Retirement
In 2001, Hunt was honoured by Sports Media Canada, the Canadian arm of the international sportswriters' association, with an achievement award. He also authored the autobiography All Work and All Play: A Life in the Outrageous World of Sports (ISBN 0-470-83552-4) with Steve Simmons a fellow Canadian journalist writing the foreword. Published by Wiley and Sons, it was released on September 30, 2005. It was a collection of stories from his time as a reporter. Long after he'd retired from full-time work he continued writing a Tuesday column for the Sun, his last one running February 28, 2006.
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