When the Rams relocated from Los Angeles to St. Louis in 1995, Jim Lake was a 22-year-old intern in the equipment room who helped pack the team’s uniforms in boxes and put them in moving trucks for the 2,000-mile trek to the Gateway City.
As the team's equipment manager 21 years later, Lake is tasked with moving the Rams back to Los Angeles.
“It’s exciting for me to be able to go home and be around my family," said Lake, who grew up in Orange, California, "but most of my adult life has been in St. Louis, and that’s where I met my wife and had my three boys.