Monday, June 29, 2026
Column 717
John Part – a memory for your birthday (has it really been 23 years!)
In 1999, I sat down in a bar outside of Toronto to interview John Part. He’d won the Embassy in 1994, was ranked 6th by the World Darts Federation and was holding down the number …
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Monday, June 1, 2026
Column 716
The Old Guard, the New Breed… and the Space In Between
There was a time – not all that long ago, though it now feels like it belongs to a different century – when a professional darts player looked like he’d just wandered in from a long afternoon at …
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Monday, May 11, 2026
Column 715
Dartoid’s Book – Get It While It’s HOT!
I went hunting the other day…
Not for trouble (though that has a way of finding me), and not for a d16 (though that continues to elude me), but for a book by my late friend George Silberzahn – a man …
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Friday, April 30, 2026
Column 714
Beau Greaves!!!
There are “moments” in darts when the noise fades just a bit – when the chatter in the pub dips, the scorer leans forward, and even the guy who hasn’t hit a double since the George W. Bush administration steadies himself for a look.
You don’t see …
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Friday, April 10, 2026
Column 713
I miss my friend, Howie Reed
This is from one year ago.
It’s hard to believe it’s been that long since the darts world lost Howie Reed.
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April 10, 2025
This may be the most difficult column I’ve ever written…
The crazy thing is that the “plan” was …
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Column 712
Darts on the Edge of the Arctic Circle
It began, as these things often do, with a message that made no sense.
“Pack light. Bring your darts. Just get yourself to Reykjavík.”
Now, I’ve played darts in some strange places over the years – a rooftop in Hanoi, a …
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Monday, March 23, 2026
Column 711
Lead the world, Dart People – BOYCOTT McDonald’s
Ever since I first started throwing league darts, I have followed the same sacred after-match routine.
Straight to McDonald’s.
Two cheeseburgers and a small fry.
The burgers were never for me. They were for my dogs, who enthusiastically greeted my return …
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Saturday, February 28, 2026
Column 710
Darts in the Islamic Republic of Iran (old, but timely)
While I had hoped business travel might coincide with the 13th staging of the Asia Pacific Cup in Kuala Lumpur in September, it was not to be. News reached me fast however and I was pleased to learn that …
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Monday, February 16, 2026
Column 709
The Epstein Darts Invitational
You know you’ve slipped into an alternate darts universe when the venue offers juice boxes instead of pints, a hand-painted banner screams NO RUNNING WITH SHARP OBJECTS, and the air is thick with the unmistakable aroma of fish sticks.
Yes, the latest Dartoid’s World …
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Saturday, January 31, 2026
Column 708
A (stolen) darts joke: A drunk staggers into a bar…
Really drunk. Can barely stand.
He slurs, “Bartender… gimme a martini.”
“Nope,” says the bartender. “You’ve had enough.”
The drunk notices a dartboard behind the bar.
“Fine. Gimme the darts.”
The bartender shrugs, hands him three darts – figuring …
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