The Chicago Bears did not waste any time in finding a new anchor for their offensive line.

On the same day the Bears transferred center Drew Dalman to the reserve/retired list, they agreed to terms with the New England Patriots on a trade to acquire center Garrett Bradbury. In return, the Patriots will receive a fifth-round pick in the 2027 NFL Draft.

The trade cannot be officially processed until the new league year begins on March 11.

NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport was the first to report news of the trade. ESPN’s Adam Schefter was first with the report of compensation.

Bradbury will reunite with North Carolina State teammate Joe Thuney on the Bears’ offensive line.

Dalman informed the Bears on March 3 that he intended to retire at 27 years old. In his one year with Chicago, Dalman started all 17 games and earned his first career Pro Bowl nod.

Bradbury, 30, lands with his third team in three years – as well as the third of his career. The former first-round pick with the Minnesota Vikings in the 2019 NFL Draft signed a two-year deal with the Patriots last year in free agency, following a six-year stint in Minnesota. After starting all 17 games for New England in 2025 – plus all four postseason games, including Super Bowl 60 – Bradbury will play out the second and final year of his deal in the Windy City.

New England will head into free agency next week with second-year offensive lineman Jared Wilson as its presumptive starter at center. Wilson exclusively played left guard in all 13 starts he made as a rookie in 2025, but he was the starting center at Georgia in 2024.

Garrett Bradbury trade details

Full trade compensation has been determined, according to ESPN. Here’s what each team receives in the trade:

Bears receive:

C Garrett Bradbury

Patriots receive:

2027 fifth-round pick

Garrett Bradbury contract

Length: Two years
Value: $9.5 million
AAV: $4.75 million

According to Spotrac, Bradbury’s two-year deal, which he signed with the Patriots last offseason, is worth $9.5 million total. Of that money, $3.8 million was guaranteed in the form of a signing bonus and Bradbury’s 2025 salary.

New England will save $5.7 million against the cap by trading Bradbury while eating $1.2 million in dead cap, according to OverTheCap. Chicago will take on the $5.7 million cap hit from Bradbury’s contract in 2026.

Former Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore reached a plea deal and will avoid a trial in the case surrounding his arrest for allegedly breaking into the home and threatening the woman he had an affair with.

Moore pleaded no contest to malicious use of a telecommunications device and one count of trespass during his court appearance on Friday, March 6, first assistant prosecuting Attorney Kati Rezmierski said.

Both are misdemeanors and new charges. The malicious use charge is punishable by up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine, while the trespassing charge is punishable by up to 30 days in jail a $250 fine.

The three previous charges — a felony count of home invasion and two misdemeanors — are dismissed. District Court Judge J. Cedric Simpson asked Moore if he understood the charges and the nature of a no contest plea. He was originally appearing in court for an evidence hearing surrounding the charges against Moore and whether it move to a trial.

Moore arrived at court holding hands with his wife Kelli, according to the Detroit Free Press.

Afterward, Moore’s lawyer, Ellen Michaels, provided a statement the previous charges ‘were not supported by facts and law.’

‘After the court granted our motion for (Friday’s) hearing, and the omissions in the detectives affidavit were examined, those charges have been dismissed,’ Michaels said. ‘The dismissal of those charges validates the concerns we raised about the investigation from the very beginning. Mr. Moore is pleased to put this behind him and move forward.’

Moore’s sentencing is set for April 14. He faced possible prison time under the original charges, but defense lawyers unaffiliated with the case previously told the Free Press probation was the realistic outcome for the case since Moore didn’t have a previous criminal record and the nature of the original alleged offenses.

The 40-year-old was fired from Michigan on Dec. 10 after a university investigation found he had ‘intimate relationship’ with a staff member.

Less than hour before he was officially fired, the Pittsfield Township Police Department near Ann Arbor responded to an incident ‘for the purposes of investigating an alleged assault’ at the home of the person Moore had a relationship with. Officials said Moore entered the residence through an unlocked door without permission and a verbal argument ensued that escalated. Prosecutors allege Moore ‘began to threaten his own life’ and grabbed several butter knives and a pair of kitchen scissors.

He left the home before authorities arrived but was later arrested and booked into jail the same night. His first initial court appearance came two days later, where he was ordered to not have any contact with the accuser.

University investigations into Moore and the culture of the athletic department are ongoing.

North Carolina star true freshman Caleb Wilson will miss the remainder of the season after breaking his right thumb in a recent practice while dunking, the school announced Friday, March 6.

Wilson broke his thumb March 5 and will need surgery, according to the announcement. The projected top 2026 NBA Draft pick is expected to be cleared for the pre-draft process.

The 6-foot-10 standout injured his left hand against Miami on Feb. 10 and was aiming to return for North Carolina’s season finale against archrival Duke on March 7. UNC went 5-1 without Wilson, its leading scorer this season.

Wilson’s injury is a huge blow to North Carolina’s NCAA Tournament chances. The Tar Heels, projected as a No. 5 seed in USA TODAY Sports’ latest bracketology update, have won 10 of their past 12 games after losing three of their first five conference games.

Caleb Wilson NBA draft projection

Wilson is projected to go No. 4 overall to the Indiana Pacers in the 2026 NBA Draft, according to USA TODAY Sports’ latest mock draft. Only BYU’s AJ Dybantsa, Kansas’ Darryn Peterson and Duke’s Cameron Boozer were projected to go higher than Wilson.

Caleb Wilson stats

Here are Wilson’s per-game averages from the 2025-26 season, his first in college:

2025-26 (24 starts in 24 games): 19.8 points with 9.4 rebounds and 2.7 assists on 57.8% shooting. 1.4 blocks and 1.5 assists per game.

Lindsey Vonn knows her time atop the leaderboard is almost over.

Vonn acknowledged in an Instagram post that she will soon lose her spot atop the season downhill standings, possibly as early as Saturday, March 7. She’s held the No. 1 spot since winning the first downhill of the season in December, but a crash during the Olympic downhill last month left her with severe, season-ending injuries to her left leg and right ankle.

‘At the beginning of the season no one would have ever believed I would be even close to this position. And I bet people would have laughed if it was even suggested. But winning the title was my goal… and I came painfully close to achieving it,’ Vonn wrote.

‘… Even though in a few days no one will remember that I almost won the season title, I will remember,’ she said. ‘I didn’t want to win the title to prove anything to anyone. I did it because I knew I could. I just wish I had a chance to fight until the end to try and get it…’

Vonn suffered a complex tibial fracture in her left leg and fractured right ankle during the Olympic crash, which occurred after she hooked a gate. She later revealed she also had compartment syndrome, and said she could have lost her leg if not for her longtime orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Tom Hackett.

Excessive pressure building up inside a muscle, either from bleeding or swelling, causes compartment syndrome. The pressure restricts blood flow and can lead to permanent injury if not treated quickly. Hackett performed a fasciotomy to relieve the pressure while Vonn was hospitalized in Italy.

Vonn has since been released from the hospital and has already begun physical therapy and rehab.

Though Vonn had a sizeable lead in the World Cup season downhill standings leading into the Milano Cortina Olympics, there were still four races left after the Games. Her injury opened the door for other skiers to make a run at the season title, and Emma Aicher of Germany is now just 14 points behind Vonn after finishing second in the first of two downhills this weekend in Val di Fassa, Italy.

Italy’s Laura Pirovano and Germany’s Kira Weidle-Winkelmann are also within 100 points of Vonn with two races left. Points are earned based on the order of finish, with 100 points awarded for first place, 80 for second place, 60 for third and so on.

Sad as she is not to win the downhill title, which would have been her ninth, Vonn said she knows it doesn’t diminish what she accomplished this season. She was on the podium for every downhill race, winning two of them. That made her, at 41, the oldest woman to win a World Cup race, and she did it after being retired for almost six years.

Vonn also was skiing after having a partial replacement of her right knee, a first for an elite-level skier.

‘Those memories aren’t washed away because of a title,’ Vonn wrote. ‘My tears just mean I care. I always have. That’s why I work so hard. Skiing is my passion. Whether I’ll ever be able to do it again is yet to be seen. But at least I have the memories, with or without a title, I feel privileged to have had this adventure.’

Phoenix Suns guard Dillon Brooks was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence in Scottsdale, Arizona, early Friday morning, authorities said.

Officers conducted a traffic stop in Scottsdale at around 1 a.m local time, hours after the Suns lost at home to the Chicago Bulls, and after an investigation, Brooks was arrested. He was released around 3:30 a.m. following the booking process.

‘We are aware of the situation involving Dillon Brooks and are gathering more information,’ the Suns said in a statement. ‘We have no further comment at this time.’

The 30-year-old Brooks has not played since Feb. 21, when he fractured his left hand in a win against the Orlando Magic. He was expected to miss four to six weeks after surgery.

Brooks is averaging a career-high 20.9 points and 3.7 rebounds in 50 games this season, and is in the third season of a four-year, $86 million contract he signed in 2023 with the Houston Rockets, when he was acquired in a sign-and-trade deal with the Memphis Grizzlies. He was traded to the Suns on July 6, 2025 as part of a seven-team trade.

The Suns sit 35-27 (through March 5), No. 7 in the Western Conference. Phoenix is two games out of the sixth seed, currently occupied by the Los Angeles Lakers.

Four-time WNBA All-Star Arike Ogunbowale was arrested early Thursday morning outside of a nightclub in Miami, Florida after police say she punched a man.

Ogunbowale, 29, was charged with battery — a misdemeanor — and released after posting a $1,000 bond, according to Miami-Dade court records. Ogunbowale was arrested at 4:22 a.m., hours after her team, Mist BC, won the Unrivaled championship in Miami.

The Dallas Wings, the team Ogunbowale has played for since she was drafted fifth overall in 2019 out of Notre Dame, did not offer any details about her arrest.

“The Wings are aware of an incident involving Arike Ogunbowale and are in the process of gathering more information,” the Wings said in a statement provided to USA Today Sports. “Further comments will be provided once we have more details.”

According to the arrest report, a copy of which was obtained by USA Today Sports, the responding officer was working an extra duty detail at E11EVAN, a nightclub in Miami. Security personnel for the club flagged the officer down and he exited his vehicle to investigate.

The victim told police he was trying to escort Ogunbowale out of the club “due to an unrelated altercation” and she punched him “in the face with a closed fist, causing him to fall to the ground,” according to the police report. It’s unclear based on the police report if the victim worked security for the club.

After the responding officer reviewed security camera footage confirmed the victim’s statements, Ogunbowale was taken into custody without incident.

Breanna Stewart, who cofounded Unrivaled, a 3-on-3 professional league based in Miami, said: On Arike: ‘I have no comments on that right now. Just really happy that Arike is safe and OK and anything else will have to be figured out with Unrivaled.’

Ogunbowale led Notre Dame to a national championship in 2018 and has since made a name for herself as an elite scorer in the WNBA. She has finished in the top 10 of MVP voting three times, has twice been named MVP of the All-Star Game, was the WNBA scoring champion in 2020 and led the league in steals in 2024. Across her seven-year career with the Dallas Wings, she averages 19.9 points, 4.1 assists, 3.2 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game.