Sunday, June 10, 2018
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Dear Jong-un – Let’s Play Darts!
Dear Jong-un…
Please accept my deepest condolences to you and your family on the death of your father (and on your haircut) and also my apology for addressing you informally. I write in friendship to ask for an invitation to come to North …
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Dartoid's ColumnFriday, June 1, 2018
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The Man. The Myth. The Legend.
As the Old Dart Coach is currently in the thick of his series on the PDC’s World Cup XIII it seems appropriate to remind younger and newer readers just who is the Old Dart Coach. The following column ran in 2011.
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Tuesday, May 1, 2018
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Just the MAPP facts, Jack! And more.
About a month ago I pulled a column. It was titled “Darts Retail in the US: Savvy Business Model or American Greed?” Although I didn’t author the piece I endorsed it as “thought provoking and well researched.”
I learned very quickly that …
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Sunday, April 1, 2018
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THE BEST BOOK ABOUT DARTS EVER WRITTEN!
I have more than 100 books about darts in my library.
Occasionally, I am asked to recommend one of them. I respond as one might expect. “Are you interested in a novel, a book about technique, a book by a legend about …
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Tuesday, March 20, 2018
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The First Philippine Open Darts Tournament, Tacloban City
Until October 2015 when Hurricane Patricia slammed Mexico, the strongest such storm ever recorded in the world was super typhoon Haiyan, locally known in the Philippines as Yolanda. With sustained winds of nearly 195 miles per hour (and gusts up to …
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Thursday, March 1, 2018
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Throwin’ with “Bones”
Throwin’ with “Bones” is something my old partner, Chris James, and I talked often of doing.
When I’d return from my travels, often with souvenirs — like the spear once used by an Ugandan elephant poacher, which now hangs on the wall in his restaurant — …
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Thursday, February 1, 2018
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DATELINE: 2068
After the unfortunate PDC ban on walk-on girls in 2018, Formula 1 quickly followed. Then went boxing Ring girls.
In 2019, pom pom girls and cheerleaders were banned.
Then in 2025, just as President Trump was inaugurated for his third term exotic dancers and porn stars were …
Sunday, January 28, 2018
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The PDC’s decision to ban walk-on girls is STUPID!
With all the recent hoopla about the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) wilting under political pressure and giving their (much appreciated) walk-on girls the heave-ho, I got to thinking about the time…
… former Bulls Eyes News editor/publisher Jay Tomlinson says …
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Tuesday, January 2, 2018
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Anne Kramer’s Laguna Sector
Back in 2013 when Anne “Sleepy” Kramer published her first book, The Ultimate Book of Darts, it was observed in this space that “For some reason Larry Butler, the most consistent player of the past three decades and only American ever to win a …
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Thursday, December 21, 2017
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Steel-tip ain’t no Olympic shoo-in – there’s (plastic) competition!
They call him the “Dragon” and he’s a former world champion. He has basked in the glory of his ‘sport,’ one that some describe as “just the right mix of skill and intellect.” Growing older and with a family, he …
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