Thursday, August 1, 2019
Column 575
The difference between the CDC (and PDC) and the ADO
You may remember the day when (thanks to the late Charles Schulz, whose words I’ve embellished a bit) Charlie Brown, Lucy and Linus were relaxing on the side of a hill looking at cloud formations in the sky…
Lucy …
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Monday, July 1, 2019
Column 574
Darts survives perfect storm in Fukushima, Japan
First came the 9.0 magnitude earthquake. Then a towering tsunami that raged inland for miles, sweeping to their death more than 15,000 people and countless animals.
Then it got worse, much worse.
In what would become a catastrophic nuclear meltdown, claimed by …
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Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Column 573
How to Master the Game of Cricket – a book review
Full disclosure: Mesa, Arizona’s Jason Carter and I have a history. It dates to when I took issue with an article he wrote about MAPP (Minimum Advertising Price Policies). It was riddled with inaccuracies and fundamentally argued that …
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Thursday, May 9, 2019
Column 572
Shoe for Dart, again!
Ronnie “Rocket” Baxter, who once demolished me repeatedly one evening at CD’s Lounge in Las Vegas, was recently asked in a Facebook post what type of shoe is best for darts.
His answer: trainers. In American lingo that’s tennis shoes.
This may or may not …
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Monday, April 29, 2019
Column 571
Darts in Hiroshima, Japan
“I’m a travelin’ man, I’ve made a lot of stops all over the world,” cooed Ricky Nelson in 1961. The song was a massive hit, rising to the top of the charts. Teenage girls swooned. Not widely known is that the tune was written for …
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Monday, April 8, 2019
Column 570
Darts near the River Kwai
If you’re a whistler there are handful of tunes you no doubt have in your repertoire.
While the “top” lists of anything are subjective if you’re a whistler you will agree “The Fishin’ Hole” and “Colonel Bogey March” belong near the apex of any …
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Thursday, February 14, 2019
Column 569
Valentines are Fucked (an inappropriate guest column by Jerry Masterson, age 8, that has nothing to do with darts)
Valentines are fucked! And while this sentence may be similar in theme to my previous column, “Kissing Girls is Fucked!” – they are both non-debatable points.
I will now relate …
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Column HR252
To all the ladies: Happy Valentine’s Day!
“Only a publicity stunt,” said former darting great Dr. Linda Batten. Whatever could she be talking about? Was it the PDC’s grand announcement that all Golden Elixir (aka “aiming fluid” – as if the folks in the silly costumes were aiming for …
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Howie Reed's ColumnFriday, February 1, 2019
Column 568
Love letters to the ‘Toid
It’s amazing, but true. I receive fan mail.
For example, the other day I received the following note from someone named Lester. Lester seems to think that I need help walking the fine line between making a point and pissing off the entire fifty …
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Dartoid's ColumnTuesday, December 11, 2018
Column 567
The Ultimate Darts Advantage
With the World Championship just days away and then the Pee Wee World Championship to follow at Lakeside, when one considers the lengths to which a darter will go when searching for something – anything, including farts – to give themselves an advantage, it …
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