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The St. Louis Rams' front office recently named Elon alumnus and former football player Billy Devaney the team's General Manager.

Devaney, who played the 1975-77 seasons with Elon, joined the Rams' staff in February and was promoted to GM on Christmas Eve.

"I am very grateful to the Rams ownership for giving me this opportunity to help return the team to an elite position in the National Football League," Devaney said. "This is an organization that has historically had a winning tradition and it is our goal to get back to that level."

Devaney's responsibilities include the college draft, free agents, trades and all personnel transactions.

"One of the best things that happened to the Rams during this difficult season was the hiring of Billy Devaney to our front office team," Rams owner/chairman Chip Rosenbloom said. "We are very fortunate to have someone with Billy's character and intelligence taking control of the football side of this organization. Lucia (Rodriguez), Stan (Kroenke) and I look forward to working with Billy as the new general manager of the Rams."

MEN'S BASKETBALL

UNCG: UNCG makes its first-ever meeting with Princeton today. The contest will be televised by ESPNU. The Spartans have two games on SportSouth this season as well. UNCG last played on an ESPN affiliate last year at Davidson (ESPN2). The Spartans' last ESPNU appearance was at NC State in the 2006-07 season.

Today's game is a homecoming game for junior forward Pete Brown, who grew up in Emerson, N.J., about an hour north of the Princeton campus. The Spartans are coming off a 75-53 loss to Akron on Wednesday. The loss was UNCG's eighth straight and the third straight at home. It was the first time the Spartans have done both of those since 2003-04. Ben Stywall had a double-double.