...right ankle. Chris Kaman had 12 points and nine rebounds. Pau Gasol scored 27 points for Memphis, 4-7 since player personnel director Tony Barone Sr. became head coach in the wake of Mike Fratello's firing on Dec. 28. The Grizzlies completed...

...became head coach of the Atlanta Falcons. Smith was the linebackers coach at Tampa Bay when Angelo was its player personnel director. He is an assistant head coach in St. Louis under Mike Martz. The Rams were eliminated from the playoffs...

...What's going to be the big difference?" point guard Rod Strickland said. "I don't know how many player personnel directors or owners or whatever he is go to every game. That doesn't make a difference. We've got to go out and...

...doesn't take long to get to know the guy and figure out that he's one of the classiest persons around," player personnel director Billy Devaney said. Added general manager Bobby Beathard: "This guy, man, he puts his heart into football...

...the record, partly because he was uncomfortable with the team's organization, in particular a feud with player personnel director Tom Boisture. Reeves surfaced in Atlanta, where the Falcons are off to a hot start. They're 3-1, come...

...Corey Louchiey. Right tackle is the key position in the running game, and the Falcons would like to upgrade. Player personnel director Reed Johnson loves Florida State's Tra Thomas (6-8, 349) and San Diego State's Kyle Turley (6-5...

...when the Walsh allegations surfaced. The first interviews actually came the day before the Super Bowl with player personnel director Scott Pioli; Stacey James, the team's vice president for media relations; and video director Jimmy Dee...

...said. "My vision is to take this program to the top." Ellis was among five finalists for the job vacated last month by Peterson, who left the Chanticleers after two seasons to become player personnel director for the Charlotte Bobcats.

...magazine sent a ballot to every team, instructing them to have their coach, general manager, assistant GM or player personnel director pick the league's top player for the 2005-06 season. Of the 28 ballots cast, James and Nash each received...

...joined the NFL in 1979 as a college and pro personnel scout for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and was named the Colts player personnel director in 1983. A native of Pittsburgh, Pa., he served in the United States Marines and attended Austin Peay University...