Friday, April 1, 2016
Column 514
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 ColumnMonday, March 28, 2016
Column 513
The Michigan Dartmen’s Club STEPS UP for the People of Flint!
Since publishing my last column announcing the Inaugural Darts for Charity Series (to benefit the citizens of Flint, Michigan) many of you have kindly contacted me and pledged support. Thank you so much! Darts players are simply the …
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Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Column 512
The Inaugural Darts for Charity Series – FLINT LIVES MATTER!
The bad rap dart players are often branded with is just as often well deserved. Some of us dress like slobs, act out over missed shots, drink too much, ogle women, bad mouth each other in public forums. I …
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Thursday, February 18, 2016
Column 511
Willkommen Charis Mutschler!
For a long time, I have been searching for a member of the female persuasion to join Howie Reed, Jamie Barron and myself at Dartoid’s World. I have approached lots of women with my “proposition” and been slapped silly. It’s the story of my life ever …
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Dartoid's ColumnWednesday, February 10, 2016
Column 510
Do numbers lie?
Dartoid’s World has been running a poll for the past few days. The question: Over the next three years, which of the following will have the most impact on the future of darts in North America?
As of this writing, 1,014 votes have been cast. …
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Dartoid's ColumnMonday, February 1, 2016
Column 509
Darts under the Northern Lights
I must begin today with an apology to Kace Sanders, president of the Goldenheart Dart Association (Goldenheart Dart Association)…
After spending a terrific night throwing darts with Kace and his girlfriend, Tracy, at the Refinery Lounge in North Pole, Alaska, I promised …
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Friday, January 1, 2016
Column 508
Tomlinson, Haycock, and Smith resurrect Bulls Eye News!
It was a short but meteoric career. Few of today’s young players were alive at the time…
After winning the Columbus, Ohio, city championship in 1982 and the world championship (defeating John Lowe in straight sets) in 1983, the once bushy-haired …
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Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Column 507
Darts in Paciano, Italy
Just as it was whales that brought award-winning environmental writer (and former Greenpeace staffer) Kieran Mulvaney to Paciano, Italy, a few weeks ago it was somewhat the same for me…
I made the trip to Umbria – the “Green Heart of Italy” – to join …
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Dartoid's ColumnMonday, November 9, 2015
Column 506
Darts NEEDS a universal Code of Conduct, now more than ever!
The following column was written in 2014…
Perhaps if the leaders who have emerged since it was published pressed for a meeting of the various darts organizations the concept might be moved forward and problems that tarnish the …
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Sunday, November 1, 2015
Column 504
Ghosts, goblins and the ADO
Last night was Halloween! Or Punky Night, if you live in Somerset, England.
As we in America tossed Tootsie Rolls into sacks thrust at us by sticky little children cleverly disguised as sticky little children in sheets, across the pond in Somerset, the Brits …
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