July 7, 2007
Column 306
Jojo Barellano
I suppose the news that Rizal “JoJo” Barellano will be representing his country, in the first appearance ever by a Filipino, in this year’s Professional Darts Corporation’s (PDC) world championship was greeted with a yawn by most fans of the sport. Undoubtedly when news breaks that another player …
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Dartoid's Column
November 1, 2007
Column 305
Is it time for a National Darts Regulation Authority?
There have been some incidents recently on the American darts circuit that underscore the need for some sort of serious process, perhaps even a regulatory authority, to be established to sanction those who bring our sport into disrepute. In this exciting …
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Dartoid's Column
October 1, 2007
Column 304
A Comment about Bellies and Bullseyes…
If brainwashed middle-class journalists want to pooh-pooh darts because of the bellies, tattoos and beer and not see the skill or dedication or the work ethic, that’s their problem.
— Sid Waddell
There was a lot of CRAP flyin’ about in the run up …
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Dartoid's Column
September 1, 2007
Column 303
An “Interview” with Dave ‘Boy’ Green
It was the following two paragraphs from my daily series on the Professional Darts Corporation’s (PDC) first Las Vegas Player’s Championship and annual Desert Classic that got me threatened:
In a result unprecedented in darting history, indeed in the history of all sport, thirteen …
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Paul Seigel was a record-breaking swimmer in the CANUSA Games in the late 1960s, but he might be about to set another one this weekend in Hamilton, Ontario.
It’s likely that no athlete has had a longer span between CANUSA appearances than Seigel.
Seigel last participated in CANUSA in 1974 when he helped Flint win …
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Dartoid Interviewed
August 1, 2007
Column 302
Hairspray!!!
I admit it – I don’t know bloody ’el when it comes to movies and music, and I don’t care. Give me the choice between goin’ out on a Friday night to see a musical at the theater or grabbin’ a six pack and watchin’ the Thrilla in Manila …
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Dartoid's Column
July 9, 2007
Column 301
Barneveld Sizzles!
There may be a heat wave outside but there ain’t nothin’ on the Las Vegas strip that’s sizzled more this week than current world champion, Raymond van Barneveld, has inside the Mandalay Resort and Casino here at the Professional Darts Corporation’s (PDC) sixth annual Las Vegas Desert Classic.…
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Dartoid's Column
July 8, 2007
Column 300
Part BRAWLS into the Semis. Mawson is AWESOME!
Wouldn’t you know that John Part would treat his fans to one of those matches that nearly causes you to pee your frickin’ pants!
But damn it, that’s what he did today in the first quarter final contest against Dennis Smith in …
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Dartoid's ColumnJuly 7, 2007
Column 299
Mawson and Part Advance!
Today’s Dartoid’s World installment on the second stage round at the Professional Darts Corporations (PDC) sixth annual Las Vegas Desert Classic will be brief but that’s not because of all the e-mails I’ve received begging me to stop churning out this crap or because no North …
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Dartoid's Column
July 6, 2007
Column 298
Darin Young Defeats his Boogey Man
What a day of darts!
Even the uninformed who spout nonsense about cricket being the only route to televised darts success in America must admit that today’s matches held all that it takes to keep an audience in their seats. And Dave ‘Boy” Green …
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