Dartoid’s Column

Friday, February 3, 2012
Column 426
It Doesn’t Get Nuttier Than This!

It will come as no surprise that in almost two decades of writing about the sport of darts I’ve been threatened with lawsuits several times. Words intended to capture the joy and camaraderie of the sport and promote it have on occasion prompted …

Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Column 425
Texas Darters to take on World Record!

I’m headed for Dallas soon so, Debbie, take note: you can find me at Rob’s Billiards & Sports Bar in Ft. Worth (13930 Trinity Blvd.). It’s a classy joint with beer.

And darts.

Beginning at noon on May 5, Rob’s will be …

Friday, January 13, 2012
Column 424
Who’s the Real Darts World Champion?

Last July, I wrote in this space…

For years Dartoid’s World has made the case that the center of the darts universe has been shifting. Now it has.

I have written that the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) should wake up and smell the …

Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Column 423
Bullshit at the “World’s Top Darts Forum”

Sometime back, the following post was made by one of the senior moderators at The Website That Shall Not Be Named – which today bills itself as the “World’s Top Web Forum.” Probably the principals also think the world is flat.

I …

Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Column 422
An Open Letter about DARTS to Kim Jong-un

Dear Jong-un…

Please accept my deepest condolences to you and your family on the death of your father and also my apology for addressing you informally. I mean no disrespect. I write in friendship to ask for an invitation to come …

Friday, December 2, 2011
Column 421
Eddie Norman – Darts Ambassador

When I read Frau Charis Mutschler’s hervorragend recent interview with Eddie Norman for Global Darts I immediately sent off a message asking if I could reprint the interview at Dartoid’s World. To say I was pleased to receive her okay would be an understatement……

Friday, October 28, 2011
Column 420
Jerry Van Loan – Does Darts and America Proud

Fanned (and rightly so) by the Old Dart Coach, Howie Reed, there’s been a bit of banter in recent weeks (although hardly enough) about the World Cup and finagling by Olly Croft, Roy Price and possibly outgoing American Darts Organization …

Sunday, October 2, 2011
Column 419
Who are we?

In the Year 2000, according to a survey conducted by the American Darts Organization (ADO) the average dart player in this country was 38 years old, so I guess you and I are now about 50. In my case (and the Old Dart Coach’s) this is …

Thursday, September 1, 2011
Column 418
Darts Wanderlust

“Now when I was a little chap,” recalled Joseph Conrad at the beginning of Heart of Darkness, “I had a passion for maps. I would look for hours at South America, or Africa, or Australia, and lose myself in all the glories of exploration. At that …

Monday, August 1, 2011
Column 417
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 …