Sports News Roundup: NBA roundup: Pistons rally from 23 down, beat Blazers in OT; Emirates to sponsor NBA in-season tournament and more

Delle Donne has a one-year supermax contract offer on the table but has told the Washington Mystics that she doesn't intend to sign it. NBA roundup: Pistons rally from 23 down, beat Blazers in OT Jalen Duren scored a season-best 27 points and grabbed a career-high 22 rebounds for the Detroit Pistons, who recovered from a 23-point, third-quarter deficit to notch a 128-122 overtime victory over the host Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday night.

Following is a summary of current sports news briefs.

Reports: Elena Delle Donne to take break from WNBA

Two-time WNBA Most Valuable Player Elena Delle Donne is stepping away from basketball for an unspecified amount of time, ESPN reported. Delle Donne has a one-year supermax contract offer on the table but has told the Washington Mystics that she doesn't intend to sign it.

NBA roundup: Pistons rally from 23 down, beat Blazers in OT

Jalen Duren scored a season-best 27 points and grabbed a career-high 22 rebounds for the Detroit Pistons, who recovered from a 23-point, third-quarter deficit to notch a 128-122 overtime victory over the host Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday night. Jaden Ivey put up 26 points and Cade Cunningham added 23 points for the NBA-worst Pistons, who have won consecutive games for the first time since late October. Detroit, which beat the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday, has just eight victories all season. Ivey was a career-best 7 of 7 from 3-point range. Rookie Marcus Sasser had 17 points and a career-high 11 assists for the Pistons.

Emirates to sponsor NBA in-season tournament

The NBA's in-season tournament is being rebranded as the Emirates NBA Cup. It's part of a multi-year marketing partnership between global airline Emirates and the NBA, announced Thursday by the league. The deal also includes Emirates as the league's first patch partner for NBA referee jerseys.

NHL roundup: Bruins win showdown with Canucks

Brad Marchand and Danton Heinen bookended the first period with short-handed goals and Linus Ullmark made 17 saves to propel the Boston Bruins to a 4-0 win over the visiting Vancouver Canucks in a Thursday night clash of the NHL's top two teams. The Bruins, who have won three of their last four contests, totaled three goals in the opening minute of periods as Morgan Geekie and Pavel Zacha tallied early in the second. Zacha also picked up an assist on Geekie's goal.

Women's Top 25 roundup: Hannah Stuelke scores 47 as No. 2 Iowa tops Penn State

Caitlin Clark wasn't the leading scorer, but No. 2 Iowa still won comfortably by a score of 111-93 over Penn State on Thursday night in Iowa City, thanks to a career-high 47 points from Hannah Stuelke. Stuelke shot 17-for-20 from the floor and had nine rebounds for the Hawkeyes (22-2, 11-1 Big Ten), while Kate Martin chipped in 16 points and 16 rebounds.

ATP roundup: Frances Tiafoe earns opening win in Dallas

Back in action for the first time since his second-round exit at the Australian Open, top-seeded Frances Tiafoe posted a victory Thursday in the second round of the Dallas Open. Tiafoe, who received a first-round bye, downed Alex Michelsen 6-4, 6-3 in a matchup of U.S. players.

Super Bowl win no retirement bridge for Chiefs' Andy Reid

LAKE LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- At his final media obligation until Super Bowl LVIII postgame, Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid repeated consistent denials he's on the verge of retirement, win or lose to the San Francisco 49ers. "Yeah, I haven't gone there," Reid, 65, said Thursday morning at the team hotel. "I don't think about that. I'm tied up in the game and trying to take care of that. I'm sure somewhere, I'll know when that time is. It's not today and it won't be Sunday."

Lakers unveil first of three Kobe Bryant statues

Kobe Bryant was known for exceeding expectations, so it should have come as no surprise that on the day the late star's statue was unveiled outside of the Los Angeles Lakers' home arena, it was revealed that three statues will ultimately don the downtown L.A. property. In a private ceremony outside of Crypto.com Arena on Thursday, the biggest names in Lakers history were in attendance -- from Jerry West to Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and former head coach Phil Jackson. Pau Gasol was there, as was Norm Nixon, Michael Cooper and Robert Horry.

NFL-Super Bowl ticket prices surge, on pace to be most expensive ever

Super Bowl ticket buyers are facing a price surge for Sunday's championship game owing to the dazzling, neon-lit setting of first-time host Las Vegas and 49ers fans' hopes to reverse their 2020 loss to the defending champion Kansas City Chiefs. Ticket resale platform StubHub predicted it could end up as the most expensive Super Bowl ever with the average ticket price sold around $8,600, slightly above the price for the Los Angeles Super Bowl two years ago.

NBA fines Bulls' Andre Drummond $15K for gesture

The NBA fined Chicago Bulls center Andre Drummond $15,000 for making an "inappropriate gesture" on the court, the league said Thursday. The incident occurred with 1:22 left in overtime of the Bulls' home game against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday.