A New Verse Translation, translated by David Slavitt ( Harvard, 2009 ).

Prior to the 2009 NASL split several other cities had been mentioned as being locations where future USL-1 franchises might be launched, including St. Louis, Missouri ( led by the current PDL franchise St. Louis Lions ), Orlando, Florida ( with Mexican side Pachuca being rumored as connected to it ), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Detroit, Michigan, Hamilton, Ontario, San Antonio, Texas and Ottawa, Ontario.

At the most recent General Assembly, held in Orlando, Florida in July 2009, there was extended debate on a resolution to adopt a more fundamentalist view of the doctrine of Creation based on a more literal view of the Bible, however this resolution was defeated.

On 15 June 2009 the Concerned Nazarenes issued a press release indicating “ Conservatives are pushing the church hierarchy to make a clear statement about Scriptural inerrancy at the Orlando gathering.

At the most recent General Assembly, held in Orlando, Florida, USA, in June 2009, a total of 1, 030 delegates were finally registered, with 982 eligible to vote, and 48 non-voting delegates.

On June 25, 2009, AirTran Airways began service to Charleston to Orlando.

Recently ( 2009 ) added destinations include year-round service to Houston-Intercontinental, the reintroduction of seasonal winter service to Kahului-Maui, as well as the introduction of seasonal service to Orlando.

On August 7, 2009, CNN and the Orlando Sentinel reported that Martinez would be resigning from his Senate seat.

On May 24, 2009, Allegiant Air commenced bi-weekly, non-stop service to LAX Los Angeles, in addition to non-stop service to SFB Orlando two ( 2 ) times a week, and non-stop service to LAS Las Vegas five times a week.

The FLOS celebrated their 20th anniversary in 2006 ( with Birdsong, Tucker and Susaye Greene in the audience ), In September 2009, Joyce Vincent, formerly of Tony Orlando & Dawn, Joined Scherrie and Lynda replacing Freddi Poole.

* Taylor, Paul ( October 2009 ) Orlando M. Poe: Civil War General and Great Lakes Engineer ( Kent State University Press ) ISBN 1-60635-040-4 ; ISBN 978-1-60635-040-9.