Delle Donne headed home:

NEW YORK — Elena Delle Donne’s first experience playing basketball in a foreign league ended quickly. She is returning home from China days after she got there because of a flare up of Lyme disease. The WNBA All-Star went over to the Asian country earlier this week to join Shanxi in the Chinese Basketball league for the playoffs. She announced in a news conference Wednesday that she would be coming back to the United States. She has dealt with the bacterial disease since 2008, and it caused her to miss 18 games on three occasions in college at Delaware. After seemingly having it under control, she sat out 17 games for the Sky in 2014.

Windy City Bulls acquire Eddie:

After claiming former Philadelphia 76ers guard/forward Hollis Thompson off waivers, the Windy City Bulls shipped him to Austin in a trade for Spurs shooting guard Jarell Eddie, team officials announced Wednesday. The deal between the NBA D-League clubs is pending the completion of physicals. Eddie, a 6-foot-7, 220 pounder from Virginia Tech, is a standout 3-point shooter who has appeared in 25 games for the Austin Spurs this season averaging 11.1 points and 3.5 rebounds per game. Last season he played in 26 games for the Washington Wizards.

Venus reaches Aussie Open final:

MELBOURNE, Australia — Venus Williams has beaten CoCo Vandeweghe 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-3 to reach the final of the Australian Open, becoming the oldest finalist at the tournament in the Open era. Williams tossed her racket after clinching it on her fourth match point and put her hands up to her face in disbelief before crossing her arms over her heart. She then did a stylish pirouette on the court as the crowd gave her a standing ovation. The 36-year-old Williams rallied in the match after dropping a set for the first time in the tournament, breaking Vandeweghe four times over the final two sets.

Musburger retiring at 77:

NEW YORK — Brent Musburger is calling it a career at ESPN after being the play-by-play man in the booth at sporting events enjoyed by millions of Americans, most prominently when he was the lead voice for CBS Sports in the 1980s. Musburger, 77, said he’s leaving active sportscasting to help his family get a sports handicapping business started and to use some of the millions of airline miles he’s earned for some fun travel. His last game will be the Kentucky-Georgia men’s basketball game on Jan. 31. Both Musburger and ESPN say comments about Oklahoma football player Joe Mixon that were criticized as insensitive during the Sugar Bowl earlier this month had nothing to do with his exit.

Kings down slumping Cavs:

CLEVELAND — Arron Afflalo dropped a 3-pointer with 17.3 seconds left in overtime, lifting the Sacramento Kings to a 116-112 win Wednesday night over the slumping Cleveland Cavaliers, who lost for the sixth time in eight games amid criticism by LeBron James. DeMarcus Cousins had 28 points and 10 rebounds for the Kings, who trailed by five in overtime before battling back. Darren Collison added 23 points for Sacramento. James finished with 24 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists, and Kevin Love had 21 points and 16 rebounds, but it wasn’t enough.

Warriors say West doing well:

OAKLAND, Calif. — The Golden State Warriors say Hall of Famer and team executive board member Jerry West is doing well after a brief hospital visit following a fall. Warriors spokesman Raymond Ridder was in touch with West’s wife and provided the update Wednesday morning, a day after West was taken to a Southern California hospital for observation and tests. The 78-year-old West, in attendance during the Warriors’ recent long homestand this month, fell on Tuesday.