O’Leary: Hall of Fame nod an opportunity for Cornish to inspire
If you know anything about Jon Cornish, Wednesday’s news shouldn’t have been a surprise. If you had the good fortune to witness Cornish perform the alchemy required to harness the best attributes of...
Call to the Hall: 2019 Hall of Fame Class revealed
TORONTO — The Canadian Football Hall of Fame (CFHOF) and Museum’s stellar Class of 2019 features one of the Canadian Football League’s (CFL) top Canadian running backs, three receivers who...
HOF Profile: Johnson, “It’s just a level of intensity and it won’t be replicated”
Six years after his last game as a professional football player, Brent Johnson still looks back at it all in awe. “Professional sports and specifically football, it’s a very high-intensity arena...
HOF Profile: A dream come true for Hank Ilesic
Hank Ilesic remembers the sidelines well, his hands resting on a chain link fence in downtown Edmonton, watching his favourite team practice day after day. “Most of those players on that team were...
HOF Profile: Miles, “I think I was blessed with a gift.”
Barron Miles sat there for a moment, pondering the decision. Which play is more deflating, he was asked. An interception or a blocked kick? A master at both, the 12-year CFL vet eventually came to a...
HOF Profiles: Miles, “I think I was blessed with a gift.”
Barron Miles sat there for a moment, pondering the decision. Which play is more deflating, he was asked. An interception or a blocked kick? A master at both, the 12-year CFL vet eventually came to a...
HOF Profile: Hugo found a way to shine, regardless of situation
Tom Hugo was an enigma. Listed at five-foot-10 and about 220 pounds, the first Hawaiian player in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union (the forerunner to the CFL) was an all-star centre for the...
HOF Profile: Scott Flory, a lover of the game
Scott Flory isn’t sure how it happened, how at the age of 12 he was in full football gear, running out the door of his home in Regina, Saskatchewan, with one thing on his mind. “I just remember...
HOF Profile: A ring designed for the Hall, now one for Brule
Every entrant into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame has done something unique, but no one will enter the hall the way that Paul Brule will. “I go back in my mind through one of my jobs,” the...
HOF Profile: Cosentino played and wrote his way into history
Frank Cosentino has been very gracious about his induction into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame. The former CFL quarterback, university coach turned academic and author of 18 books — including...
Grand Unveiling: Canadian Football Hall of Fame opens at Tim Hortons Field
The Canadian Football Hall of Fame was officially opened to the public in a redesigned and refurbished space at Tim Horton's Field in Hamilton.
CFHOF and museum now open at Tim Hortons Field
HAMILTON — The Canadian Football Hall of Fame and Museum officially relaunched on Friday in a completely redesigned and refurbished 10,000 square foot space in the club level at Tim Hortons Field. A...