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Grove City tennis scores 4-1 victoryGrove City’s girls tennis team received wins from the doubles duos of Jenny Baglia/Blair Steele and Addie Reynolds/Logan Fuss in a 4-1 victory over Franklin on Friday.Lauren Wright and Anna Packard both won in singles play for the Eagles.Grove City 4, Franklin 1Singles: 1-Lauren Wright (GC) def. Laura Danvers 6-2, 6-2; 2-Morgan Hiles (F) def. Morgan McCommon 3-6, 6-4, 6-4; 3-Anna Packard (GC) def. Kaitlyn Anderson 6-2, 6-0Doubles: 1-Jenny Baglia/Blair Steele (GC) def. Maddy Obenrader/Kylie Feltenberger 6-4, 6-0; 2-Addie Reynolds/Logan Fuss (GC) def. Lauren Greenlee/Raven Nespor 6-1, 6-1

QB Romo expected to return this yearFRISCO, Texas — Tony Romo is out with yet another back injury and it’s unknown when he will return, although Dallas coach Jason Garrett says he expects his star quarterback to play this season.Garrett said Romo sustained a broken bone in his back when he was hit from behind by Seattle’s Cliff Avrill and slid awkwardly on the third play of a preseason game.Romo tried to get back into Thursday’s game and said afterward that he was OK. But Garrett said the 36-year-old woke up Friday with stiffness, and an MRI revealed Romo’s fourth back injury in less than four years. The injury will not require surgery.

Gymnast Douglas gets hospitalizedNEW YORK — Olympic gymnastics star Gabby Douglas was hospitalized, forcing her to miss a scheduled appearance with her U.S. teammates at the MTV Video Music Awards.“Gabby is back in the hospital tonight being treated for a seriously infected past mouth injury. She continues to have deep swelling and adverse reactions to medications,” publicist Lesley Burbridge said in an email to The Associated Press.Earlier Sunday, 20-year-old Douglas posted on social media that she was out of the hospital.

Solo takes leave from Seattle teamUNDATED — Hope Solo has taken an indefinite leave from the Seattle Reign of the National Women’s Soccer League, less than a week after being suspended for six months by the U.S. national team for disparaging remarks about Sweden.The move was announced by the Reign, saying that the Olympic goaltender has been granted personal leave. The team did not say how long Solo would be away.

Irish businessman released on bailRIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian officials say an Irish businessman arrested at the beginning of the Rio Games in a ticket-scalping probe has been released on bail.Rio’s department of penitentiaries said Kevin Mallon left the Bangu prison complex late Saturday on condition that he doesn’t leave Brazil.

Defensive starters booted by MiamiCORAL GABLES, Fla. — Miami threw two defensive starters off its football team for NCAA violations, after a months-long probe into whether players had access to luxury rental cars.Defensive end Al-Quadin Muhammad and linebacker Jermaine Grace were “permanently dismissed” from the team, though the school is offering to continue providing financial aid until they graduate from Miami.

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