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Cleveland Cavaliers guard Delonte West was indicted yesterday on additional weapons and traffic charges stemming from his Sept. 17 arrest for speeding on a motorcycle and carrying multiple weapons. The eight-count indictment sheds no new light on why West, 26, was riding a motorcycle on the Capital Beltway in Prince George’s County, Md., at 10 p.m. with two loaded handguns and a loaded shotgun. Prosecutors added an 8 1/2-inch Bowie knife to the list of concealed weapons West was carrying . . . Los Angeles Clippers owner and real estate mogul Donald Sterling has agreed to pay a record $2.73 million to settle allegations by the government that he refused to rent apartments to Hispanics, blacks, and families with children, the Justice Department announced . . . Miami swingman Daequan Cook is out for the Heat’s game tonight against Phoenix because of problems with his strained right shoulder . . . The New Jersey Nets said an MRI performed on forward Yi Jianlian confirmed he has sprained a ligament in his right knee . . . Hall of Famer Dave Bing, whose career lasted 12 seasons, nine with the Pistons, was reelected Detroit mayor.UConn’s Moore top AP All-American University of Connecticut junior Maya Moore became just the seventh unanimous choice on the Associated Press’s preseason All-America women’s team, garnering all 40 votes from a national media panel. It’s the third straight year a player has been a unanimous choice in the preseason. Moore was joined on the preseason squad by teammate Tina Charles, Stanford’s Jayne Appel, Ohio State’s Jantel Lavender, and Virginia’s Monica Wright. It was the fifth time two players from the same team made the All-America squad. Hockey CapitalsFirst, Alex Ovechkin was day-to-day. Then he was week-to-week. Now Washington coach Bruce Boudreau said, Hilary Knight of Hanover, N.H. College football Tailback Scott leaving Colorado squad Sophomore tailback Darrell Scott, the biggest recruiting prize in coach Dan Hawkinsfour-year tenure at Colorado, is leaving the program. Hawkins said Scott is leaving for Nichols tight end Blake Barker, the 6-foot-5-inch, 225-pound Wellesley native regarded as New EnglandMickey Andrews is hanging up his whistle at seasonZac Etheridge, who suffered a cracked vertebra and torn ligaments in his neck in a headfirst collision with a teammate, said doctors told him he should be able to play football again. He has to wear a harness-like neck brace with a support under his chin and running up the back of his neck, for 3-4 months . . . Nebraska defensive lineman Ndamukong Suh has been disciplined by the team after being ticketed for negligent driving for ramming three parked cars with his SUV over the weekend. Miscellany Blue JaysToronto Blue Jays outfielder Vernon Wells will have surgery next week to repair damaged cartilage in his left wrist but is expected to be ready in time for spring training. Wells, who is entering the third season of a seven-year, $126-million contract extension, hit .260 with 15 home runs and 66 RBIs in 158 games last season . . . The Tampa Bay Rays saved some salary and added a little bullpen help by trading second baseman Akinori Iwamura, on whom they had a $4.85 million 2010 contract option, to the Pittsburgh Pirates for righthander Jesse Chavez . . . D.C. United said Tom Soehn has withdrawn from consideration to stay on as the teamPaul Biedermann has a thigh injury that could prevent him from facing Michael Phelps in the short-course World Cup competition Nov. 14-15 in Berlin. Biedermann beat Phelps in the 200-meter freestyle at the world championships in Rome in July . . . German swimmer Britta Steffen has pulled out of the short-course season, saying she was not ready to compete.
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