Tarps Apparel Co. is a Hamilton-based apparel company whose line of premium t-shirts celebrate several of the Canadian Football League's legendary athletes, characters and moments. Co-owner Chris Hyk was nice enough to join us for a chat and give us a little of the back story behind this really cool venture. @DefendTheR: Let's start with … Continue reading Tarps Apparel bring CFL legends back in focus
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The Social: Chatting with the man behind @Redblacks, Tyler Rabb
As has become pretty much an annual affair, we sat down with the man behind @Redblacks recently for a chat. Tyler Rabb is OSEG’s “Growth Hacker” (his official title), taking over from Mat Smith, who moved on following last year’s Grey Cup. Tyler shared a bit about himself, his road to a communications/social media career … Continue reading The Social: Chatting with the man behind @Redblacks, Tyler Rabb
The Social: Checking in with Mat Smith
Over the first three years of the Ottawa Redblacks existence, the man behind Redblacks social media - Mat Smith - was always generous with his time for us (2014 interview here, 2016 here) and the #RNation fanbase. Mat moved on from OSEG following the 2016 season to start Harbourfront Media. We caught up to reminisce and … Continue reading The Social: Checking in with Mat Smith
A couple opinions on the Redblacks new jerseys
On Thursday (or Jersday, as it turns out), the CFL and its nine teams revealed their new Adidas-designed uniforms to the world. In Ottawa, we heard tidbits of information over the last month about some of the new features, but today was the day for fans to finally see what their team will be wearing … Continue reading A couple opinions on the Redblacks new jerseys
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