Hamilton Tiger Cats News

Ticats.ca Staff HAMILTON -- The Hamilton Tiger-Cats announced today that one of the most heralded players in franchise history, Paul Osbaldison, has joined the coaching staff as Assistant Special Teams Coach.

Toughness has always been a hallmark of any great Hamilton Tiger-Cat team and there are few people tougher than those that make their living in the trenches, especially along the offensive line.

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats will have to wait another year before trying to sign one of their second-round draft picks, linebacker Frederic Plesius.

One of the biggest surprises of the off-season was Hamilton's signing of running back Martell Mallett and the subsequent release of Avon Cobourne .

NFL dreams McMaster quarterback Kyle Quinlan, right, shakes hands with Laval linebacker FrA©dA©ric Plesius, a draft pick of the Hamilton Ticats, at the annual CFL combine camp where college players are evaluated by scouts for stuff such as strength and speed at Varsity Stadium in Toronto in March.

Not likely on the backs of the quartet of defenders signed Thursday. But Drew Edwards has tracked down scouting reports and video of the men with Hamilton football ambitions.

B.C. Lions Jock Sanders runs the ball past Hamilton Tiger-Cats linebacker Brandon Denson during the first half of their CFL football game in Hamilton October 22, 2011.

As the Ticats get set to open training camp in a little over a week, they do so with a clearly established hierarchy at quarterback.

NCAA followers will recall that Forcier was the starting quarterback for the Michigan Wolverines in 2009, ahead of Denard Robinson, whom he backed up in 2010.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders' training camp will be especially interesting in 2012, given the multitude of new faces who will be auditioning as the CFL team attempts to rebound from a last-place showing.

Big hitter Rob Hitchcock watches the closing minutes of the game against the B.C. Lions from the sideline at Ivor Wynne Stadium in September 2006.

Ticats.ca Staff HAMILTON, Ont. -- The Hamilton Tiger-Cats announced today that the team has signed import receivers Joe Collins, Michael Galatas and Deon Murphy.

It is a debate that never ends: who is the greatest of all time? With the announcement that fans will get to select an all-time Hamilton Tiger-Cats team, as part of the larger celebration of the final year at Ivor Wynne Stadium , it is a debate that will rage for most of the 2012 season.

Mark Cohon, the CFL's 12th Commissioner, signed a three-year extension in November to remain as the league's top man.

When the 2012 CFL season ends in November, the gates will close for the final time on one of the most iconic stadia in Canada: Hamilton's Ivor Wynne Stadium.

So just how did Hamilton go from hosting five events in the 2015 Pan Am games to just one? Last week, the Toronto 2015 Pan Am organizing committee revealed its final lineup of venues for the summer gamesA and Hamilton was left with hosting just one event - soccer.

Tate Forcier hasn't even put on a Tiger-Cats uniform and he's already moved up a spot on the depth chart.

Visiting teams hate it, with the reasons ranging from the proximity of the sidelines to the field , the small, cramped visitor's dressing room, to the way the weather can play such a big part in a game: unbearably humid in the summer, to damp and cold in the fall, when the winds come off Lake Ontario.

A Hamilton mayor Bob Bratina says he is determined to keep the city's top post for another term if only to oversee the completion of a few pet projects he has helped nurture over the last few years.

Big honour Former Hamilton Tiger-Cats star Angelo Mosca, pictured, with friends and family, will travel on a sold-out bus trip to the suburbs of Detroit on Friday where he will be the first Canadian Football League player to be inducted into the Gridiron Greats Football Hall of Fame.