The feud over the ownership of the Denver Broncos moved a step closer to resolution — and a potential sale of the club — Monday when a judge in Arapahoe County, Colo., dismissed a lawsuit that contested the will of the former owner Pat Bowlen, who died in 2019.
The suit had been filed by two of Bowlen’s adult daughters and was at the center of a fight over control of the team between his seven children and team executives. The tug of war dates back to 2014 when Bowlen, who had Alzheimer’s disease, surrendered control of the team to a trust and laid out the terms of succession: Three trust administrators, led by the Bronco’s chief executive, Joe Ellis, would pick the team’s next principal owner from among Bowlen’s heirs or sell the team.