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Monday, November 9, 2009 2:27 PM

Ticats seeking boat sponsor. . . really

You've got to like the quick thinking of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats these days.

And I'm talking off the field.

Sunday night, less than an hour after the Cats had handed the Winnipeg Blue Bombers a 37-19 defeat, their staff was on the phone laying plans to try to drum up a boat sponsor.

The idea was sprung after the Cats celebrated a pair of interception returns for touchdown by jumping into a power boat that was parked at the back of the Winnipeg end zone during the fourth quarter.

Linebacker Markeith Knowlton said he heard teammate Chris Thompson yelling "the boat, the boat" as he was returning the first of those two picks for a score.

The Ticats were flagged both times for unsportsmanlike conduct ... but even head coach Marcel Bellefeuille said he'd get over it by Monday.

Now the Cats are hoping to capitalize on the celebration skit by picking up a new sponsor.

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David Naylor

David Naylor has been a Globe and Mail sportswriter since 2000. A graduate of Carleton University’s journalism program, he interned at The Globe in 1991 before spending the next eight years covering news and sports in print, radio and television for various media outlets, including the CBC, The Score, NPR, The Village Voice and The Globe and Mail.

He has covered CFL football in Toronto, Ottawa and Saskatchewan and has reported on 12 Grey Cup Games. He has also covered eight Super Bowls, 12 years of Stanley Cup playoffs, an NCAA basketball tournament, the Olympics and Paralympic Games.

In addition to his duties with The Globe, David is a regular contributor on TSN, appearing as a panelist on The Reporters with Dave Hodge and as TSN’s CFL Insider on Sportscentre and game-day broadcasts. He is also frequently heard as a commentator on sports for CBC Radio.

David is the co-author of the best-selling book, McCown’s Law, The 100 Greatest Hockey Arguments.