Friday, February 1, 2013
Column 442
Eric Bristow was right – Phil Taylor must go!
There’s not a one of us involved in darts, recreational or professional, steel or soft, that wasn’t taught early-on that ours is the sport that “begins and ends with a handshake.” This basic tenant has been the unshakable rock at …
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Column HR84
Pulling a “Taylor”…
“He’s undoubtedly the best player ever, but Taylor is also undoubtedly one of the best wankers ever!”
That was the way that one English darter reacted to the latest Phil Taylor temper tantrum. Nothing from “The Power” who probably thought “sticks and stones will break my …
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Monday, January 7, 2013
Column HR83
Phil Taylor shows his stuff – good and bad
The New Year has arrived and the Old Dart Coach is “Bat Stuff” happy.
How happy?
As happy as when he watched and listened as Ron Burgundy, Brian Fantana, Brick Tamland and Champ Kind crooned “Afternoon Delight” (after Burgundy announced …
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Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Column 441
Who Dat? Why Dat? What Dat? Is Dat?
What an end to a year!
What a beginning to the New Year!
It’s been so crazy that even with all the darts – the soft-tip world championship, the PDC world championship, and with that silly little BDO thing about to …
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Friday, December 21, 2012
Column HR82
Helen Scheerbaum and Paul Lim – Darting Treasures
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Thursday, December 6, 2012
Column HR81
Happy Juice Musings
‘Tiz the holiday season so it’s a given that the Old Dart Coach is into the happy juice. He started when the first Christmas wrappings appeared at the 99-cent store in July. This year, rum and orange juice have been added to his holiday menu of …
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Sunday, December 2, 2012
Column 440
Come. Travel the World with Dartoid.
That’s been the theme of this column for nearly 20 years. From Congo to Mongolia, Nepal to Borneo, I’ve explored and written about the darts scene in almost 100 countries on six of seven continents. Yes, as Wayne Mardle once observed, I’m a …
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Column HR80
The Little Man
In 1899, the poet Hughes Mearns wrote “Antigonish” better known as “The little Man that Wasn’t There.” He wrote:
Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn’t there
He wasn’t there again today
I wish, I wish he’d go away…
Golfer Sir Nick Faldo …
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Column HR79
Disappointed “Phil”istines
Years ago, before the Old Dart Coach was declared persona non grata by the self-appointed Grand Poobahs of darts, he included in his baggage for his winter solace visit to London a box of Dutch Master cigars. They were a gift for a fellow named Smitty who …
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Thursday, November 1, 2012
Column 439
Could it be Brendan Dolan’s fault?
I don’t believe in fate. I don’t accept that it was predetermined by some Supreme Power I’d suck at darts.
What I believe in, or would at least like to, is the “butterfly effect.”
Hence, I believe, or would at least like to, …
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