Thursday, September 15, 2016
Column HR178
Welcome to The Three Dot Lounge!
The Old Dart Coach is a big fan of the San Francisco Chronicle’s Bruce Jenkins. Besides being a top-notch sports writer, Jenkins is also the son of Gordon Jenkins who did much of the musical arranging for Frank Sinatra. He created a mythical …
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Howie Reed's Column
Thursday, September 9, 2016
Column 523
Solutions
It has been said solutions to the ADO’s woes have not been offered, that only unfair bashing occurs.
This is not so.
And it would seem that ADO president David Hascup, the guy many – at least I – had so much hope in initially has been co-opted …
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Dartoid's Column
Thursday, September 8, 2016
Column 522
ADO Blames Financial Woes on a Dead Guy!
American Darts Organization Communications Officer, Steve “I could singlehandedly change not only the ADO, but darts in this country” Brown (who is either paid or not paid by the ADO – no one will say) has recently published the August 2016 …
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Dartoid's Column
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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Dartoid's Column
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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Howie Reed's Column
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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Dartoid's Column
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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Howie Reed's Column
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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Howie Reed's Column
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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Dartoid's Column
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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