{"id":845563,"date":"2026-08-04T08:36:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T08:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/845563\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T08:36:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T08:36:50","slug":"argos-acquire-offensive-lineman-chris-kolankowski-in-trade-with-hamilton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/845563\/","title":{"rendered":"Argos acquire offensive lineman Chris Kolankowski in trade with Hamilton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO \u2013 The Toronto Argonauts announced on Monday they have agreed to terms with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on a trade that sends Canadian offensive lineman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/players\/chris-kolankowski\/162332\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-ga-category=\"Clicks - Article\" data-ga-action=\"article-player-link\" data-ga-opt-label=\"Chris Kolankowski\">Chris Kolankowski<\/a> to Toronto in exchange for a 2027 sixth-round CFL Canadian Draft pick.<\/p>\n<p>Kolankowski (six-foot-one, 307 pounds) is back in Double Blue after spending his first three years in the CFL with the club from 2016 to 2018. The two-time Grey Cup champion has played eight games for the Ticats in 2026 after five seasons with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers from 2021 to 2025.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED<br \/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/players\/tommy-stevens\/165599\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-ga-category=\"Clicks - Article\" data-ga-action=\"article-player-link\" data-ga-opt-label=\"Tommy Stevens\">Tommy Stevens<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/08\/01\/tommy-stevens-scores-three-touchdowns-as-riders-hold-off-elks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u00a0scores three touchdowns as Riders hold off Elks<\/a><br \/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/08\/01\/stampeders-stifle-tiger-cats-to-earn-road-win\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stampeders stifle Tiger-Cats to earn road win<\/a><br \/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/07\/31\/alexander-powers-alouettes-past-redblacks-for-fifth-straight-win\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Alexander powers Alouettes past REDBLACKS for fifth straight win<\/a><br \/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/07\/30\/horvath-salter-run-wild-as-lions-upset-bombers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Salter, Horvath power Lions over Bombers<\/a><br \/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/plus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"Sign up and watch CFL games on CFL+ in the U.S. and Internationally - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/plus\" data-uw-original->Sign up and watch CFL games on CFL+ in the U.S. and Internationally<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While in Winnipeg, the Etobicoke native played 73 regular season games and four straight Grey Cup games, winning in 2021. The former York University Lion first lifted the Grey Cup with the Argos in 2017. For his career, Kolankowski has suited up in 103 regular-season games, five playoff games and five Grey Cups.<\/p>\n<p>The Argos also announced the release of Canadian offensive lineman Keegan O\u2019Neil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2013 The Toronto Argonauts announced on Monday they have agreed to terms with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":845564,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-845563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=845563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/845564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=845563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=845563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=845563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}