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Birmingham boss Gary Rowett will be without left-back Jonathan Grounds for the derby clash with Aston Villa on Sunday, live on Sky Sports.Grounds picked up his fifth yellow card of the season against Burton last weekend and must serve a one-match suspension.Grounds absence is likely to mean a chance for Bournemouth loanee Rhoys Wiggins, who is yet to start a game for the Blues. Paul Caddis (shoulder) and Robert Tesche (foot/ankle) are Birminghams other absentees, with the latter now expected to be sidelined until after the international break. Birmingham City manager Gary Rowett ahead of the derby against Aston Villa Tommy Elphick and Micah Richards will sit out the match for Villa.The pair are both struggling with calf problems and have not recovered in time for the hotly-anticipated clash.Winger Albert Adomah is pushing for a place in the starting line-up after coming off the bench to set up the winner for Jonathan Kodjia against Fulham last time out.Playmaker Jack Grealish completes his three-match ban for a stamp on Wolves Conor Coady. Jack Grealish: Misses out again because of suspension Ollie predictsI wish I was going to this one with Steve Bruce going back to his old stomping ground. I think it will be too tight to call but it will be a really exciting game with goals.Bruces start has been brilliant. It is exactly what they needed. I dont know why the players didnt respond to Roberto Di Matteo but it just proves that Bruce and Neil Warnock know what theyre doing. 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Howard Ganz, an MLB lawyer, said in a letter to U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos that Rodriguezs claims do not come "remotely close" to what is needed to overturn an arbitration decision in federal court.GREEN BAY, Wis. -- As the Green Bay Packers went back to work Tuesday after an extended break, they started to prepare for a big matchup with a diminished secondary.Coach Mike McCarthy announced Tuesday that cornerback Damarious Randall, who had been sidelined with a groin injury, underwent surgery and is out this week.The timing couldnt be any worse with the NFC South-leading Atlanta Falcons and their potent passing attack, led by quarterback Matt Ryan and playmaking receiver Julio Jones, up next.Thats just the way things go, Packers cornerback Demetri Goodson said. If you look at every single team in the league, theyre beat up from top to bottom. So thats just the way it goes.The Packers must try to slow down Jones without their top two and possibly top three cornerbacks from the start of the season.Veteran Sam Shields is on injured reserve after not playing since the Sept. 11 season opener, when he suffered a concussion.Randall didnt play Green Bays most recent game, a win over the Chicago Bears on Thursday night, after he reinjured his groin four days earlier.A similar injury has kept Quinten Rollins from playing the past two games.Rollins status is up in the air for Sundays game at Atlanta.The second-year pro said Tuesday that although he feels a sense of urgency to get back on the field and bolster Green Bays depleted depth at cornerback, he wants to avoid risking further injury.Obviously, you want to go out and compete against the best, but at the same time, you cant let who youre playing dictate your body or how you feel, Rollins said.Minus Rollins, that would probably mean a second straight game for the young tandem of LaDarius Gunter and Demetri Goodson as well as versatile fourth-year player Micah Hyde as the teams primary cornerbacks.Green Bay also has played undraftted rookie Josh Hawkins.dddddddddddd And the Packers added another player to their banged-up secondary by promoting first-year safety Jermaine Whitehead from the practice squad Monday.Goodson said hes preparing this week as though Rollins wont play against the Falcons.If he does, great, Goodson said. But if not, then well definitely be ready.And as Goodson sees it, more than one player is going to be needed for the Packers to have success against the talented Jones, who leads the NFL with 830 receiving yards in just seven games.Jones had 11 catches for 259 yards and a touchdown when the Packers last played Atlanta in 2014, a 43-37 Green Bay win at Lambeau Field.With a guy like him, theres not one guy that you can just put on him and just shut him down, Goodson said. Its going to be definitely a team game to try to stop him because hes a great player.Mixing strength and speed with tremendous size, the 6-foot-3, 220-pound Jones also ranks No. 1 in the league with an average of 20.8 yards per catch and 16 receptions of 20 or more yards.The Packers have allowed 21 completions of at least 20 yards in their six games.Julio is just a freak of nature on film, defensive end/linebacker Datone Jones said. Hes a beast.NOTE: RB Don Jackson hopes to get back on the field later this week. The undrafted rookie suffered an injury to his left hand in the first half of his debut Thursday. He wore a therapeutic glove on the hand Tuesday, saying he still had some swelling, but that tests didnt reveal a fracture. They gave me this glove so I could calm it down, and its already looking better, Jackson said.---Online:AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '