Sports News Roundup: NBA All-Star returns to East-West format in LeBron's 20th game; NBA roundup: Klay Thompson comes off bench to fuel win and more

Sabrina" contest will be televised on TNT and pit the NBA's all-time leader in 3-pointers made against the New York Liberty star, who shot 44.8 percent from long distance in the WNBA last season. Two juveniles charged in Kansas City Super Bowl rally shooting Two teenagers have been charged as juveniles in connection with the shooting that killed one person and wounded 22 others in Kansas City, Missouri, near a Super Bowl victory rally for the city's NFL champion Chiefs, authorities said on Friday.

Following is a summary of current sports news briefs.

NBA All-Star returns to East-West format in LeBron's 20th game

Giannis Antetokounmpo and LeBron James will face off as All-Star captains for the fourth time when the best players from the Eastern and Western conferences square off against each other at the NBA All-Star Game on Sunday evening in Indianapolis. The game will mark another milestone in James' storied career. The 39-year-old is celebrating his 20th All-Star selection, surpassing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the most all-time.

NBA roundup: Klay Thompson comes off bench to fuel win

Klay Thompson responded to not being in the starting lineup by scoring a season-high 35 points and the Golden State Warriors survived a late rally to earn a 140-137 win over the Utah Jazz on Thursday night in Salt Lake City. Thompson thrived as a backup after making 727 consecutive regular-season starts, dating back to March 2012 when he was a rookie. He scored 10 points in a key stretch of the first quarter, shot 13 of 22 from the floor and hit seven 3-pointers to send the Warriors into the All-Star break on a winning note.

Flyers, Devils take it outside for 'Stadium' matchup

For 25 years, the New Jersey Devils and Philadelphia Flyers produced numerous memorable moments within the direct vicinity of the New Jersey Turnpike. Those games occurred indoors at the Meadowlands Arena, a place where the Devils took the ice for the last time in May 2007.

Nick Sanchez scores first win in wild NASCAR Truck race

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- With cars wrecking and flipping behind him in overtime, Nick Sanchez claimed the first NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series victory of his young career on Friday in the Fresh From Florida 250 at Daytona International Speedway. The race ended under caution on the second lap of the overtime after Rajah Caruth, running fourth, moved up the track and turned the No. 91 Chevrolet of Jack Wood in front of the field.

NHL roundup: William Nylander lifts Leafs past Flyers in OT

William Nylander scored 54 seconds into overtime and the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the visiting Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 on Thursday night. Nylander, who also had an assist, scored his 27th goal of the season to save the win after Philadelphia tied the score with two third-period goals.

Report: Chiefs pick up contract option on star DT Chris Jones

The Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs have picked up the contract option on star defensive tackle Chris Jones and will keep the right to place a franchise tag on him in the offseason, according to an NFL Network report Friday. The Chiefs paid him $4.25 million he had earned in incentives under a one-year contract he signed last September after his holdout from training camp through Week 1 of the 2023 season, according to the report.

Sabrina Ionescu popular 'dog in historic Steph Curry battle

Sabrina Ionescu has upped the ante in her historic 3-point contest against Steph Curry, and the public has continued to back the record-setting WNBA star. The "Stephen vs. Sabrina" contest will be televised on TNT and pit the NBA's all-time leader in 3-pointers made against the New York Liberty star, who shot 44.8 percent from long distance in the WNBA last season.

Two juveniles charged in Kansas City Super Bowl rally shooting

Two teenagers have been charged as juveniles in connection with the shooting that killed one person and wounded 22 others in Kansas City, Missouri, near a Super Bowl victory rally for the city's NFL champion Chiefs, authorities said on Friday. The two suspects, arrested shortly after Wednesday's shooting, were being held at a juvenile detention center on charges of firearms violations and resisting arrest, according to a statement from Jackson County's Family Court.

ATP roundup: No. 2 seed Andrey Rublev falls in Rotterdam quarters

No. 5 seed Alex de Minaur of Australia smashed 10 aces, saved five of six break points and knocked out No. 2 seed Andrey Rublev of Russia 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-3 in a quarterfinal showdown at the ABN AMRO Open on Friday in Rotterdam, Netherlands. While he committed twice as many unforced errors as Rublev (22 to 11), de Minaur still controlled most aspects of the match. Down 4-2 in the first-set tiebreaker, he ran off four straight points before winning his second set point. In the third set, he won 17 of 22 first-serve points and saved all three break points he faced.

Kansas City police link Super Bowl rally shooting to dispute, not extremism

A quarrel among several people sparked the shooting spree in Kansas City, Missouri, that killed a woman and wounded 22 people after a celebration of the city's NFL Super Bowl victory, police said on Thursday, ruling out any apparent link to extremism. Three people, including two minors, were detained as "subjects" in the investigation, Police Chief Stacey Graves said at a press conference, the day after gunfire erupted in the vicinity of the city's historic downtown rail station.