Reuters Sports News Summary

Following is a summary of current sports news briefs. MLB notebook: Angels reportedly mulled ten-year, $350 million extension for Trout

With Bryce Harper and Manny Machado recently signing deals worth $300 million and $330 million respectively, the price tag for Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout figures to have gone up. The two-time American League MVP has two seasons remaining on a six-year, $144.5 million deal but has not indicated whether he intends to remain with the team after 2020. NBA notebook: Embiid nears return for 76ers

Joel Embiid has missed the last five games, but the Philadelphia 76ers star expects to return from a left knee injury sometime next week. The All-Star center also said if he had to play now, he could, but the team preferred he take a cautious approach -- something he has resisted in the past. The 24-year-old is averaging 27.3 points and 13.5 rebounds in 54 games this season. Red Wings legend Lindsay dies at 93

Ted Lindsay, a hockey Hall of Fame member and a founder of the NHL Players Association, has died at 93. A left wing, Lindsay played 17 years in the NHL - 14 of them in Detroit, where he was a member of four Stanley Cup-winning teams. Around the league, he was known for being an enforcer on the ice, earning the nickname "Terrible Ted." NHL roundup: Jets' Wheeler scores four in beating Jackets

Blake Wheeler scored a career-high four goals, three in the third period, and the Winnipeg Jets opened their four-game road trip with a 5-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets. Wheeler, who has five goals and seven assists during a six-game point streak, tipped home a shot from Nathan Beaulieu to snap a 2-2 tie with 12:16 left in regulation. Wheeler then converted a nifty pass from Patrik Laine at 17:47 of the third and ended his brilliant night with an empty-netter in the final minute. AAF roundup: Late field goal gives Atlanta first win

Kicker Younghoe Koo, who formerly kicked for the then-San Diego Chargers, booted a pair of field goals -- including the game-winning 33-yarder with 1:03 remaining that gave the Atlanta Legends their first win of the AAF season in upsetting the host Arizona Hotshots 14-11 on Sunday in Tempe, Ariz. Legends quarterback Aaron Murray, a former fifth-round pick of the Kansas City Chiefs in 2014, completed 20 of 33 passes for 254 yards while rushing seven times for 54 yards. Atlanta's lone touchdown came on a 9-yard run from ex-Jacksonville Jaguars running back Denard Robinson, who ran for 43 yards on nine carries. Motor racing: Nicolas Hamilton back on track and doing it his way

C, half-brother of five-times Formula One world champion Lewis, is back on the racetrack and keen to set the record straight. The 26-year-old, who has overcome cerebral palsy to establish himself as a disabled racer, is set for a full season in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) and feels he deserves some credit. NBA roundup: Harden drops 42 as Rockets dump Celtics

James Harden scored 42 points before fouling out, and the visiting Houston Rockets extended their winning streak to five games with a 115-104 victory over the Boston Celtics on Sunday. Before being whistled for his sixth foul with 1:44 left to play, Harden staved off a furious Boston rally with a driving layup and a 3-pointer over two defenders that extended the lead to 112-100. The Celtics, once down 71-43, scored the opening 10 points of the fourth quarter and had cut the margin to nine on a Marcus Smart second-chance basket at the 4:40 mark. NASCAR notebook: Speeding penalty costs Kyle Busch

It was Lap 129 of Sunday's Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and Kyle Busch had his car dialed in. In the wake of Friday's victory in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series and Saturday's win in the NASCAR Xfinity Series race, a three-event weekend sweep at his home track was well within his grasp. NFL notebook: DLs Sweat, Banogu break records at showcase

Mississippi State's Montez Sweat ran a blazing 4.41-second 40-yard dash Sunday to set a modern record (since 2003) for defensive linemen at the NFL Scouting Combine. The previous mark was 4.44 seconds, shared by North Carolina State's Manny Lawson (2006) and Isaac Hilton from Hampton (2004), per NFL Research. Cycling: Austrian Preidler admits to doping amid investigation

Austrian cyclist Georg Preidler on Monday admitted to cheating amid an investigation into blood doping that brought down five skiers at the Nordic skiing world championships last week. Preidler, who was part of the French elite team Groupama-FDJ, told the Kronen newspaper that he could not 'live with this secret any longer' after skiers from Austria, Kazakhstan and Estonia were arrested last Wednesday in anti-doping raids in the Austrian resort of Seefeld.