Wednesday, October 6, 2010
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“Double, double, toil and trouble”
Prior to the £350,000 Bodog.com World Grand Prix at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin the PDC took advantage of the facilities for a pair of £31,600 Irish Players Championships. The Championships drew 100 players with the news being the two who didn’t enter. That …
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Friday, October 1, 2010
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“Writing About Darts for Dummies”
Just purchased a copy of Writing about Darts for Dummies. The first lesson and key to success is to include “something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue.”
SOMETHING OLD
The Old Dart Coach has dictated good ole’ Houston Hartwell to give …
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
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Frankenstein at the Oche
If you were given the names of Charles Ogle, Bela Lugosi, Glenn Strange, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr., Fred Gwyne, Bo Severson, Peter Boyle and Bryan McDougle could you connect the dots? Could you tell anyone what all of these gentleman had in common? …
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Monday, September 13, 2010
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Champions League – Par Uno
After frenetic play the first three day’s of the Champions League are now in the books. The League is a great example of the PDC (that would be Barry Hearn) using modern technology to advance the sport while increasing money available. This while other …
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Howie Reed's ColumnThursday, September 9, 2010
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Talkin’ “Turkey” – the Best American Darts Player of ALL TIME!
Should you ever travel to Istanbul, Turkey, which we all know use to be called Constantinople, you might like to know that their famous Blue Mosque was built by Sultan Ahmet I. The Old Dart Coach doesn’t know …
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Wednesday, September 1, 2010
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North American Players Miss the Good Ship Lollypop BUT the Menace’s Ship Comes In
Peter Cross sang the song “Some Day My Ship Will Come In” which is probably what North American players were singing when the good ship “HMS PDC” landed in Canada. Even if they never heard …
Saturday, August 14, 2010
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If you want to be a sport act like one!
Toeing the Oche has for the most part been positive on the Professional Darts Corporation. They, the PDC, have accomplished in fewer than 15 years what the sport couldn’t accomplish in the 500 years prior. A TV contract, the …
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Monday, August 2, 2010
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SURPRISE! It’s Taylor Again (at European Championships)
Back in the day when the Old Dart Coach was the Old Rodeo Guy the days around July 4th used to be called “Cowboy’s Christmas.” The name emerged from a string of rodeos around that holiday that could make or break a …
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Monday, July 26, 2010
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Taylor Does a Tchaikovsky! Bromberg Gits ‘er Done!
The ODC sometimes gets things almost right. He opined, “Off the quarters (97.93) one would have to think that Barney (95.89) is there for the taking if Wade is up to the task.” He was spot on but Wade wasn’t up …
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Saturday, July 24, 2010
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Darts Needs a Mercy Rule!
The Old Dart Coach is in his cups and almost inconsolable after yet a third trip to the local Wal-Mart for his favorite “red-skinned potato salad.” As is usually the case before being over taken by demon alcohol he ranted on and on about …
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