Thursday, September 1, 2016
Column 521
A little bit O’ Seoul
In 1995, some friends and I rode bicycles from Dublin to Moscow. At a clip of about 75 miles a day, the 2,500-mile journey took a month. Two lonely weeks were spent monotonously plodding along the desolate old gulag inmate-built Trans-Siberian Highway. Early on, …
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Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Column HR177
If you come for the King you best not miss!
The roots of darts are embedded in Motha England, so it’s only natural that Kings and Queens be crowned. For eons, Phil Taylor has been the anointed King. The Queen? Deta Headman would be the logical candidate, but England …
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Monday, August 22, 2016
Column 520
Let’s hope the rumors aren’t true!
We hear it all the time, have for years. Complaints. Excuses. Blaming. And a wish!
There are no professional darters in the USA.
There isn’t any money in the game here.
The country is too big.
Travel is too expensive.
Best of …
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Tuesday, August 16, 2016
Column HR176
A busy weekend ended. A busy weekend about to begin.
Back when the Old Dart Coach was wending his way through various colleges, there was a popular saying when walking into a class for the first time and seeing a large number is Asians: “Oh sh–, look at all …
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Monday, August 8, 2016
Column HR175
Darts and the Golden Age
Last time…
“Marvelous” Michael van Gerwen had just won another major, the World Matchplay, as he knocked the stuffing out of Philip Douglas Taylor. The PDC is becoming King Michael and his Court. Also when we were last together, the Old Dart Coach announced …
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Monday, August 1, 2016
Column 519
Darts in Bali
I’m not sure what people expect to find when heading to the Indonesian island of Bali. All I was looking for was the darts…
I connected through Bangkok. In one of the airport bars, I met a pretty, 20-something girl from Portland, Oregon, who’d found a …
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Thursday, July 28, 2016
Column HR174
PDC World Matchplay – a Midsummer Night’s Dream
Having passed the halfway point in the year, is it too early to start thinking about Christmas? That’s the time of year when, according to myth, “The children (are) nestled all snug in their beds, while visions of sugar plums (dance) …
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Monday, July 18, 2016
Column HR173
Rest in Peace Dick McGinnis
Tuesday, July 12, 2016, dawned like any other summer day in Las Vegas, Nevada. The skies were cloudless, an intense sparkling powder blue – the as yet bearable sun calling visitors to “Come on out and burn. Let’s start another summer day.” That placid …
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Thursday, July 14, 2016
Column 518
Howie Reed is an AUTHOR!
Here are four well-known facts about Howie Reed: 1) He is a Republican, 2) He loves the ladies, 3) He can drink most anybody under the table, and 4) He throws darts as bad as me.
Given that Howie, aka the Old Dart Coach, …
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Friday, July 1, 2016
Column 517
Darts on Easter Island?
Getting to one of the most isolated islands on Earth, Easter Island, is a journey even in the most normal of circumstances. Getting there from another of the most remote places on earth, Machu Picchu, is exponentially more challenging. But traveling from Machu Picchu to …
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