No Heavy Lifting: Globetrotting Adventures of a Sports Media Guy

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Join Rob Simpson on a dozen once-in-a-lifetime adventures in the world of international media

Though hes now known to hockey fans across North America for his NHL commentary and as co-host of the Stellick and Simmer SiriusXM radio show, Rob Simpson didnt start his radio and TV career rinkside: his media background has taken him around the world and into uniquely unexpected situations. In No Heavy Lifting, Simpson recounts some of his wildest adventures from stints as a TV weatherman in Hawaii, a hockey reporter at the Torino Olympics, a skydiver in Idaho, and a marathoner in New York, to immigrating north of the border.

Take ten grand a year out of your bank account, for ten years, and gamble it away Check. Take a humanitarian trip to the Serengeti with a beloved NHL player whose brain damage may have led to his death Check. Alienate and scandalize the most powerful man in Hawaiian politics Check. Climb Mount Kilimanjaro wearing someone elses boots and clothes Checkmate.

Featuring stories about NBA legends Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Dr. J Julius Erving, and Larry Bird, and NHL superstars Zdeno Chara, Joe Thornton, Steve Montador, Scott Gomez, Domenic Moore, and Nicklas Lidstrm, this episodic memoir is told with Simpsons arch sense of humor.

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"Spanning the globe, Simmer has been there, done that, and shares these stories with his usual sense of enthusiasm, adventure, and, most importantly, sense of humour." -- Gord Stellick, Sportnet radio, SiriusXM NHL Network (co-host of Stellick & Simmer)

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Rob Simpson is one of the only human beings in the last five years to bridge the rivalry between TSN and Rogers Sportsnet, having done live reporting and play-by-play for both. Simpson co-hosts a national radio talk show on NHL Network radio and used to host NHL Live in New York. He lives in Toronto; find him on Twitter @simmerpuck. John Shannon, a former longtime hockey broadcast executive, is a Sports Emmy Award-winning analyst and a current panelist on Sportsnets Hockey Central.