11 Facts About Steve Simmons

Steve Simmons is a Canadian sports journalist with the Toronto Sun, and nationally syndicated throughout Sun Media.

Steve Simmons previously worked as a sports columnist for the Calgary Herald, Calgary Sun, London Free Press, The Globe and Mail, and The Hockey News.

Steve Simmons first wrote for the Calgary Herald and Calgary Sun.

Steve Simmons joined the Toronto Sun in 1987, becoming a sports columnist for them two years later.

Steve Simmons has co-written or contributed to several books on hockey.

Steve Simmons has been involved in broadcast media, including being a Day-one host on The Fan 590 in Toronto, and a Day-one studio contributor on what was then Headline Sports and later became The Score television network.

Steve Simmons is seen as an occasional guest on Monday airings of TSN's The Reporters with Dave Hodge and heard across multiple shows on TSN 1050 radio.

Steve Simmons won the 2013 Sports Media Canada George Gross Award for Outstanding Sportswriting.

In 2015, Steve Simmons created a controversy when, in a column he wrote for the Toronto Sun, he claimed that NHL forward Phil Kessel frequented a hot dog vendor located outside of his apartment on a daily basis.

Steve Simmons has yet to respond in print to address concerns about the accuracy of that column.

Steve Simmons was referenced in a spoof letter supposedly written by Phil Kessel after Kessel had won the Stanley Cup with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2016.