A team employee said the guard would use the news conference to again apologize and say the incident was not sparked by racial tension.

Most of these GMs or team employees live on their phones.

"Larry has won every place that he's gone," Thomas said to a room packed with team employees and members of the news media.

Who are the players, and team employees, you ask?

Privately, two high-ranking team employees questioned the wisdom of the trade.

And as both players and team employees that toe the line, from time to time, we're going to hear about it.

Schottenheimer, who routinely asks team employees, "What have you done to help us win today?"

Three team employees helped him lift his jersey and shoulder pads over his head.

Some people, like stadium workers and team employees, depend on it in more tangible ways.

In part, that included giving his lifelong friends and members of his entourage full access as if they were team employees.