Among his books are one on former NHL player Mike Danton, who was imprisoned for conspiracy to commit murder after hiring a hitman to kill his agent, David Frost.
[3] A regular feature of Simmons' weekend column is the "And hey, whatever became of..." question, which typically concerns a former athlete who has been out of the public eye for some time.
[9] In 2015, Simmons created a controversy when, in a column he wrote for the Toronto Sun,[10] he claimed that NHL forward Phil Kessel frequented a hot dog vendor located outside of his apartment on a daily basis.
[12] While participating as a guest on a local radio program, Simmons attempted to clarify the matter by claiming that there was a miscommunication with his source regarding the location of the hot dog vendor.
The post script of the letter reads thus: "How did the country that produced literary giants like Margaret Atwood and Alice Munro also crap out Steve Simmons?