Trophy at Stake
Canadian Football League Commissioner Doug Mitchell added a new twist to the long-standing rivalry between the Toronto Argonauts and Hamilton Tiger-Cats with the unveiling of the Harold E. Ballard Trophy.
The $9,000 trophy, named after the 82-year-old owner of the Tiger-Cats and the National Hockey League’s Toronto Maple Leafs, is to be awarded each year to the winner of the regular-season series between the two teams.
“It (the trophy) will never be in Toronto,” predicted Ballard.
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