Sports in brief: West faces more weapons charges

Cleveland Cavaliers guard Delonte West was indicted Tuesday 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 on Wednesday added an 81/2-inch Bowie knife to the list of concealed weapons West was carrying.

It’s illegal in Maryland to carry concealed weapons and to transport loaded handguns.

•Hawks handle Blazers: Jamal Crawford scored 27 points off the bench and the Atlanta Hawks outlasted the Portland Trail Blazers 97-91 on the road.

Al Horford’s dunk with 56.6 seconds left made it 95-89 and all but sealed it for the Hawks. Horford finished with 11 points and 13 rebounds.

LaMarcus Aldridge, who was questionable going into the game with a knee injury, led the Blazers with 20 points and 14 rebounds.

•Bryant leads Lakers over Thunder in OT: Kobe Bryant scored 31 points and hit the go-ahead jumper in overtime as the Los Angeles Lakers got tested in their first road game of the season, beating the Oklahoma City Thunder 101-98.

•Suns top Heat in battle of unbeatens: Steve Nash scored 30 points and added eight assists, and the visiting Phoenix Suns used a dominant fourth quarter to beat the Miami Heat 104-96 in a matchup of NBA unbeatens.

•Redd to miss two weeks: Milwaukee Bucks guard Michael Redd expects to miss about two weeks because of a strained tendon in his left knee.

•Le Moyne stuns Syracuse: Christopher Johnson scored 17 of his 22 points in the second half, including a 3-pointer with 8.3 seconds remaining, and Division II Le Moyne stunned Syracuse 82-79 in an exhibition game at Syracuse, N.Y.

Pens grab seventh straight road win

Hockey: Pascal Dupuis scored the go-ahead goal with 10:47 to play and the Pittsburgh Penguins tied an NHL record with their seventh straight road victory to open the season, 4-3 over the last-place Ducks in Anaheim, Calif.

Michael Rupp, Kris Letang and Alex Goligoski also scored for the Penguins.

•Lightning grab OT win: Ryan Malone scored at 2:21 of overtime, giving the Tampa Bay Lightning a 2-1 victory over the host Toronto Maple Leafs.

Vincent Lecavalier also scored for the Lightning, who won their first road game of the season.

•Sale of Coyotes closes: Final papers have been signed closing the sale of the bankrupt Phoenix Coyotes to the NHL.

Notification of the closure was filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court.

•No charges in ‘strip hockey’ incident: Police in Boise won’t pursue charges against a junior hockey team whose members held a strip shootout at a city-owned rink two weeks ago.

Goodell asks for Congress’ help

NFL: Arguing that sports leagues’ drug programs could be “gutted” if not protected from individual states’ laws, National Football League commissioner Roger Goodell asked Congress to intervene with legislation and found at least one powerful ally.

Rep. Henry Waxman, the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said during a hearing that recent court decisions essentially blocking doping-related suspensions of two Minnesota Vikings players “could render the NFL and Major League Baseball drug testing programs unenforceable, loophole-ridden, and unacceptably weak and ineffective.”

•Chiefs grab Chambers: The Kansas City Chiefs have announced they were awarded wide receiver Chris Chambers, who was waived by San Diego, via a waiver claim. The Chargers waived Chambers on Monday.

Shocking wins Melbourne cup

Miscellany: Shocking captured the $5 million Melbourne Cup horse race for his second victory in four days, outdueling Crime Scene in the stretch to win by three-quarters of a length in Melbourne, Australia.

Despite the name, Shocking was among the favorites at 9-1.

•America’s Cup trimaran mast tumbles: The 200-foot mast on the monster trimaran that will represent the United States in the America’s Cup came tumbling down during testing on the Pacific Ocean.

None of the crew was injured in the mishap, BMW Oracle Racing spokeswoman Jane Eagleson said.