Friday, July 22, 2011
Column 49
World Matchplay – Sixteen Becomes Eight
While resting on the couch with viewing fluid in hand the Old Dart Coach actually broke out in laughter. Here he was viewing the current best 16 dart players in the world still alive in the £400,000 Sky Bet Mobile World Matchplay and …
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Column HR48
2011 World Matchplay – Round One Review
Sid Waddell described the Winter Gardens in Blackpool, home of the £400,000 Sky Bet World Matchplay Championships, as a cross between Lenin’s Tomb and an Italian Art Gallery. Old Sidney was spot on this time around. For 16 of the best dart …
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Thursday, July 14, 2011
Column HR47
World Matchplay Preview
How many times have you heard “Games are invented for children to play?” Okay, so you’ve never heard it (but play “pretend” or this column is DOA). Now add to that “Sports writes stories that if found in a novel would be unbelievable.” That, boys and …
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Friday, July 1, 2011
Column HR46
Happy Independence Day – even to you POMS!
As those of us in the Colonies prepare to celebrate Independence Day, that’s the 4th of July for you folks from public schools, it’s a time of retrospect, to look back and remember. Some older folks may even recite the opening …
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Thursday, June 9, 2011
Column HR45
Wankin’ to the Darts at the Temple of Tungsten
According to the Internet from the year AD 30 until the present day there have been “…19 major world religions which are subdivided into a total of 270 large religious groups, and many smaller ones (including) 34,000 separate Christian groups.” …
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Column HR44
Anderson’s the new star in town. (But keep an eye on John Part.)
The Old Dart Coach likes to stay with a routine. He’s living proof that “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” One reason may be because an “old dog” doesn’t want to do tricks. But …
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Column HR43
Memories
On May 17th at 5:00 p.m. the Sahara Hotel on the tail end of the famed Las Vegas strip closed its door for the first and last time. Local Las Vegans – that is anyone who’s lived here more than ten years and may or may not eat …
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Howie Reed's ColumnTuesday, May 3, 2011
Column HR42
The ODC’s “rubber” meets the road on the Premier Asia Darts League Tour.
Anyone remember the tyre commercial that used the theme “Where the rubber meets the road”? Well that’s where the Premier League 2011 found itself with just two weeks remaining. It was put up or shut up …
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Monday, April 25, 2011
Column HR41
SMOKE THIS you 6-10 split, gap-toothed English wanker!
Willie Nelson sang about being “On the Road Again” with such joy that it’s 100% sure that he’s never been on the road with the Old Dart Coach.
Neither could you use Chicago’s “Saturday in the Park” to describe the experience. …
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Monday, April 4, 2011
Column HR40
If it ain’t broke don’t fix it!
Much was made in this space about the disgusting behavior of the drunken hooligans during Premier League in Glasgow. Echoing those sentiments the PDC issued the following: “We are investigating the events of Thursday (March 17), when a minority of the crowd …
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