<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>DENVER -- A Denver district judge granted a summary judgmentFriday rejecting former Denver Broncos owner Edgar Kaiser Jr.'sattempt to force current owner Pat Bowlen to sell him part of theteam.Kaiser, who sold his 60.8 percent share of the team to Bowlen in1984, has already lost his case in federal court.District Judge Michael Martinez agreed with Bowlen's lawyersthat the state case was the same as the one already filed infederal court.Although a U.S. District Court jury ruled in 2004 in favor ofKaiser, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overruled thedecision. Kaiser had argued that Bowlen had violated the sales'agreement by offering former Broncos quarterback John Elway a shareof the team and therefore should allow Kaiser to buy back part ofthe team under similar terms.A three-judge panel of appellate court ruled that the way theElway offer was structured -- 10 percent of shares in a company thatheld ownership of the team, not the team itself -- was not coveredby the provisions of the contract covering Kaiser's sale to Bowlen.Elway had rejected the offer.Kaiser's attorney, Stephen Long, didn't immediately return amessage left after business hours.</div>http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?sectio...&id=2801767
