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Before he was an international sports mogul, he was Enos Stanley Kroenke from rural Missouri with sporting heritage scrawled right on his birth certificate—his namesakes were St. Louis Cardinals legends Enos Slaughter and Stan Musial.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Melton: That kind of sincerity is the default in Kansas and Missouri.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Stephen Jenkins, who manages the Fontaine Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, told the BBC it was in "a very similar spot" in terms of bookings to this time last year.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Before that, he worked at newspapers in New Jersey, Delaware, Missouri and Kentucky.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

The trip to Missouri was much more comfortable than it had been previously, tamped by little red feet.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead