Bears reportedly trading WR DJ Moore to Bills

The Chicago Bears are reportedly trading wide receiver DJ Moore to the Buffalo Bills,according to ESPN's Adam Schefter. Moore has spent the past three seasons with the Bears after playing his first five with the Carolina Panthers.

PerSchefter, Chicago will receive a 2026 second-round draft pick, while Buffalo will also acquire a 2026 fifth-rounder along with Moore.

The trade will become official at the start of the new NFL year next week.

Moore was part of the blockbuster trade from Carolina to the Bears in exchange for the 2023 No. 1 overall draft pick, which the Panthers used to select quarterback Bryce Young. In return, the Bears received Moore, the 2023 No. 9 overall pick, a 2023 second-round pick (No. 61), a 2024 first-round pick and a 2025 second-round pick. The Bears ultimately used that 2024 first-round pick to select QB Caleb Williams No. 1.

In offensive guru Ben Johnson's first year as a head coach of the franchise, Moore had career lows in catches and receiving yards despite playing in all 17 games, as the Bears' offense spread the ball around to its playmakers. He finished the season with 50 catches, 682 receiving yards and 6 touchdowns while the Bears went 11-6 on their way to the NFC North title.

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After totaling 136-plus targets in each of his first two seasons with the team, Moore saw a decrease in usage with just 85 targets last season, marking the first time since his rookie season with fewer than 90 targets. This trade now marks an opportunity for him to make his way back into a more prominent offensive role.

Moore's best season as a pro was his first with the Bears back in 2023, where he tallied 1,364 receiving yards and eight touchdowns.

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Moore, who had new Bills head coach Joe Brady as his offensive coordinator for two seasons in Carolina, will now become a top target for Josh Allen. According to Rapoport, Buffalo had inquired with the Philadelphia Eagles about AJ Brown, but are now out on those discussions after adding Moore.

Without Moore in the mix, expect the Bears to rely on tight end Colston Loveland and wide receivers Luther Burden III and Rome Odunze. Loveland, Moore, Odunze and Burden all had 650-plus receiving yards in 2025, though none of them eclipsed Loveland's 713 — made all the more impressive by Loveland and Burden being in their rookie seasons.

byAlpha World

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March 05, 2026

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Steve Kerr, Doc Rivers among coaches to sign letter over concerns about 'political interference' at colleges

The NBA's Steve Kerr and Doc Rivers joined a host of coaches who signed a public letter of concern on behalf of student-athletes whose independence and integrity of their American universities has "come under political attack."

"Right now, at both the federal and state levels, acts of political interference threaten the independence of our colleges and universities,"the letterread. "Punitive cuts to research funds, censoring of curricula, intimidation of university leaders and faculty, and the deployment of federal enforcement officers on college grounds are dividing our campuses and detracting from teaching and learning. Steep funding cuts put women's and Olympic sports at risk.

"When students are afraid to speak their minds, they cannot give their all. When campuses are polarized, it's hard to maintain the 'one team' spirit we instill in the locker room. The unprecedented pressure by the federal and certain state governments on colleges and universities undercuts the values we have sought to instill in student-athletes.

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"We're asking college sports leaders and fans across the country to stand with us. Tell your elected representatives to let universities remain free and independent. Stand for Campus Freedom."

The letter appeared on Stand for Campus Freedom's website. According to the site, "Stand for Campus Freedom is a nonpartisan project uniting alumni across generations, geographies, and viewpoints to protect academic freedom and stand up for democracy. Together, we are building a national movement that holds universities accountable to their highest ideals, resists political coercion, and strengthens America's leadership on the world stage."

Coaches for Campus Freedom, "a new effort of current and former sports coaches calling out political interference in higher education," includes Kerr and Rivers, the Collegiate Hall of Fame's John Beilein, Jim Boeheim and Muffett McGraw, as well as Harvard's Tommy Amaker and Yale's James Jones, among others.

"Their open letter delivers a blunt warning: federal and state government interference is threatening the independence of universities and colleges, undermining college sports, and harming campus culture," Stand for Campus Freedom's website announced.

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March 05, 2026

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Paralympians try to focus on Milan Cortina Games amid tensions over Iran war, return of Russian flag

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Athletes at the Milan CortinaWinter Paralympics, the first global sports event since thewar in the Middle Eastbegan last week, have been trying to block out news of the conflicts and focus on their preparations for the Games thatofficially start on Friday.

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Others have been outspoken about the return of theRussian flagto the global stage and are defending their nation's boycott of Friday's opening ceremony.

The Games that mark the 50th anniversary of the Winter Paralympics are getting underway amid the ongoing military attacks by the United States, Israel and Iran. The conflicts prompted travel difficulties for some of the nations coming to Italy because ofwidespread flight disruptions. Iran was due to have one skier at Milan Cortina, although his participation was yet to be confirmed.

"We are here to do a job," U.S. wheelchair curler Laura Dwyer told The Associated Press on Thursday. "We are in the village, and we are at the venue, and we are working really hard to show up, and to do good things, and represent. So that's what we are focused on, and no place I'd rather be than this beautiful place with this guy right here and at the Paralympic Games."

Dwyer is competing with Stephen Emt in the mixed-doubles discipline that is debuting at the Winter Paralympics.

"We are just concerned with the ice, concerned with the stones and the competition," Emt said. "We know that we are in a good place and we are going to continue to battle for the USA."

The curling competition began two days ahead of the opening ceremony and other curlers have weighed in about competing amid the conflicts elsewhere.

"To be honest, I don't really think about it," British curler Jo Butterfield said. "There's lots of things going on in the world right now, but I've been training to do this for a long time and we're here to curl. I'm a firm believer that sport can rally people, and hopefully some good news stories on the back pages will help the public be happy."

The opening ceremony will also come amid the boycott of some nations showing solidarity with Ukraine over the return to the Russian flag and anthem.

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Russian athletes will compete under their own flag at the Paralympics for the first time in more than a decade, and the country's national anthem could be played for gold medalists for the first time on the stage of a major global sporting event since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Ukraine was the first to announce that it would boycott the opening ceremony because of Russia, and the International Paralympic Committee says several others are planning not to attend because of political reasons: the Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Poland, and Lithuania.

"There is war and we are against war," Latvian curler Polina Rozkova said. "It's not allowed (to have a) country under their own flag when their country is attacking another country. It's our opinion that we are against war. We try to listen less to the news, but of course, everything is terrible and maybe somehow it's also influencing us."

Estonian curler Katlin Riidebach said she was trying to focus on the competition but felt it was important for the Estonian Paralympic Committee to make a stance and boycott the opening ceremony.

"Honestly, in here I don't want to make a political statement," Riidebach said. "I know that we have decided not to go to the opening ceremony ... We think it's important to say it loud that the war is not OK and people should know. And even though we don't want to say it, sports and politics are very engaged, so if athletes can say their opinion, I think we should do it."

Ahead of the Games, the IPC did not approve an item of the Ukraine uniform because it contained a map that fell within the forbidden categories of "national anthems lyrics, motivational words, public/political messaging or slogans related to national identity."

The IPC said an alternative uniform was approved within 24 hours after "dialogue" with the Ukrainian National Paralympic Committee.

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March 05, 2026

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Zelenskyy says he's reluctant to repair pipeline that brings Russian oil to Central Europe

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that he would prefer not to repair a damaged oil pipeline that delivers Russian crude to Central Europe despite rising tensions with neighboring Hungary and Slovakia over interruptions to oil flows.

Russianoil shipments to Hungaryand Slovakia have been halted since Jan. 27 after what Ukrainian officials say wereRussian drone attacksthat damaged the Druzhba pipeline, which crosses Ukrainian territory.

The populist leaders of Hungary and Slovakia, which unlike most European Union countries continue to import Russian fossil fuels, have accused Ukraine of deliberately holding up supplies. Kyiv says that continuous Russian strikes mean that carrying out repairs puts technicians in danger, and that even if repaired, Druzhba would remain vulnerable to further attacks.

In a news conference on Thursday, Zelenskyy expressed his reluctance to repair the pipeline despite Hungarian and Slovak demands.

"To be honest, I wouldn't restore it. This is my position," Zelenskyy said.

The government of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who is widely seen as the Kremlin's biggest advocate in the EU, hasblocked a 90-billion euro ($106 billion) EU loanto Ukraine over the interruption to oil shipments, and vowed to veto any further pro-Ukraine decisions until oil flows resume.

Meanwhile, Orbán — who is trailing in polls before a major election challenge next month — has escalated anaggressive anti-Ukraine campaignin Hungary, portraying the embattled country as an existential threat. He has claimed without evidence that Ukraine and Zelenskyy seek to bankrupt Hungary, and warned voters that if he loses the election, the country would become directly involved in the conflict with Russia.

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Speaking to an economic forum on Thursday, Orbán said "we will win and we will win with force" in the feud with Ukraine over oil shipments.

"We have political and financial tools, and with these we will compel them, unconditionally and preferably as soon as possible, to reopen the Druzhba pipeline," Orbán said. "I will make no pact, there will be no compromise. We will defeat them."

Hungary and Slovakia have proposed sending a fact-finding mission to the pipeline site in western Ukraine to assess the scope of the damage and whether oil flows can resume. Zelenskyy on Thursday said he'd received no official request from the EU to allow inspectors to access the site, but that "I think it will certainly come in one format or another."

Zelenskyy added that he hopes "one person" will not block the EU's 90-billion euro loan which Ukraine needs to continue funding its defense against Russia's invasion.

"This is Russian oil, and there are certain principles that have no price," he continued. "They kill us, and we have to give oil to Orbán because he cannot win elections without it?"

Associated Press writer Illia Novikov in Kyiv, Ukraine contributed to this report.

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Court says Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis can't call civil rights group a 'terrorist organization'

A federal judge on Wednesday blocked Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' order to classify a prominent Muslim civil rights group as a terrorist organization, calling the Republican's action "a political statement at the expense of others' constitutional rights."

U.S. District Judge Mark Walker issued a preliminary injunction against the governor's actions related to the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR.

DeSantisissued an executive order on Dec. 8calling CAIR a "terrorist organization," which prevented the organization from "receiving any contract, employment, funds or other benefit or privilege."

"The First Amendment bars the Governor from continuing the troubling trend of using an executive office to make a political statement at the expense of others' constitutional rights," Walker wrote.

"The Governor's decree coerces third parties, under threats of losing government benefits to disassociate from the Council on American-Islamic Relations ('CAIR'), thereby closing avenues of expression and suppressing CAIR's protected speech," he wrote.

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The judge cited President George Washington's famed 1790 letter to theHebrew Congregation in Rhode Islandas the bedrock for American safeguards of religious minorities.

"The Constitution protects Plaintiff's speech just as it protects any other organization's lawful speech from suppression by governmental coercion of third parties," the judge wrote.

"And the Defendant has violated the Plaintiff's rights by targeting it in his EO and threatening any who wish to provide material support or resources to Plaintiff with government consequences," he wrote.

Representatives for DeSantis could not be immediately reached for comment on Wednesday and Thursday.

"On behalf of the entire CAIR network, we thank our co-counsel, our partners, and our community for standing with us as we confronted and defeated Ron DeSantis' attack on our civil rights organization," CAIR executive director Nihad Awad said in a statement.

"Amid widespread attempts by politicians to undermine our democracy, including attacks on free speech, religious freedom, immigrant rights, and due process, this federal court ruling serves as a reminder that the Constitution still matters," the statement said.

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March 05, 2026

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