Shahid Khan, the president of Urbana’s Flex-n-Gate and sponsor of the Champaign Public Library’s checkout counter, has entered into a signed agreement to purchase a controlling interest in the St. Louis Rams:
According to league sources, Khan will purchase the 60 percent of the team owned by siblings Rosenbloom and Rodriguez, who inherited the franchise from their late mother, Georgia Frontiere, in early 2008. NFL owners must approve the sale.