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How sweep it is: Rays 2, Blue Jays 0

· Yahoo Sports

Is this hell?

No, this is Tropicana Field. 

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That might be what the Toronto Blue Jays think of The Trop. 

Since 2021, the Jays have a .655 OPS and a 10-22 record under the tilted roof at One Tropicana Drive, and losers of 10 of the last 12. 

Even the Blue Jays, biggest podcast, Gate 14, has paid their respects to try and reverse the jinx.

Let’s get to the action. The Rays’ six game win streak, and streak of 13 straight games of allowing three runs or less to opponents, has by and large been the byproduct of the Flappy Boys’ use of leather. 

Taylor Walls made a stellar play from shortstop to end the first inning and keep Kazuma Okomoto’s first inning double from scoring.

Things remained quiet through the third inning, with Patrick Corbin getting two double plays and finishing three frames with more balls than strikes. 

Shane McClanahan would go on to match and supplant his fellow southpaw’s goose eggs, going 5 2/3 innings of two hit, one walk, and four strikeout ball, all while earning the win. 

Over his last three starts, ‘Sugar Shane’ is sporting a 16 2/3 scoreless inning streak.

Jonny DeLuca drove in Jonathan Aranda from first base with an RBI double in the fourth. 

Chandler Simpson would pick up his eighth RBI of the season, driving in DeLuca with a two out single in the same frame. 2-0 Tampa Bay. 

Two would be all the Rays would need, as the bullpen shut the door on Canada’s Team with Kevin Kelly, Garrett Cleavinger, and Brian Baker each earning saves, and Ian Seymour earning his first career save. 

Undefeated against the AL East (6-0) the Rays are Shipping up to Boston to take on the Red Sox in a four game set from Fenway Park starting on Thursday.

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Ottawa ice dippers make the most of Britannia Beach flooding

· Ottawa Citizen

What’s been a nuisance for most Britannia residents quickly became quite the opposite for one local group of adrenaline junkies. Read More

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Ex-UNC quarterback describes program as feeling 'like there's no air'

· Fox News

Former North Carolina quarterback Gio Lopez had critical words for the Bill Belichick-run program in a recent interview after he transferred from the Tar Heels to Wake Forest.

Lopez transferred to North Carolina before the 2025 season from South Alabama. He played in 11 games for the Tar Heels and had 1,747 passing yards and 10 touchdown passes. North Carolina was 4-8 in Belichick’s first season at the helm.

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The former Tar Heels quarterback has been critical of his time in North Carolina, and spoke out again in an interview with ESPN late last month.

"Back at the other school, it felt like there's no air," he told the outlet. "Here, it's fun again. They're moving us in the right direction, energized, and guys are enjoying football. It's like fresh air. I'd never had to respond to tough situations like that on that loud of a scale."

Belichick spent 24 seasons as the head coach of the NFL’s New England Patriots and guided the team to six Super Bowl titles. After leaving the Patriots, Belichick took the Tar Heels’ job and brought his NFL experience and professionalism to North Carolina.

Lopez said being at North Carolina felt "more like work."

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"After that first game, it felt like getting through the day. You don't want to live like that, where you're up at night thinking about the next day," he said.

Barney Lopez, Gio’s father, also criticized the way the program was run.

"The situation there -- I'm not a Super Bowl champion, so I don't know, but I don't think it was handled in the best way for college football, for students and players," he told ESPN. "It set my son backwards."

Lopez is now on the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. He and redshirt freshman Steele Pizzella are listed on the depth chart.

The Jake Dickert-led program was 9-4 in 2025 and won the Duke’s Mayo Bowl. Rob Ezell is the team’s offensive coordinator.

Wake Forest will open the season on Sept. 3 against the Akron Zips.

North Carolina’s general manager Mike Lomdardi defended Belichick from detractors in March.

"All during those stormy times, all during when the boat was getting capsized, when people were attacking us with fake rumors and fake stories all over — nobody’s corrected them yet, but that’s OK, we understand — our players hung together," Lombardi told the "Pat McAfee Show" last month.

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