Latest news with #Tiger-Cats
Edmonton Journal
2 days ago
- Sport
- Edmonton Journal
Hamilton to hold rally for NBA MVP and champion Gilgeous-Alexander
Canada's king of the court has won just about everything possible this year, but is about to receive another honour. Article content Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who was born in Toronto but claims Hamilton as his home, will be recognized on Thursday Aug. 7 at 'Shai Rally Day' in Hamilton. Article content Gilgeous-Alexander was named NBA MVP after finishing second last season (Steve Nash was the only Canadian to previously win the award), and helped Oklahoma City win its first NBA title last month after a stirring playoff run. He was also named NBA Finals MVP and led the league in scoring in the regular season. Article content Later he'll make an appearance at the Canadian Football League game between the Tiger-Cats and B.C. Lions. Article content 'I'm absolutely thrilled to bring Shai Rally Day to Hamilton,' Horwath said in a release. 'This is our city's official celebration of NBA Champion, NBA MVP, NBA Finals MVP, NBA Scoring Champion, ESPY Best Athlete — Men's Sports, and proud Hamiltonian, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.' Article content
Canada News.Net
4 days ago
- Sport
- Canada News.Net
Tiger-Cats looking for second straight win over RedBlacks
(Photo credit: John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images) Bo Levi Mitchell and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats look to take down the host Ottawa RedBlacks for the second straight weekend on Sunday in the Canadian capital. Mitchell's 3-yard touchdown pass to Kenny Lawler with 1:54 remaining lifted the Tiger-Cats to a 23-20 victory over the RedBlacks last Saturday in Hamilton. It was the third consecutive win for Hamilton (3-2) and the third straight loss for Ottawa (1-5), which enters the East Division rematch with an 0-2 record at home. Mitchell passed for 266 yards and two TDs in last Saturday's win. Counterpart Dru Brown threw for 283 yards and one score with two second-half interceptions as Ottawa blew a 20-13 fourth-quarter lead. The Tiger-Cats only had four points at halftime. Mitchell, a two-time CFL Most Outstanding Player, has been in the league since 2012 and knows there will be days when the offense struggles. 'It makes you understand as a player, as a team, as a whole that when you don't have your best stuff it doesn't mean you're going to lose a game,' Mitchell said after the game. 'Tonight, we needed the defense, and it was there, it stepped up. I can't wait to watch that film, watch the defense and just admire the amazing game it had.' The RedBlacks offense was held to 313 yards (53 rushing) and Ottawa's costly turnovers included a fumbled punt return by Kalil Pimpleton. 'That was a very difficult loss,' Ottawa coach Bob Dyce said. 'Right now, where we're at as a team, we can't afford critical errors, and we had a couple of them. 'I'm never going to question Pimp's heart. He's out there playing offense and special teams ... he just wasn't able to secure that catch.' Mitchell entered the weekend with a league-leading 11 touchdown passes and just one interception, while Lawler leads the CFL with seven TD catches through five games. Brown, who has missed three of Ottawa's games this year due to injury, has completed 73.0 percent of his passes for 1,012 yards with five TDs and two picks. His top target is Eugene Lewis with 30 catches for 422 yards and a pair of scores. These teams will meet again at Hamilton in the Oct. 24 regular-season finale.
Vancouver Sun
13-07-2025
- Sport
- Vancouver Sun
How an off night for QB Dru Brown played into the Ottawa Redblacks' fifth loss of CFL season
The normally consistent Dru Brown picked a bad time to have his worst half of football as the Ottawa Redblacks' starting quarterback Saturday night in Hamilton. It was more than just the two interceptions he underthrew into the hands of Tiger-Cats defensive back Jamal Peters in quarters three and four — the second of which was particularly untimely as it came at the Ottawa 43 and on the first play after a Kalil Pimpleton 105-yard punt return for a touchdown was wiped out by an illegal block penalty when Ottawa was in front 20-13 with a little more than 13 minutes left in the game. While the Redblacks held the Tiger-Cats to a field goal off that turnover, they did relinquish the lead they had held since scoring on their opening drive when a roughing the passer penalty moved the ball from the Redblacks' 30 to their 15, setting the stage for a Kenny Lawler TD catch just three snaps later. Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. The next issue of Sunrise will soon be in your inbox. Please try again Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. But with still plenty of time for the Redblacks to make their own comeback, they completely unravelled. The puzzling decision to put William Stanback in place for his first kick return since 2018 backfired when the big running back failed to make a clean catch of Marc Liegghio's offering. Stanback had to retreat to pick up the loose ball, then could only advance it 12 yards to the Ottawa 19. That's when Brown's play became uncharacteristic beyond his first two interceptions of the season. Entering the game with a CFL-best 77.4 completion percentage, he connected on just one of five passes, and even that one would have landed on the ground had Justin Hardy not made a great grab. Of the four misfires, the first was intended for rookie Keelan White and the other three were headed towards Eugene Lewis, who wound up with seven catches for 128 yards but should have had better numbers considering he was targeted 14 times. Brown wound up completing 24 of 38 passes (63.2 per cent) for 283 yards, but was only 11-of-19 (57.8 per cent) for 146 yards in the second half. 'It's tough to lead most of (the game) and then not be able to execute at the end,' he told TSN1200's A.J. Jakubec, before addressing the interceptions. 'If stuff like that happens in the second quarter, it kind of blows over. But there's certain times where you've got to be really focused on what your job is. I think even before the last one, we had an opportunity to get the ball out on the perimeter, and I could have thrown a more catchable (pass) so (the receiver) could get north versus someone outside being involved. So I've look at all those things.' When the Redblacks started the season poorly, it could be justified by the fact Brown had missed three of the first five games with a hip injury. But now he's played half of the team's games, including two in a row, and Ottawa is last in the league with a 1-5 record and the schedule is one-third completed. When they host the Tiger-Cats next Sunday, it will be as big as Game 7s come in football. If Brown doesn't get back to being himself, the Redblacks could go back to being what they were before he arrived in Ottawa: A team watching the playoffs from the sidelines. Remarkably, they had a season-low three flags thrown in their direction, and all of them came in the final 10 minutes of the fourth quarter. One of them was a procedure call on right tackle Zack Pelehos, understandable in that the former Ottawa Gee-Gee was playing in his first game of the campaign after returning from a foot injury. The second, on former Ottawa Gee-Gee James Peter, was an illegal block that wiped out what would have been Pimpleton's second return TD in two games. Head coach Bob Dyce threw the challenge flag on that call, but to no avail. The third was on defensive tackle Mike Wakefield, who was trying to get to Bo Levi Mitchell when he unintentionally came in contact with the quarterback's legs. That flag fell with a sense of impending doom. After they had just stopped the Tiger-Cats on a three-down series in the red zone moments earlier, it was hard to imagine them doing it again. The defence, without question. It allowed the Tiger-Cats 21 first downs (Ottawa managed 17) and 86 yards rushing, but also limited Mitchell to just 23 completions on 41 attempts (56.1 per cent) and two touchdowns. Both of them were on passes to Kenny Lawler, and few other than the CFL's league-leader in reception yards would have made the first — a diving grab into the end zone for a 44-yard score against air-tight coverage by corner C.J. Coldon. The reality is that the Redblacks failed to get a sack and only have seven in six games, and that Mitchell, who entered the night second in passing yards, was not especially sharp. But Ottawa did hold Hamilton to just the one play of 30 or more yards and the Tiger-Cats had scored 86 points in their previous two games. Adarius Pickett led the Redblacks in tackles once again with a total of nine, including just one on special teams. Next in line for total tackles was Ayinde Eley and Bennett Willams, who had five each and were making their debuts as the starting WILL linebacker and safety, respectively. A few things, but glaring in this one was that the Redblacks had a 38-10 ratio in passing/running plays. Particularly confounding was that Daniel Adeboboye, who had the biggest game of an Ottawa running back when he rushed 10 times for 96 yards in the lone win over Calgary, was handed the ball just three times. With a declining workload, Adeboboye's yards-per-carry average has gone from 9.60 against the Stamps to 6.57 against the Argos to 4.33 in each of the last two games.
Calgary Herald
13-07-2025
- Sport
- Calgary Herald
How an off night for QB Dru Brown played into the Ottawa Redblacks' fifth loss of CFL season
Article content The normally consistent Dru Brown picked a bad time to have his worst half of football as the Ottawa Redblacks' starting quarterback Saturday night in Hamilton. Article content It was more than just the two interceptions he underthrew into the hands of Tiger-Cats defensive back Jamal Peters in quarters three and four — the second of which was particularly untimely as it came at the Ottawa 43 and on the first play after a Kalil Pimpleton 105-yard punt return for a touchdown was wiped out by an illegal block penalty when Ottawa was in front 20-13 with a little more than 13 minutes left in the game. Article content Article content Article content While the Redblacks held the Tiger-Cats to a field goal off that turnover, they did relinquish the lead they had held since scoring on their opening drive when a roughing the passer penalty moved the ball from the Redblacks' 30 to their 15, setting the stage for a Kenny Lawler TD catch just three snaps later. Article content But with still plenty of time for the Redblacks to make their own comeback, they completely unravelled. Article content The puzzling decision to put William Stanback in place for his first kick return since 2018 backfired when the big running back failed to make a clean catch of Marc Liegghio's offering. Stanback had to retreat to pick up the loose ball, then could only advance it 12 yards to the Ottawa 19. Article content That's when Brown's play became uncharacteristic beyond his first two interceptions of the season. Article content Article content Entering the game with a CFL-best 77.4 completion percentage, he connected on just one of five passes, and even that one would have landed on the ground had Justin Hardy not made a great grab. Article content Article content Of the four misfires, the first was intended for rookie Keelan White and the other three were headed towards Eugene Lewis, who wound up with seven catches for 128 yards but should have had better numbers considering he was targeted 14 times. Article content Article content Brown wound up completing 24 of 38 passes (63.2 per cent) for 283 yards, but was only 11-of-19 (57.8 per cent) for 146 yards in the second half. Article content 'It's tough to lead most of (the game) and then not be able to execute at the end,' he told TSN1200's A.J. Jakubec, before addressing the interceptions. 'If stuff like that happens in the second quarter, it kind of blows over. But there's certain times where you've got to be really focused on what your job is. I think even before the last one, we had an opportunity to get the ball out on the perimeter, and I could have thrown a more catchable (pass) so (the receiver) could get north versus someone outside being involved. So I've look at all those things.'
Ottawa Citizen
13-07-2025
- Sport
- Ottawa Citizen
How an off night for QB Dru Brown played into the Ottawa Redblacks' fifth loss of CFL season
Article content The normally consistent Dru Brown picked a bad time to have his worst half of football as the Ottawa Redblacks' starting quarterback Saturday night in Hamilton. Article content It was more than just the two interceptions he underthrew into the hands of Tiger-Cats defensive back Jamal Peters in quarters three and four — the second of which was particularly untimely as it came at the Ottawa 43 and on the first play after a Kalil Pimpleton 105-yard punt return for a touchdown was wiped out by an illegal block penalty when Ottawa was in front 20-13 with a little more than 13 minutes left in the game. Article content Article content Article content While the Redblacks held the Tiger-Cats to a field goal off that turnover, they did relinquish the lead they had held since scoring on their opening drive when a roughing the passer penalty moved the ball from the Redblacks' 30 to their 15, setting the stage for a Kenny Lawler TD catch just three snaps later. Article content The puzzling decision to put William Stanback in place for his first kick return since 2018 backfired when the big running back failed to make a clean catch of Marc Liegghio's offering. Stanback had to retreat to pick up the loose ball, then could only advance it 12 yards to the Ottawa 19. Article content That's when Brown's play became uncharacteristic beyond his first two interceptions of the season. Article content Article content Entering the game with a CFL-best 77.4 completion percentage, he connected on just one of five passes, and even that one would have landed on the ground had Justin Hardy not made a great grab. Article content Article content Of the four misfires, the first was intended for rookie Keelan White and the other three were headed towards Eugene Lewis, who wound up with seven catches for 128 yards but should have had better numbers considering he was targeted 14 times. Article content Article content Brown wound up completing 24 of 38 passes (63.2 per cent) for 283 yards, but was only 11-of-19 (57.8 per cent) for 146 yards in the second half. Article content 'It's tough to lead most of (the game) and then not be able to execute at the end,' he told TSN1200's A.J. Jakubec, before addressing the interceptions. 'If stuff like that happens in the second quarter, it kind of blows over. But there's certain times where you've got to be really focused on what your job is. I think even before the last one, we had an opportunity to get the ball out on the perimeter, and I could have thrown a more catchable (pass) so (the receiver) could get north versus someone outside being involved. So I've look at all those things.'
