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Change Had To Come
It is obvious in the cold harsh light of January—as it was even back in the dimmer warmth of late autumn—that the 2024 Hamilton Tiger-Cats were not good enough.
Not nearly good enough. And it ...
Monson: “I’m going to be all in, all the time.”
Sometimes the road not taken leads to recognizing the road you were meant to take. And that road has brought Brent Monson all the way back home. “It was definitely interesting driving down to the ...
It’s a deep, and gratifying homecoming, for Tiger-Cats new GM
The Burlington native, who played his high school ball at Assumption Secondary School and eventually coached there, is the Tiger-Cats’ new general manager. After much speculation amongst the ...
Ticats Roots Run Deep in Vancouver During Grey Cup Week
Longtime commitment is not hard to find in Ticat Nation; whether it’s in the Hamilton heartland or among the widespread loyalists who follow the team from afar after leaving the city.
Lyla ...
All-Time Tiger-Cat Henley To Have His Number Retired
The 1960 Tiger-Cats’ dismal 4-10 record of 1960 was the only time in the franchise’s first 18 years that they posted a losing record and the only season that they finished last in the four-team ...
Mike Walker Represented the Tough Defence Ticats Fans Love So Much
If you’re a defensive tackle and you come into a small city where John Barrow and Angelo Mosca made the position synonymous with Steeltown Toughness, how can you possibly make your mark?
Groundbreaking Custis Becomes Third Builder on Ticats Wall of Honour
Bernie Custis –humourist, raconteur, loyal friend, prince of kindness, legendary coach, committed educator and ground-breaking quarterback—possessed an unshakable belief in the fundamental ...
Ticats Extension of Peters a “No-Brainer”
The Ticats couldn’t have asked for a much better weekend, as they fashioned a pair of significant advances in their present and future.
On Friday the Cats won their most important game of the ...
Looking Back at the Top 5 Labour Day Games at Tim Hortons Field
Labour Day. Two words, three syllables, hundreds of memories.
Around here it’s a Classic Day. A very colourful Day: black and gold, and two shades of blue. It is Hamilton’s time: the day most ...
Mitchell Moving Up CFL Ranks, but Won’t Think About That Until He Retires
That will be then, but this is now, so Bo Levi Mitchell will put aside savouring some of the big numbers until after he’s hung up his cleats.
But it deserves mention that despite not having his ...
Play it Forward a Huge Point of Pride For Former Ticat Macdonald
Although the Tiger-Cats players are not formally required to be at the stadium today and tomorrow –so they can savour their big win over Toronto Saturday night, and to get much-needed emotional ...
Liegghio Has Been Ticats’ Mr. Automatic
If you’re lucky—or create your own luck—what goes around comes around.
So there is a circular justice to this: Marc Liegghio played his first CFL game against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and now he’s ...
For The Hammer
There are many avenues to express civic pride, but over the last 150 years, Hamilton’s preferred path has run directly through sports.
Reflecting that storied history, just a few days from now ...
Tuck Never Played High School Football, But He Plays Everything Now
Give James Tuck a job and he’s going to do it. And then he’ll do the next one…and the one after that.
Which is why perceptive Ticats’ observers are noticing how important he has become to the ...
Ticats Not Stressed About 0-2 Start
It was another outdoor sauna for the Tiger-Cats as they continued to fine-tune themselves for Sunday night’s rematch against Saskatchewan in the Roughriders’ home opener Sunday night.
Ushering In a New Era On The Defensive Line
On the play which should have locked up a win for the Tiger-Cats in Sunday night’s home opener, defensive end Brandon Barlow made his third sack of the game.
Wilson, Ticats Ready For Riders’ Challenge in Home Opener
With six starters who were brand-new to the team—and another who didn’t start most of last year--the Ticats’ defence understandably had some issues of unfamiliarity in the season opener in ...
The Ticats, Tagovailoa Are Back at Practice Ahead of the Home Opener
The 1999 Grey Cup Champions Will be Honoured Ahead of the Home Opener One of the contrasts between the inside of a football organization, and the outside, is on full display this week as everyone ...
After a Long, Long Wait Bo Levi Mitchell Has Touched Down in Calgary
Bo Levi Mitchell has been business-only since the Ticats arrived in Calgary very late Wednesday night, concentrating on getting his team off on the right foot in Friday night’s season opener at ...
Get to Know Left Tackle Brendan Bordner, Who Holds Two Master’s Degrees
In all four of his Rutgers seasons, Bordner was named to the Academic All-Big-Ten list. That designates not only an effective player but even more importantly an effective student. While playing ...
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