Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Column HR186
Welcome to the Golden Age of Darts
Those from the Golden Age of Darts will remember the when Ricky Nelson sang his baby heart out with “Garden Party.” The song tells the woeful tale of Nelson playing a concert at Madison Square Garden when he no longer portrayed the …
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Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Column HR185
TARTS DARTS… How Dare Thee!
Not long ago, the Old Dart Coach invited the Las Vegas Reviews Journal’s top sport columnist to a “soft tip” bind draw at a local Las Vegas pub. It would have been a bar without darts. The “luck of the draw” – or “unluck,” …
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Thursday, January 5, 2017
Column 529
CONGRATULATIONS JOHN PART!
Massive CONGRATULATIONS are due three-times world champion John Part, who just the other night was inducted into the PDC Hall of Fame.
I last spent time with John at the CDC finals in Woodland Hills in September. But I recall so many other occasions, from Las …
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Wednesday, January 4, 2016
Column HR184
Christmas Presents!
During the Old Dart Coach’s first trip to England – “many moons ago,” as the Injuns say – he went to a soccer game on New Year’s Day. Had to since, as surprising as it sounds, they didn’t show the Rose Bowl on TV there. Strange folks.…
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Tuesday, January 3, 2017
Column 528
It is TRUE!
Her name is Yvonne Whitfield. Until a chance meeting a couple of years ago I hadn’t thought of her, let alone seen her, since 1974. She recognized me. I don’t know how – I look nothing like I did all those years ago.
We dated a …
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Friday, December 23, 2016
Column 527
Some excitement. Some disappointments.
As readers may have gathered, Dartoid’s World experienced another hack of some kind November. All is now resolved and we’re back to normal, or abnormal, depending on your perspective. The hack has been traced to either the Russians or the ADO.
Of course, all attention …
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Dartoid's ColumnTuesday, December 20, 2016
Column HR183
Christmas Presents!
‘Tis the time of year when we raise our voices on high to sing, “Deck the Halls with Balls from Holly.” Holly was formerly known as Hank but got a reality show out of the deal, along with the ultimate equipment change.
Old Rudolf’s getting ready for …
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Friday, December 2, 2016
Column HR182
Poofs, paedos, and the unfair treatment of a world champion…
Yep, the Old Dart Coach has survived Thanksgiving. Those who read his highly acclaimed book, One Night While Drinking with The Fat Swede, might remember he suffered a back injury while indulging in the consumption of golden elixir …
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Monday, October 31, 2016
Column 526
It’s Halloween! Or Punky Night, if you live in Somerset, England!
This evening, as we in America toss 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 are handing out goodies to …
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Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Column HR181
Trick or Treat!
…it was a night as black as the bottom of an endless well. The stars were hiding as if shy allowing a full moon to provide what illumination there was. The sounds of a long hidden wolf wailing as he howled to the moon his snout …
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