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Sunday, February 1, 2009
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One year ago, this February, in darts…

February followed January, as it often does, and…

…the Whyte & Mackay Premier League kicked off with a first night shocker as thirteen-time world champion Phil Taylor, using a new set of Unicorn’s aerodynamically perfecto mundo Sigma darts and despite a 6-5 …

Monday, January 12, 2009
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Omsin the Elephant

I was lucky. Twice

I made it out of Bangkok – just four hours before thousands of armed anti-government protesters stormed through police lines and into the departure area at Suvarnabhumi Airport, shutting it down for a week. Then, due to a fortuitous last minute change …

Sunday, January 4, 2009
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The Power versus The Man

The crowd has piled in, ordered the first of tonight’s 12,500 pints, begun to sing and chant, and most important of all – the massage girl is back in the press room giving Rod Harrington the first rub down of the evening. I really …

Sunday, January 4, 2009
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Malice at the Palace

Last night, between re-reading and my mortification at all the typographical errors in yesterday’s furiously written column about the semi-finals and trying to find a good kebab, I had a chance to do more than just admire the photographs of Helen Chamberlain and Juicy Lucy …

Saturday, January 3, 2009
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The 2009 World Championship – Semi Finals

There is a scene in David Nobbs’ Cupid’s Dart (Arrow Books, 2008) where Oxford philosophy professor Alan Calcutt happens upon the World Darts Championship on television. He’s recently hooked up with darts groupie, Angie Bedwell, half his age and is anticipating an …

Thursday, January 1, 2009
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One year ago, this month, in darts…

As years often do, 2008 began on the first of January…

…except in Australia where it began the day before and then mysteriously, as the rest of the world awakened, became the day after.

I know this makes no sense but it’s …

Monday, December 22, 2008
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Philadelphia’s Bill Davis — the only American left standing!

Engraved above a mirror that hangs in my bedroom is a quote that has special significance to me: “Do the right thing every doggone day of your life.”

That’s my guidepost.

— Bill Davis
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Nickname: Bill … I …

Wednesday, December 17, 2008
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The Crafty Cockney’s “Autobiography”

Perhaps it’s just me and perhaps it doesn’t matter – but as I recall my third grade teacher’s explanation, an autobiography is a book written by the bloke it’s about and a biography is written for a bloke who can’t write by another bloke who …

Monday, December 15, 2008
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Sky Sports darts walk-on girl – Nicola Elisa Moriarty

The Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) World Championship begins this weekend at Alexandra Palace so it’s time to get to know the players or, in the case of Dartoid’s World, to get to know the one person the players would most …

Monday, December 1, 2008
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Takin’ out the BIG FINISH – at the grocery!

If you’re anything like me – married and male – you seldom go to the grocery, except to buy beer or, perhaps, on weekend game days to tag along with your wife and fill up on the sample products the …