Dartoid’s Column

Tuesday, September 25, 2012
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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 …

Friday, June 1, 2012
Column 432
Wooly Bully

One might think that watching a Conga line of eight players throw at the bulls-eye for ten hours straight in an attempt to break a world record that was out of reach after the first hour or two would be a sure formula for some shut-eye. It …

Tuesday, May 1, 2012
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T-minus 30 days until the COOOOOOOP!

With just ONE MONTH to go until the start of my favorite tournament – the Chicken COOP Open – I am so excited I feel like a Pointer Sister. I’m so excited and I just can’t hide it. I’m about to lose control …

Sunday, April 1, 2012
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Dartoid interviews (and throws darts) with Lady Gaga!

I have experience interviewing, or at least trying to, women who don’t necessarily fit the stereotype of your typical Girl Next Door…

For example, back in the early 1970’s, I did a one-on-one with Deep Throat actress, Linda Lovelace for my …

Thursday, March 1, 2012
Column 429
My Search for the Wild “Darts” Man of Borneo

I’ve just returned from hunting down the Wild “Darts” Man of Borneo.

The last time I went on a Malaysian darts safari was in 1998. I’d come across an advertisement on the Internet for a sports bar called Colors Fun …