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CFL Combines Set the Stage for Ticats Ahead of April’s Draft

March 6, 2026 | Steve Milton
It was this time last year and CFL officials were barking out the jersey numbers of the small handful of university players who would advance to the CFL’s annual combine from the regional combine ...

Adding Strength to Strength, Tiger-Cats Receiving Depth Gets Deeper

February 12, 2026 | Steve Milton
Through the first couple of days of free agency, the Tiger-Cats were already pretty pleased with their receiving corps. Then, on Day 3, they added two veteran receivers who can—and ...

Tiger-Cats Strike Early in CFL Free Agency

February 12, 2026 | Steve Milton
The ink is barely dry on most of the contracts—and every team in the league is still undefeated—but it seems clear that free agency has already been kind to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

“Everything I do is Hamilton”: Tyson Middlemost comes home

February 11, 2026 | Steve Milton
Tyson Middlemost gets all Hamilton-y when he recalls his years with St. Mary’s Crusaders in the city’s tough Catholic league, one of the best high school football conferences in the entire country.

Two Super Bowls in the Family of Tiger-Cats Newest Offensive Tackle

February 10, 2026 | Steve Milton
Trevor Reid is still only 25, but he’s already spent a full season as a starter at the most important position on one of the best offensive lines in the CFL. And that was a couple of seasons ago.

Blazing a New Path: Keric Wheatfall Brings Speed, Swagger and Substance to Hamilton

February 10, 2026 | Steve Milton
Keric Wheatfall’s first appearance on a CFL field came as a fast-tracked replacement for injured Winnipeg receiver Kenny Lawler.

Wynton McManis Brings Winning Pedigree, Leadership — and a Toothpick — to Hamilton

February 4, 2026 | Steve Milton
Wynton McManis is bringing a lot to the Tiger-Cats—among them the pedigree of a lifelong winner, a big-time personality full of confidence and can’t-miss- humour, the much-needed asset of ...

Local product Tre Ford set for new opportunity with Tiger-Cats

February 2, 2026 | Steve Milton
He won’t be the starting quarterback—Bo Levi Mitchell has had two of the best three seasons of his Hall of Fame career the past couple of years—but it’s wise to remember this about Tre Ford.

Bob Dyce Brings Head Coaching Experience to His Special Teams Role

January 12, 2026 | Steve Milton
Bob Dyce considers Special Teams exactly that. Special. “It’s funny, special teams are very dear to my heart but I’d never planned to be a special teams coordinator,” said the former Ottawa ...

Ticats’ 2026 schedule loaded with potential, especially at home

December 9, 2025 | Steve Milton
The CFL schedule for 2026 is out in plenty of time for gift-giving, and it’s a Cat-friendly calendar, which ticks off a lot of boxes. Watch the 2026 Schedule Launch video here. A season-opening ...

Honoured but Not Satisfied: Ticats Reflect on CFL Award Nominations

November 13, 2025 | Steve Milton
They’re unanimous in these two sentiments: they’re happy to have a couple of extra days together, but they’d much rather be preparing for another game than an awards ceremony. “It’s an honour to ...

Tiger-Cats Season Concludes After Tight East Final

November 10, 2025 | Steve Milton
The day after Blackout night, a thick white veil of snow blanketed the field where they will not meet again — and even then not all of them — until next spring. So the Ticats, and their fans, now ...

Tiger-Cats Set for High-Stakes Eastern Final Against Alouettes

November 7, 2025 | Steve Milton
Get to this point in the CFL calendar and it’s not particularly relevant who finished where, or did what, during the regular season. This is a final exam and term work doesn’t carry much weight.

Ticats respect top-rated Alouettes defence but have confidence in their own attack

November 6, 2025 | Steve Milton
Combining 10 different metrics, the CFL ranked the Montréal Alouettes’ defence as the best in the entire league over the regular season. A couple of other teams might have a little something to ...

Five Ticats Named to All-CFL Team, Among Most in Franchise History

November 5, 2025 | Steve Milton
The five Ticats who were named to the All-CFL team today are the most the franchise has had on the all-league selects since nine Cats were honoured in 2019, when the team established its all-time ...

Tiger-Cats set to host Alouettes in long-anticipated Eastern Final

November 3, 2025 | Steve Milton
It’s the way everyone—at least everyone not cheering for the Blue Bombers—wanted it. And it’s the way it should be too. The top two teams in the CFL East, the two teams who have stayed within ...

Stubblefield’s Rare Stat Exemplifies Tiger-Cats First-Place Season

October 31, 2025 | Steve Milton
He wears jersey No. 1 and he’s the first, and only, boy in a family of 10 siblings so his nickname is Uno. As in Numero Uno. But maybe we have to amend that to “Minus-Uno.”

Rise to the Top: Tiger-Cats Clinch East Division and Prepare for Playoffs

October 26, 2025 | Steve Milton
It was a while in the making, so there are only two of them who were wearing black and gold the last time it happened. The Tiger-Cats clinched first place in the CFL East — and a bye directly ...

Tiger-Cats remain confident following Stampeders contest

October 13, 2025 | Steve Milton
As they head into their bye week, a first-place finish still unclaimed, the Tiger-Cats say they’re disappointed, not worried. “But we’re definitely going to reflect on it,” veteran Hamilton ...

Ferocious Tiger-Cats defence sets the tone in dominant win over Argonauts

October 6, 2025 | Steve Milton
Just how important was that? “After a loss like last week it was all, ‘How is the team going to respond?’ and we responded the right way, exactly what you wanted to see,” said ...
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