Redskins’ Taylor May Face Prison Sentence

Washington Redskin safety Sean Taylor would face a minimum prison sentence of three years if convicted on charges of pointing a gun during a dispute in Miami about an all-terrain vehicle.

A trial date was set for Sept. 12, the day after the Redskins open their season.

Florida prosecutors filed charges Friday against the 22-year-old former Miami player. He faces a single count of aggravated assault with a firearm and a misdemeanor charge of simple battery, said Michael Greico, assistant state attorney.

Taylor allegedly was among a group of people who got into a June 1 armed confrontation over a vehicle the player and his associates believed had been stolen. Another man in the group, 19-year-old Charles Caughman, also faces aggravated assault charges. He is accused of threatening and chasing someone with a baseball bat.

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The Miami Dolphins cut Quintin Williams, a day after the second-year safety was arrested on DUI and drag racing charges.

Soccer

Defending champion Brazil ousted Germany, 2-1, in extra time, and Morocco upset Italy in a penalty shootout to reach the semifinals of the World Youth Championship in the Netherlands. Morocco tied Italy, 2-2, through 120 minutes before goalkeeper Mohammed Bourkadi stopped two penalties in the shootout.

Mexican soccer officials acknowledged that defenders Salvador Carmona and Aaron Galindo were kicked off the Confederations Cup squad after testing positive for an unspecified banned substance.

Brazilian soccer standout Roberto Carlos was in the back seat of his car that was stopped and robbed by two gunmen on a motorcycle in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

Motor Racing

Dennis Setzer won the Toyota Tundra 200 for NASCAR trucks at Milwaukee, defeating Jack Sprague.

Sam Hornish won the pole for today’s Indy Racing League SunTrust Indy Challenge at Richmond, Va., with a qualifying speed of 176.244 mph. Danica Patrick qualified 21st, ahead of only Tony Kanaan, who didn’t record a speed after spinning out and hitting a wall.

Cristiano da Matta won the provisional pole at the Grand Prix of Cleveland, edging Paul Tracy by four-thousandths of a second.

Golf

Jim Furyk holed out from 153 yards for an eagle two on the eighth hole and finished with a two-under-par 69 and a one-stroke lead over Brian Gay after the second round of the Barclays Classic at Harrison, N.Y.

The nine-time PGA Tour winner is at eight-under 134 on the hilly, tree-lined Westchester Country Club course. Furyk has a two-shot lead over Padraig Harrington, Len Mattiace, Kenny Perry, John Senden and Hidemichi Tanaka.

Leonard Thompson shot a six-under 66 at the Nashawtuc Country Club in Concord, Mass., to take a one-stroke lead over Tom McKnight, Mark McNulty, Walter Hall and John Harris at the Champions Tour’s Bank of America Championship.

Miscellany

Negotiations between the NHL and NHL Players’ Assn. have reached a point “where they are pretty much going to shut themselves in a room until this gets done,” a source familiar with the negotiations said. The two sides met for more than 75 hours this past week in Toronto.

Olympic and world champions Misty May and Kerri Walsh reached the final of the Beach Volleyball World Championship in Berlin with a 21-16, 19-21, 5-4 victory over Tian Jia and Wang Fei in a match that was stopped after Wang suffered a leg injury.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. moves up to the super-lightweight division tonight and is a solid favorite over title-holder Arturo Gatti at Atlantic City, N.J.

Scott Laio, a Boston College rower who collapsed after a victory at a college regatta last month, died from a fluid and electrolyte imbalance and heat stress, according to autopsy results.

As expected, Andre Agassi has committed to the Mercedes-Benz Cup at UCLA, July 25-31.

Passings

Tom McGarvin, the only USC athlete to play against Notre Dame in football and basketball, in 1940, died June 18 in Rancho Mirage. He was 80.