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When Arland Bruce III first came to the Ticats – amid a fairly substantial media frenzy – I figured he was an early Christmas present, a quote and controversy machine that would keep me cranking out colourful copy until the cows came home. And so, like most other members of the football press, I spent a [...]

Three days before Labour Day and nary a blog posting? What's with that? Well, the payoff comes tomorrow: a 2,000 word opus on the life and times of one Arland Bruce III. It came together in two days and I hope the hurry-up nature of my creative process doesn't wreck it. But sometimes it's the way it [...]

Sorry about the delay in blogging today – things are definitely picking up for Labour Day and I've had some technical issues. The most interesting reads today are Jeff Blair's piece on the Ticat offence in the Globe and Dave Feschuk's article in the Star on the Lin J Shell – Auggie Barrenechea spitting incident. Steve Milton will likely have [...]

I took a little grief for my overstated headline yesterday " Hamilton city council has voted to support new stadium site" as council has actually voted to investigate other site possibilities, most notably Longwood and Aberdeen. We have a story on the vote as well as the two week deadline and an editorial on the subject . There is also some predictable [...]

Negotiations with the Ticats are set to begin and staff will report back by Sept. 15, says this Spec story.

My story today is pretty straightforward – Ticats back at work – though it gets into the issue through the stomach. Many of the American players have trouble finding the kind of food they grew up with in Canada – things like Cajun, seafood, authentic Mexican and barbecue. In CFL cities that have good barbecue joints, [...]

First, some news on the stadium: the Spec is reporting a detente of sorts between the mayor and the caretaker – there appears to be some momentum behind the the Longwood and Aberdeen site. And Mark Masters at the National Post tweeted that " Report by city staff: #HamOnt will lose about $2-million a year if they build a 15,000-seat [...]

… I have some actual Ticat news! The team has released defensive back Lenny Wicks from the practice roster. He appeared in zero games and I exchanged zero words with him during his few weeks here. Alas. Tomorrow the Cats are back at practice which means I am too. It's a weird week – on Monday, off [...]

… I returned from holiday with a bittersweet sense, sad to be leaving the ocean and near-constant relaxation behind but ready to come home and get to back to work. As much as I love taking a break from things, I love what I do and the life I live on every day basis too… a [...]

… enjoyed that sweet sorrow that is the last real day of full-blown holiday. Tomorrow we travel and Sunday is a re-acclimatization day before nose returns to grindstone on Monday. A run, several beers, two beach trips, a great meal… yeah, it was a good day. But the world turns unabated, apparently. Dreschel updates the stadium debacle , er, debate, [...]

… shamelessly kept his blogging streak alive with this post. UPDATE: I took some grief for not "respecting the streak." Fine. Oshawa is ditching the Cats before the first date . The key paragraphs: envisions a 25,000-seat stadium, financed by the football franchise, on 90 acres currently being used for agricultural purposes directly north of Oshawa's VIA rail station. "I'm not [...]

… had one of the most enjoyable days of golf in my life. Though this is likely sacrilegious on a football blog – where winning isn't everything, it's only thing – I did not play particularly well and still was able to recognize the unique nature of the experience itself, the realization that the time and the [...]

… mastered the art of the boogie board, went for a run (and got lost), saw an alligator (from a respectful distance) and… well, that's about it. Oh yeah, I read a bit too. I've crushed one book (Chuck Klosterman's Eating the Dinosaur) and am now cruising through Dirk Hayhurst's The Bullpen Diaries. I'd recommend both, [...]

… set a new vacation record for the earliest beer consumed – 11:52 a.m. This is before the sun is beyond the yard arm, but in my own defence I was on a golf course and there was no clock in my line of sight when the Yuengling Lager was purchased. I am officially on vacation now [...]

… played in the ocean with my children before going on a long run along an endless beach. I drank my first beer of the day at 1:28 p.m. over lunch of local shrimp and a pleasant salad. In the afternoon we went shopping, saw an alligator and ate a pretty good hamburger (though it was [...]

TORONTO – Of course he's heard the question, the one posed over and over again by fans and pundits – and maybe even himself: what's wrong with DeAndra' Cobb? After a strong rookie season, Cobb admits he's struggled this year. But the last game-and-a-half – both Ticat wins – he's looked a lot more like his old [...]

The Argos lead the Ticats 9-3 at the half in a game that has yet to see a TD scored. After Hamilton went two-and-out to start the game, the Argos blasted out of the gate with a 78-yard punt return and a 61-yard run on back-to-back plays – only to have both negated by holding penalties. It was [...]

The roof is open at the Rogers Centre and there is a light breeze at one end of the field – the non-scoreboard side. A number of Ticats are already on the field warming up including Dave Stala, Quinton Porter, Garrett McIntyre, Yannick Carter… Argo lineman Rob Murphy is walking laps around the field, as he usual [...]

Ticat Game Day chat

Normally don't post injury updates from other games but they are using the cart to take Montreal quarterback Anthony Calvillo off the field. He was sacked and appeared to suffer a head or chest injury.Given his importance to the Alouettes, it's a major development if he's out for any period of time.