Thursday, October 1, 2020
Column HR289
Huston, Gershwin, Peggy Lee – and DARTS?
In 1938, the year of the Old Dart Coach’s birth, actor Walter Huston took to the stage in New York to sing the “September Song” in the musical Knickerbocker Holiday. He sang:
Oh, it’s a long, long while from May to …
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Howie Reed's Column
Monday, September 14, 2020
Column HR288
Strange Year Par Uno
Some relish calling the Old Dart Coach the ultimate Captain Oblivious. He obliges.
It’s been an unusual year for the Professional Darts Corporation and darts in general in oh so many ways – but the demise of the British Darts Organization (BDO) must top the …
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Howie Reed's Column
Thursday, August 20, 2020
Column 592
Setting the record straight, again!
After almost 25 years of publishing columns and books about darts it should come as no surprise that I am asked a lot of questions – but not about darts. Most often I am asked about women and elephants. I suppose this is because …
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Dartoid's Column
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
Column HR287
STOP IT!
The Old Dart Coach likes to reminisce about them “Golden Days of Darts” but when he does many readers echo his pal, Nurse Fluff, and say “STOP IT!”
Regardless, thanks to Facebook postings by Bill Specht fond memories of that era are being brought back and shared …
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Howie Reed's Column
Monday, July 27, 2020
Column 591
Remembering Stacy Bromberg on her birthday…
A few years ago, at King David Mortuary in Las Vegas, Nevada, along with a couple hundred others from as far away as England and Japan, I said good-bye to one of my best friends ever. Stacy Bromberg was just 60 years old. …
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Dartoid's Column
Tuesday, July 28, 2020
Column CM91
Top Secret (or World Matchplay – Quarterfinals to Final)
Do you know those spy thrillers? Or spy movies?
You know, where inconspicuous middle-aged men with brown briefcases (I don’t know why, but they are always brown) travel by train to some really remote village where they are picked up …
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Charis' Column
Wednesday, July 27, 2020
Column HR286
World Matchplay wrap-up – and more BLM!
The Old Dart Coach fell off the soapbox last week. Battered and bruised he’s rejoining the fray…
Of course, darts has always required skill, predominantly hand-eye coordination, and stamina – when prodigious amounts of “aiming fluid” and “group tighter” are involved.
But …
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Howie Reed's Column
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
Column HR285
Matchplay and Racism?
All sports and those who write about them are part of a circus and “under the big top” today the not invisible “elephant in the ring” is racism.
The definition of racism (which the majority of people surely can’t recite) is prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed …
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Howie Reed's Column
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
Column 590
Ant ATTACK!
Some years ago, I threw league darts with a former pro from Houston named Dave “Buddha” Fasnacht. He helped me with my stance and my grip and my mental game. And he gave me some advice that I’ve been trying to follow ever since. According to Buddha …
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Dartoid's Column
Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Column HR284
As the Darts World Turns…
The longest daily “soap serial” in the USA was The Guiding Light. The daily program ran for 72 years on radio and television. The Guiding Light is only topped for longevity in the USA by the Grand Ole Opry which started in 1929 …
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Howie Reed's Column