Tuesday, April 14, 2021
Column HR301
The ODC scoops the (little) big boys, again!
As most regular readers know, the Old Dart Coach avoids the spotlight like the devil does holy water. Those who knew him during the Golden Era are well aware that he’d routinely slip into a tournament hall, always inconspicuously dressed in …
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Howie Reed's ColumnThursday, April 1, 2021
Column HR300
BREAKING NEWS from the PDC!
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Information in this column has been provided to Toeing the Oche by several different sources inside the PDC. In that none of them authorized release of this information and have “no authority or permission to speak on the behalf of the Professional …
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Howie Reed's Column
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Column HR299
Understanding “Q” School (and women)
There are reports circulating that the largest book ever published is the recently released “How to Understand Women – Volume I”. The book itself is 13,248 pages with an appendix of another 2,000 pages. The equally hefty Volume II is due out early in …
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Howie Reed's Column
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Column 597
Step #1 – Getting to the pub!
Under normal circumstances the act of going down to the pub for a few beers and a night at the oche is a simple maneuver. You grab your darts, the keys to the car and roll. You then drink too much, throw …
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Dartoid's Column
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Column HR298
Beware, Johnny Clayton!
Mention the name John Travolta and most people think of the Academy Award-winning actor for Saturday Night Fever and Pulp Fiction. Those of the Golden Generation of darts might have a different remembrance of him…
…maybe his role in the #1 TV sitcom in the …
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Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Column 596
Darts and politics DON’T MIX!
“For some time, I have been working on a column, struggling really,” I wrote to a friend recently.
Writer’s block? No. I never have a problem putting words to paper.
It’s worse…
Although I don’t throw competitively much these days most of my closest …
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Dartoid's Column
Monday, January 18, 2021
Column HR297
Baggish is wrong. Sorry.
Sports in this 21st Century might best be elucidated by the term “sports analytics” – defined as a “collection of relevant historical, statistics that can provide a competitive advantage to a team or individual.” (The use of same also gives a coach, manager or owner …
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Howie Reed's ColumnWednesday, January 6, 2021
Column HR296
HOLY MOLEY, MR. FOLEY… THE PRICE WAS RIGHT!
The PDC has crowned a new World Champion and new World #1 – Wales native, Gerwyn Price – and presented him with the Sid Waddell Trophy and a check for £500,000!
Price defeated former World Champion Gary Anderson 7-3. When Price …
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Thursday, December 31, 2020
Column 595
Goodbye 2020! Hello 2021!
My plans for welcoming the New Millennium were set 26 years ago (now 47!) in Kalamazoo, Michigan. In fact, when the beer ran out and as the sun began to cast its glow across the snow on the first morning of 1974, my roommates and …
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Dartoid's ColumnWednesday, December 23, 2020
Column HR295
Baggish Bags Big Baby
“I’ll Be Home for Christmas” and “Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire” are the Old Dart Coach’s two favorite Christmas songs – the latter written in the heat of a July day in Los Angeles by Mel Tormé. The ODC sings it in the key …
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