Sports News Roundup: Emirates to sponsor NBA in-season tournament; Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 15 Louisville outlasts No. 12 Irish and more

Italian Steiner, a larger than life character who became an unintentional star of the Netflix 'Drive to Survive' docu-series, left the U.S.-owned team when his contract was not renewed at the end of last year. 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.

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.

Motor racing-New Haas boss addressing 'elephants in the room', says Magnussen

Danish driver Kevin Magnussen said he is excited to see real change at Haas after Japanese engineer Ayao Komatsu replaced Guenther Steiner last month as principal of the Formula One team. Italian Steiner, a larger than life character who became an unintentional star of the Netflix 'Drive to Survive' docu-series, left the U.S.-owned team when his contract was not renewed at the end of last year.

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.

Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 15 Louisville outlasts No. 12 Irish

Nyla Harris produced 19 points and 10 rebounds as host No. 15 Louisville toppled No. 12 Notre Dame 73-66 on Thursday night. Harris -- who notched her fourth double-double of the season -- made 9 of 11 shots from the floor as the Cardinals (20-4, 9-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) improved to 4-3 against ranked teams this season. Louisville also aided by 13 points from Sydney Taylor plus an effort of 12 points, eight rebounds and four assists from Kiki Jefferson.

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-Las Vegas Sphere is newest Super Bowl star

Las Vegas's newest star attraction, the $2.3 billion Sphere, is wowing football fans with a variety of Super Bowl-themed content as Sunday's showpiece game between the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs approaches. The giant glowing orb has been displaying the helmets of both teams, graphics about the matchup and a countdown clock to kickoff on its fully programmable LED exterior, known as the "exosphere".

WTA roundup: Elena Rybakina rallies in Abu Dhabi

No. 1 seed Elena Rybakina reached the quarterfinals at the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open by rallying for a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 win against Danielle Collins on Thursday in the United Arab Emirates. The Kazakhstan star improved to 3-1 against Collins with the two-hour, 17-minute victory. Rybakina trailed 3-2 in the second set and 2-1 in the deciding set before surviving to face Spain's Cristina Busca, a 7-6 (1), 7-5 winner over Great Britain's Heather Watson.

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.