Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Column CM87
Corona Darts!
I had no idea when I returned home from the UK Open in Minehead how radically in a very short time the darts scene all over the world would change. Well, I had a queasy feeling…
I already had that queasy feeling on my journey to Minehead. …
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Charis' Column
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Column HR281
Beware! They walk among us!
With sports in virtual mode until goodness knows when, the Old Dart Coach has to actually do some creative thinking – a task which many, including his Most Honorable Editor, label “impossible.”
The PDC has transformed into virtual group matches called the Unibet Home …
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Howie Reed's Column
Monday, April 13, 2020
Column HR280
Danger in success
From Day One the Old Dart Coach has exalted what the Professional Dart Corporation has done for darts.
During a recent phone conversation, a longtime force in darts said, “I never would have believed what has happened and where the sport is today.” He was spot …
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Howie Reed's Column
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Column HR278
Drivel
This is not an April Fools effort. Sad but true.
With sports locked down tighter than a Scotchman’s wallet the Old Dart Coach will revert to writing about nothing or, as the late Bill Nicoll Sr. would say, “You write drivel.”
Darts currently is deader than Kelsey’s reproductive …
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Howie Reed's Column
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Column 587
Seal Boy is REAL – and now throws darts, in the Philippines!
It’s true what they say, “Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction.”
When I was a kid, I was a swimmer, a pretty fast swimmer. My time for the 100 fly (52.6 – short course – in …
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Dartoid's Column
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Column HR278
http://dartoidsworld.net/?p=5943&preview=trueCoronavirus and a Great White attack!
The edict came down from on high (translation: from the Most Honorable Editor) that the Old Dart Coach must prepare a darting column this week. But the Most Honorable One had a ground rule…
“You may not mention the coronavirus or any boring …
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Howie Reed's Column
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Column 586
Is somebody murdering dart players?
Down here in the “Real Texas,” Amarillo to be precise (where the phrase “nice bull” doesn’t generally refer to a little red circle on a dart board), darter Ray Fournier of the West Texas Darts Association (WTDA) weaved a tale that simply has to …
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Dartoid's Column
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Column HR277
Is the PDC losing its mind?
As difficult as it may be to believe The Old Dart Coach has an ego as wide and deep as the Grand Canyon. This condition can affect anyone (or entity) which becomes overly enamored with oneself (or itself). As an expert on ego …
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Howie Reed's Column
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Column HR276
Peter Wright’s critics should STFU!
Back when the Old Dart Coach was still waiting to add the word “Old” to his nom de plume he was asked by a lady, “How do you write a column?” He gave some lager-fueled answer which seemed to satisfy her – a first …
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Howie Reed's Column
Wednesday, January 29, 2020
Column HR275
Eatin’ crow!
After dining on a meal of “crow” (medium rare), fava beans and a nice Chianti the Old Dart Coach is ready to give this column deal another try…
Recently, the ODC wrote, “In the history of sport, no sport has made such a rapid rise to prominence …
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Howie Reed's Column