Dartoid’s Column

September 1, 2003
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The Top Ten Darts Websites in the WORLD!

I receive a lot of e-mails from people asking questions about the sport of darts.

I try to be as helpful as I can.

“S’up, Dahtoid? Yo. I be new ta da game but wants ta learn. Name’s Antonio. From Joisey. Where’s …

September 1, 2003
Column 147
The Pub of Life

It’s a funny game, darts. Life.

You can spend years practicing and honing your skills so when you need them, when you absolutely have to stick the double bull — or do whatever it is you need to succeed — you can do so at will. …

August 1, 2003
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My First Book!

Joanne Kathleen Rowling is her name. She was born in 1965 in an oddly-named little town called Chipping Sodbury. It’s in England. So that explains that. It’s just down the lane from Cucumber Up the Bum.

As a young girl she loved to write. She started her …

July 1, 2003
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Life Goes On

CONGRATULATIONS to Peter Manley and Stacy Bromberg!

After a week of fierce battle each emerged on top of their respective fields and headed home. Manley hopped a plane back to merry old England. Bromberg hailed a taxi to her house just a few clicks up the road …

July 1, 2003
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A New Book’s Bein’ Written

I’m speechless.

Wordless, if that’s a word.

I’ve been sitting in front of my computer screen for nearly two hours.

What can one say?

What words does one use to capture what John Part did to Phil Taylor yesterday in the semi-finals of the Las …

July 1, 2003
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And then… there were EIGHT

From a starting field of 128 of the best shooters in the world just Phil Taylor, John Part, Alan Warrnier, Dennis Smith, Steve Beaton, Peter Manley, Roland Scholten and Colin Lloyd are still standing here at the Professional Darts Corporation’s (PDC) second annual Las Vegas …

July 1, 2003
Column 142
Heidi Darts?

So there I was, relaxing on the couch. On the table to my right were a few spent bottles of Michelob Amber Bock, my beer of choice ever since the American Darts Association’s (ADA), Glenn Remick, closed his big deal with Anheuser-Busch. At my feet was my golden …

July 1, 2003
Column 140
I’m Rooting for Kari Stevenson

The news this morning is that Cincinnati’s Tony Payne, after ten years off the circuit, is BACK!

Go America! Whack them Brits!

After the first two qualifying rounds at this year’s Las Vegas Desert Classic, Payne currently stands as the lone American to have made …

July 1, 2003
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The Desert Classic

The deal’s done and I’m hyped.

Recently I quit my job and moved to Clearwater, Florida. But this isn’t what I’m excited about, even though Clearwater’s home to the original HOOTERS!!!

I’ve already joined a darts team. My captain’s an old friend from Virginia Beach. Gina Miller’s …