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Stan Kroenke: The man who could bring the Rams back to LA
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Nov 19, 2015
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Stan Kroenke: The man who could bring the Rams back to LA
If the Rams' billionaire owner Stan Kroenke has his way, the team will return to LA. But who is Stan Kroenke, and will the Rams really come back?
EARTH CITY, MO - JANUARY 17: St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke addresses the media during a press conference at the Russell Training Center on January 17, 2012 in Earth City, Missouri.  (Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images)
EARTH CITY, MO - JANUARY 17: St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke addresses the media during a press conference at the Russell Training Center on January 17, 2012 in Earth City, Missouri. (Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images)
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If the Rams' billionaire owner Stan Kroenke has his way, the team will return to LA. But who is Stan Kroenke, and will the Rams really come back?

The NFL in L.A.

Those words haven't rung true since 1994. Depending on your geographical perspective,  there've been a series of teases — or threats — of an NFL team coming to Los Angeles, but so far the 21-year football drought persists.

If billionaire Stan Kroenke has his way, that will finally change, and the St. Louis Rams will make their return to the city they once called home for nearly five decades.

While Kroenke the businessman is used to getting his way and winning,  he's not a fan of the attention his rising profile is bringing him. That could be difficult to avoid if he indeed winds up in the camera capital of the world. 

Ira Boudway wrote about Kroenke for Bloomberg Business, and he joined the show to tell more.

To listen to the full interview, click on the blue audio player above.