In a 16-month period from 2022 to 2023, teams owned by this businessman won 4 national titles, including an NBA Championship, a Stanley Cup and a National Lacrosse League Championship. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this owner of the Colorado Avalanche and the Denver Nuggets. This businessman made his wife Ann Walton, the heir to Walmart, the legal owner of both teams in 2015 to get around NFL team ownership rules.
ANSWER: Stan Kroenke (“KREN-kee”)
[10e] Kroenke had to legally remove himself from the Nuggets and Avalanche to maintain ownership of the Rams, which he moved in 2016 from St. Louis to this city, where they are one of two NFL teams along with the Chargers.
ANSWER: Los Angeles [or LA]
[10m] Outside the US, Kroenke also owns this British soccer club, which in the summer of 2025 unexpectedly hijacked Tottenham Hotspur’s deal to sign England international Eberechi Eze (“eh-BAIR-uh-chee EZ-ay”).
ANSWER: Arsenal [or The Arsenal Football Club; or Arsenal F.C.; accept Gunners]
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