April 18, 2006
Column 243
A Review of Hawaii 501 – Life as a Darts Pro
I’m gobsmacked! That’s a British term meaning handsome.
It turns out that I have something in common with a World Class darts player. His name’s Wayne Mardle and he published a book which I have just finished en route …
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April 5, 2006
Column 242
Johnny Kuczynski WSOD Profile — Part One
The little story I am about to tell you is true. It happened exactly as I am about to describe it. Honest. I swear it.
I’ve just returned to my office from a couple of weeks of business in Thailand. There are piles …
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April 2, 2006
Column 241
Today they call him Bazooka Joe. Tomorrow it could be Million Dollar Baby.
After finishing in the top sixteen in Windsor Locks on March 18 and top eight yesterday in Marlborough, Connecticut’s Joe Efter battled nerves and many of the top darters in American, past and present, to eventually see …
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Dartoid's ColumnApril 1, 2006
Column 240
America’s Stunned! Dartoid Wins Marlborough Qualifier!
Okay, the title’s a lie. April Fools!
It was a stellar field that made the trek to the tenth World Series of Darts (WSOD) qualifier today. Brad Wethington was there. Davis Snider. Tom Curtin. Gerome Verdaro. Chris Helms. Mike Brewer. Carolyn Mars. Tom Sawyer. …
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March 28, 2006
Column 239
Tim Grossman
What will I do if I win the million dollars? I’ll just be happy recalling the day when my father first handed me a set of darts. I was ten years old. He passed away in April 2002 and he’ll never be forgotten, especially for pushing me to …
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March 21, 2006
Column 238
Joseph Carter Chaney
When I get my ten minutes on television the first thing I will do is apologize to a special someone for hurting their feelings. Then I’ll give a big shout out to Soddy-Daisy and my family.
— Joseph Carter Chaney
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Nickname: Joe “C”
Date of Birth: …
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March 19, 2006
Column 237
FINALLY, Sly from Paradise books his spot!
They say that the “third time’s the charm” and there ain’t no arguin’ that with the man called Sly from Paradise. In his third attempt and after coming so close – falling to Dave DePriest in the finals of the Chicago qualifier just …
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March 18, 2006
Column 236
Things, they be rampin’ up, baby!
In a finals match worthy of any on the Professional Darts Corporation’s (PDC) circuit, eighteen darts was the most it took either of the remaining combatants today at the PACKED Double Tree Hotel in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. Trading legs of thirteen and fourteen darts, …
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Dartoid's ColumnMarch 15, 2006
Column 235
Become an American Citizen and win a MILLION DOLLARS!
If you are one of the top sixteen darters in the world as ranked by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and are pissed off that the rules for the upcoming World Series of Darts (WSOD exclude you from the opportunity to …
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March 12, 2006
Column 234
Heeere’s Johnny!!!
It was a sparse contingent of just 59 darters that gathered today in Las Vegas to do battle for the seventh spot on stage at the World Series of Darts (WSOD) at Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun Casio in May. But they didn’t disappoint. Around about the same time back …
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