Wednesday, January 3, 2018
Column HR217
THANK YOU Philip Douglas Taylor!
The opening line of William Shakespeare’s As You Like It is “All the world’s a stage.” No one remembers that the Old Dart Coach – before he was he Old Dart Coach – appeared in Mrs. Warren’s 9th grade class production of As You …
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Tuesday, January 2, 2018
Column 551
Anne Kramer’s Laguna Sector
Back in 2013 when Anne “Sleepy” Kramer published her first book, The Ultimate Book of Darts, it was observed in this space that “For some reason Larry Butler, the most consistent player of the past three decades and only American ever to win a …
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Thursday, December 28
Column HR216
The ODC’s second “last” column of 2017
Editor’s note: In his last column of 2017 (which you may now have guessed wasn’t) the Old Dart Coach wrote the following: To clear the slate for the New Year the ODC has a confession to make. He’s in a consensual workplace …
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Howie Reed's Column
Thursday, December 21, 2017
Column 550
Steel-tip ain’t no Olympic shoo-in – there’s (plastic) competition!
They call him the “Dragon” and he’s a former world champion. He has basked in the glory of his ‘sport,’ one that some describe as “just the right mix of skill and intellect.” Growing older and with a family, he …
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Dartoid's ColumnTuesday, December 19
Column HR215
Paul Lim – you did us PROUD. Keep it going!
Aided by copious amounts of Miller Genuine and a nice cigar and to borrow from the Huey Lewis album, Sports: “THIS IS IT” – the ODC’s last column of 2017 (which no doubt will be greeted by cheers from …
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Howie Reed's Column
December 15, 2017
Column 549
The Greatest World Championship Match Ever?
As the PDC world championship moves into full swing it seems worth sharing (from May 2003) a replay of what many believe was the greatest world championship final ever…
In 1999, I sat down in a bar outside of Toronto to interview John Part. …
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Dartoid's ColumnAs one of my blues harp classmates, Richard Verrochi, put it, “I came to Clarksdale to do a deal with the Devil and found out the Devil was Jon Gindick – and he wasn’t dealin’.”
Gindick, as most of you dart people will not know, is one of the premier blues harmonica instructors in the …
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Dartoid's Column
Wednesday, November 22, 2017
Column 547
Ohio State vs. Michigan. And DARTS!
The other day I posted my prediction (104 – 3) for Saturday’s annual Ohio State vs. Michigan game. I was generous to Michigan. I gave them 3 points because my wife and daughter went to college in Ann Arbor even though the university …
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Dartoid's Column
Thursday, November 15
Column HR214
Some advice for the new ADO president
It can be reported with certainty that anyone who plays or has played darts has at one time or another been asked…
“You play darts? How many bulls can you throw?”
After one answers, the inevitable less-than-cute follow up question usually is…
“Seriously?”…
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Howie Reed's Column
Wednesday, November 1
Column HR213
The ADO should beg machine operators to take over the sport!
There are times, abeit rather rare, when the Old Dart Coach is spot on.
He may have hit on something recently when he mentioned that the PDC seemed to have “a big tournament every week on TV.” The overall …
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