Dartoid’s Column

Friday, February 1, 2013
Column 442
Eric Bristow was right – Phil Taylor must go!

There’s not a one of us involved in darts, recreational or professional, steel or soft, that wasn’t taught early-on that ours is the sport that “begins and ends with a handshake.” This basic tenant has been the unshakable rock at …

Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Column 441
Who Dat? Why Dat? What Dat? Is Dat?

What an end to a year!

What a beginning to the New Year!

It’s been so crazy that even with all the darts – the soft-tip world championship, the PDC world championship, and with that silly little BDO thing about to …

Sunday, December 2, 2012
Column 440
Come. Travel the World with Dartoid.

That’s been the theme of this column for nearly 20 years. From Congo to Mongolia, Nepal to Borneo, I’ve explored and written about the darts scene in almost 100 countries on six of seven continents. Yes, as Wayne Mardle once observed, I’m a …

Thursday, November 1, 2012
Column 439
Could it be Brendan Dolan’s fault?

I don’t believe in fate. I don’t accept that it was predetermined by some Supreme Power I’d suck at darts.

What I believe in, or would at least like to, is the “butterfly effect.”

Hence, I believe, or would at least like to, …

Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Column 438
It’s time to wake up and smell the plastic!

Thanks to the Horizon Darts (Horizon Darts) ladies, Terry Maness and Melody Foster – two great business women with the smarts to sponsor Darin Young and Stacy Bromberg and the extra smarts, despite my repeated requests and their …

Sunday, September 1, 2012
Column 437
Jelle Klaasen and Larry the Lobster

When in 2011 New York Congressman Anthony Weiner was forced to resign after denying and denying and finally admitting that he sent an actual photograph of his last name to a multiple women, all of America – even those who didn’t receive the …

Monday, August 13, 2012
Column 436
RIP Sid Waddell

Players and fans alike have been tweeting their sympathies and favorite Sid memories. Wayne Rooney, Piers Morgan and John Prescott are amongst the thousands of people sending messages of condolence.

Borrowed from The Stars of Darts website, below are just a few…

Barry Hearn, PDC Chairman…

Thursday, August 2, 2012
Column 435
My Name is Ben

My name is Bentley and I remember the day I picked my Mom out of a lineup…

There had been a parade of smiling faces looking at me and my siblings, reaching into our play box and lifting us up for a closer look. Frankly, …

Monday, July 2, 2012
Column 434
Darts, Sex, and Elephants!

After almost two decades of publishing columns and books about darts it should come as no surprise that I am asked a lot of questions – but not about darts. Most often I am asked about women and elephants. I suppose this is because it’s …

Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Column 433
Is the DARTSLIVE concept viable in the United States (or even Hong Kong)?

Today’s offering was posted recently by somebody named “Ducks” at The Website That Shall Not Be Named. It’s provocative and worth a read. It raises the question: despite the attractiveness, to some, of the lights and …