Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Column HR111
Bye-bye Whitlock and Newton. And that’s no April Fools.
Yes, it’s a little late for an April Fool’s effort but, being from Las Vegas, it’s no problem – the Old Dart Coach can decide for April Fool’s to fall on whatever date he chooses. In Vegas, Cinco de Mayo …
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Wednesday, March 24, 2014
Column HR110
Taylor’s baaack! Taylor’s baaack?
Newspapers, bloggers and Facebook posters are sometimes wrong. Shocking yes, but true. The Old Dart Coach humbly suggests that this is the case in regard to reports of the darting death of one Philip Douglas Taylor.
In 1896, a London newspaper reported that Samuel Langhorne …
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Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Column HR109
Sandra Bullock’s Behind Worth $70 Million. Does Phil Taylor Care?
The Old Dart Coach is addicted to the Internet. Like his other disgusting habits, of which there are many, he makes no apologies. To prepare for this effort the Internet was scanned for clues on how to improve readership. …
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Thursday, February 20, 2014
Column HR108
The Year of the Follically-challenged
As strange as it may seem, the Old Dart Coach found himself taking a guilt trip recently. Anyone familiar with the ODC would think, “Lad’s got a lot to feel guilty about!” While true, it will shock those familiar with “dahts” in America that …
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Monday, February 10, 2014
Column HR107
Phil Taylor: What the heck is going on?
Darts and the bartender from Pine Meadows Golf Course in Martinez, California have come a long way since 2:00 a.m. on January 1, 1977. That morning, after a long night, the bartender accepted clean-up help from a couple of dart players …
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Monday, January 27, 2014
Column HR106
Going Home
Thomas Wolf wrote the highly acclaimed novel “You Can’t Go Home Again.” For the dart player who has traveled the world playing darts while helping the sponsor’s meet bar guarantees a visit to any dart tournament is “going home.”
Every tournament in the world, from the very …
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Monday, January 20, 2014
Column HR105
Memories of the Las Vegas Open
This effort should hit the “ether wave” prior to the Las Vegas Open. The brainchild of the late Bob Murdock and his wife Marki, today the tournament is the premier steel tip event in Las Vegas. Memories of the Las Vegas Open are …
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Monday, January 6, 2014
Column HR104
Some of today’s professionals have short memories
Here’s the deal. Because this “new and improved” website was still under construction over the holidays you missed some things during the changeover. For example, you missed the always eagerly anticipated annual Toeing the Oche Christmas column.
That would have included the
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Monday, December 2, 2013
Column HR103
The greatest match of all time?
A breath of fresh air… a lover stealing that first kiss… a fine wine in a crystal goblet or a cold beer on a summer’s day. Oh yes, a romantic’s first love.
“A person remembers their first love”.
Not so the great philosopher …
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Thursday, November 14, 2013
Column HR102
Give thanks to John Lowe this Thanksgiving
“Darts… darts… darts… nothing but bloody darts” rang the words of Jim “The Bizz” Aspin – a longtime pal of the Old Dart Coach – back when “The Bizz” was mixing drinks and drawing lagers at a private “drinkery” on the banks …
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