ST. LOUIS, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- The NFL St. Louis Rams have been sold to Illinois businessman Shahid Khan, St. Louis Globe-Democrat.com said Thursday.
Khan, 55, president of the Flex-N-Gate Corp., an auto parts manufacturer based in Urbana, Ill., has never been an owner of a professional sports team of any kind, but the Globe-Democrat said he is expected to purchase the 60 percent ownership stake of Chip Rosenbloom and his sister, Lucia Rodriguez, the children of the late Rams owner Georgia Frontiere.