Dartoid’s Column

December 5, 2007
Column 309
There’s a SUPER new website in town!

Some years back, after months of dedicated research and a lot of drinking, I published a column called the Top Ten Darts Websites in the World. It came as no surprise to darts enthusiasts everywhere that the list was topped by http://www.Hooters.com.…

December 3, 2007
Column 308
A Holiday Greeting to Dartoid’s World Readers

Dear Friends…

It is that time of year again to share with you Mrs. Dartoid’s and my adventures in this journey we call life. 2007 has been another year of magic and wonder…

Lori, who we adopted from Argentina in January, is almost …

July 8, 2007
Column 307
The Sun Darts Quiz Book

A new little darts book has popped onto the market. Compiled by Chris Bradshaw and published by HarperCollins, The Sun Darts Quiz Book is a fun read and, priced at roughly ten bucks, it’s a book worthy of a place in the library of any …

July 7, 2007
Column 306
Jojo Barellano

I suppose the news that Rizal “JoJo” Barellano will be representing his country, in the first appearance ever by a Filipino, in this year’s Professional Darts Corporation’s (PDC) world championship was greeted with a yawn by most fans of the sport. Undoubtedly when news breaks that another player …

November 1, 2007
Column 305
Is it time for a National Darts Regulation Authority?

There have been some incidents recently on the American darts circuit that underscore the need for some sort of serious process, perhaps even a regulatory authority, to be established to sanction those who bring our sport into disrepute. In this exciting …

October 1, 2007
Column 304
A Comment about Bellies and Bullseyes…

If brainwashed middle-class journalists want to pooh-pooh darts because of the bellies, tattoos and beer and not see the skill or dedication or the work ethic, that’s their problem.

— Sid Waddell

There was a lot of CRAP flyin’ about in the run up …

September 1, 2007
Column 303
An “Interview” with Dave ‘Boy’ Green

It was the following two paragraphs from my daily series on the Professional Darts Corporation’s (PDC) first Las Vegas Player’s Championship and annual Desert Classic that got me threatened:

In a result unprecedented in darting history, indeed in the history of all sport, thirteen …

August 1, 2007
Column 302
Hairspray!!!

I admit it – I don’t know bloody ’el when it comes to movies and music, and I don’t care. Give me the choice between goin’ out on a Friday night to see a musical at the theater or grabbin’ a six pack and watchin’ the Thrilla in Manila …

July 9, 2007
Column 301
Barneveld Sizzles!

There may be a heat wave outside but there ain’t nothin’ on the Las Vegas strip that’s sizzled more this week than current world champion, Raymond van Barneveld, has inside the Mandalay Resort and Casino here at the Professional Darts Corporation’s (PDC) sixth annual Las Vegas Desert Classic.…

July 8, 2007
Column 300
Part BRAWLS into the Semis. Mawson is AWESOME!

Wouldn’t you know that John Part would treat his fans to one of those matches that nearly causes you to pee your frickin’ pants!

But damn it, that’s what he did today in the first quarter final contest against Dennis Smith in …