Redskins acquire Taylor from Dolphins

Jason Taylor is leaving the only NFL team he has known, going from the Miami Dolphins to the Washington Redskins in a trade Sunday.

The Redskins gave the Dolphins a second-round pick in 2009 and a sixth-round choice in 2010 for Taylor.

The six-time Pro Bowl defensive end -- who was the 2006 NFL defensive player of the year -- fell out of favor in Miami after spending his off-season on the TV show “Dancing With the Stars” rather than working out with teammates.

The deal came about nine hours after starting defensive end Phillip Daniels was carted away from the practice field at Redskins Park with a season-ending left knee injury on Day 1 of training camp.

Washington executive vice president Vinny Cerrato said Taylor is expected to report to training camp today.

“We’re fortunate there was a guy that caliber on the market when somebody got hurt,” Cerrato said. “Normally, in most years, there’s not a guy of that caliber on the market.”

The 33-year-old Taylor has played 11 NFL seasons, and he has started every game each of the last eight seasons.

He had 11 sacks during the 2007 season, giving him 117 in his career.

The Dolphins declined to comment even after the Redskins announced the deal.

Defensive end Chris Long agreed to a multiyear deal with the St. Louis Rams, leaving plenty of time for the second overall pick in the 2008 draft to report to training camp Thursday. The team did not disclose the terms of the deal.

Wide receiver DeSean Jackson and the Philadelphia Eagles agreed on a four-year contract. Jackson was the second of Philadelphia’s two second-round picks.

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TENNIS

Wozniak wins Bank of the West Classic

Qualifier Aleksandra Wozniak became the first Canadian to win a WTA Tour singles title in 20 years, defeating Marion Bartoli, 7-5, 6-3, to win the Bank of the West Classic at Stanford.

Second-seeded Gilles Simon beat Dmitry Tursunov, 6-4, 6-4, to win the Indianapolis Tennis Championships. . . . Top-seeded Fernando Verdasco beat Igor Andreev, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4), in the ATP Croatia Open final at Umag. . . . Juan Martin del Potro defeated Jurgen Melzer, 6-2, 6-1, in the clay-court final of the Austrian Open at Kitzbuehel. . . . Albert Montanes won his first ATP Tour singles title, winning the Dutch Open at Amersfoort, Netherlands, with a 1-6, 7-5, 6-3 victory over defending champion Steve Darcis. . . . Fourth-seeded Pauline Parmentier won the Gastein Ladies final at Bad Gastein, Austria, defeating Lucie Hradecka, 6-4, 6-4.

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BASKETBALL

Greece, U.S., Germany in same men’s group

Greece, which stunned the United States two years ago, will join the Americans at the Olympics in a strong Group B, which now includes all three medalists from the last world championships.

Germany also was drawn into Group B after clinching the last available spot in Beijing by beating Puerto Rico, 96-82, behind 32 points from Dallas Mavericks All-Star Dirk Nowitzki in the third-place game at the Olympic qualifying tournament in Athens.

The United States and Spain, which had already qualified for Beijing, were previously drawn into Group B along with host China and Angola.

Kevin Love was held out of the Minnesota Timberwolves’ summer league game in Las Vegas because of a sore left Achilles’ tendon.

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MISCELLANY

May-Treanor and Walsh win again

Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor defeated Jennifer Boss and April Ross, 21-14, 21-15, in the finals of the AVP beach volleyball tour’s stop at Coney Island in Brooklyn.

They have won 17 straight tournaments and 96 consecutive matches, both records in the sport.

A halftime brawl involving more than 100 fans marred an exhibition match between West Ham United of the English Premier League club and the MLS’ Columbus Crew at Columbus, Ohio.

Crew supporters began directing chants toward the rival fans, and fights quickly broke out among more than 100 Crew fans and at least 30 West Ham fans. Columbus police officers eventually separated the groups.

El Salvador and Guatemala played to a scoreless tie in a friendly at the Coliseum in front of about 40,000. The teams are preparing for the next round of World Cup qualifying for the CONCACAF region.