Dartoid’s Column

Saturday, June 28, 2008
Column 319
Whoever is Marketing Vegas must be a Moron!

When nearly one year ago we last visited Las Vegas for the Professional Darts Corporation’s (PDC) Player’s Championship and Desert Classic Darts Tournament an evil giant asteroid was barreling its way uncertainly towards either: 1) Leslie Murphy and the Indianapolis-based National …

June 1, 2008
Column 318
Is Darts Sexy Enough for American Television?

So Bulls Eyes News’ Jay Tomlinson says to me, “I was wondering if you would consider the question above and write something up – serious but from the Dartoid perspective?” So I say back to Jay, “Are you serious about the serious part?” …

May 1, 2008
Column 317
Return the MMDL to Greatness!

The heat is ON again in Boston!

A couple of years ago I wrote a controversial series about goings-on inside the Minute Man Dart League (MMDL) of Massachusetts. A lot has happened since then. There’s been an IRS investigation. Two long-standing board members have resigned, …

April 1, 2008
Column 316
What’s up with the Uniboffin?

For almost ten years I had an office in England – Crowborough, East Sussex to be exact, just down the long and winding road from Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent. So I know a little bit about conkers, tea, tiki masala and all other things British.…

March 2, 2008
Column 315
A man called Horse (but not for long!)

His name’s Greg Hurst but they call him BlackHorse. I don’t know why…

What I do know is this: Hurst is one of the most enthusiastic proponents of our game to be found anywhere on the planet. He’s an amazingly prolific poster …

February 1, 2008
Column 314
Murder on the Darts Board

Justin Irwin is his name and darts was his game – for a year – and now this most famous non-famous man in darts has written a book about his experience. Oddly entitled Murder on the Darts Board (although some might argue that Suicide on …

January 10, 2008
Column 313
An Open Letter to Sears, Roebuck and Company

Gentlemen:

You’re may find this letter a bit unusual but it is in all sincerity that I write. Since 1980, I have not entered one of your stores. This is because of how I was treated by one of your employees. I …

January 3, 2008
Column 312
The “Golden Girl”

I don’t know Trina Gulliver but if we ever meet she’ll probably punch me in the head and knock me out (something she once did in school to a lad who slagged her off) after she reads the first few paragraphs of this!

I’ve just flipped the …

December 11, 2007
Column 311
Jugs for World Peace

(NOTE: I wrote this for a friend of mine, Barbara Cooke, who has been known to throw a dart or two. She has promised me, if she wins, she will – in addition to her serious pledge below, use her celebrity to promote our wonderful sport …

December 7, 2007
Column 310
Hatton vs. Mayweather, and the Boxing-Darts Connection

How can any respectable darts journalist pass up the opportunity to comment on tomorrow night’s mega-reprise of the good old Leonard-Hearns-Hagler days of the 1980s?

Okay, so I’m not a journalist…

OKAY, so I’m not particularly respectable, at least according to women.

But …