Colorado: Bronco’s galloping and boozing officials tick off their boss

From ESPN
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Denver Broncos president Joe Ellis says apologies from team executives in the wake of two DUI charges “ring hollow” when compared to their alleged crimes.

In June, Broncos brass learned that Tom Heckert, the former Cleveland Browns general manager, had been charged with drunken driving in nearby Parker just a month after being hired as Denver’s director of pro personnel.

The Broncos kept Heckert’s June 11 arrest quiet until The Associated Press reported it Tuesday, a day after Broncos director of player personnel Matt Russell, executive vice president and John Elway’s right-hand man, apologized for his arrest over the weekend on suspicion of driving under the influence stemming from his crash into a police SUV.

The revelation of a second Broncos executive facing DUI charges led the organization to acknowledge a “disturbing pattern of irresponsible behavior” that it vowed
to clean up. …MORE