ROD SIMONS
Game 676 | June 29, 2006 | Twin Cities Sports Anchors
This popular feature returned in 2006 and featured KARE 11's Randy Shaver, as well as newly arrived Bob Rainey of WCCO TV and KSTP's Rod Simons. Rainey had joined WCCO in 2004. Well-liked by his co-workers, Rainey was diagnosed with colon cancer and died in July 2008 at age 46. Rod Simons, died in February 2017 in Fort Myers, Fla., where he was covering Twins spring training. He was 56.
Pioneer Press: Rod Simons, former KSTP-Channel 5 sports anchor, dies at 56
