The Browns washout is trying to revive his career, and rehabilitate himself, in the Canadian league. Here’s how he went from NFL first-rounder to Hamilton Tiger-Cats backup in four years, and the process that cleared him to play
HAMILTON, Ontario—For all practical purposes Bob Young is the owner of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, but he prefers being called “caretaker.” Hailing from this tight-knit industrial city located an hour southwest of Toronto, the 58-year-old software businessman bought the historic CFL franchise to memorialize his younger brother, a lifelong Ticats fan who died of skin cancer in 2002. Now when players enter the stadium before home games, they pass beneath a sign that…
