Wayne Simmonds fires back at racist hockey writer ''you've been warned''
The Toronto Sun newspaper is published by Postmedia Network and published its first edition on November 1st, 1973.
So it would follow that Steve Simmons would be a reporter there, as he continues to post regularly terrible NHL takes and racist content.
Former Toronto Maple Leafs Forward Wayne Simmonds wasn't having any of Simmons's contempt-worthy material this week after he punched back on another trashy Simmons column.
You Are Minimizing the pain and suffering and dismissing the actual fight that we as a ppl actually have to endure just to even be accepted in the game of hockey at a lower level nvm the professional ranks. DO NOT EVER use my name or any other player of colour's name to try and
make your point. We will no longer sit by quietly as our characters are assassinated Steve! This will only make us stronger and speak out against ppl of your nature! If you were trying to be cool or funny, you missed your mark. YOUVE BEEN WARNED!!! Ps this is me being nice!
Simmons' dedication to being wrong and misunderstanding power dynamics is not surprising, given his papers' background as a rag that probably helped give birth to Doug Ford's political career.
The reporter's contrast of two different players, with different career trajectories, was pretty-short sighed, yet Simmons has been a member of the Toronto Chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers Association, having covered the Leafs unceremoniously since 1980(Yikes).
Aliu responded back in kind:
«You're a racist and you're an arrogant, and you have zero credibility and respect from even your own peers in the media space and athletes alike,» Aliu added. «And if the Toronto Sun had any integrity whatsoever, you will never write another column again.»
Simmons, unfortunately, used to being dragged on Twitter and today was no different, as Simmonds and Aliu rightfully dragged Simmons for his column.
Simmonds spent the majority of his career split between, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, New Jersey, and Buffalo and his last two seasons in Toronto, playing 1,019 NHL games.
Aliu played 7 games in the NHL, after being drafted 56th overall.
The Toronto Sun nor the Toronto Maple Leafs have yet to publically comment on the story.
