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 …
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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 …
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July 1, 2003
Column 144
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Dartoid's ColumnJuly 1, 2003
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T-minus Eight Hours until SHOWTIME… and Sid!
Eliminator Four was the just ticket for TWO more Americans here at the Las Vegas Desert Classic, LIVE via Clearwater, Florida!
After tough going through three rounds Atlanta’s Roger Carter knocked off former world champion, John Lowe, and Colin Monk and then dispatched …
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July 1, 2003
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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 …
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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 …
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Dartoid's ColumnJune 1, 2003
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Philadelphia Moments
A team came from jolly olde England, to fun city, on St Patrick’s Day
“The best in the world,” they were touted, when they came to the U.S. to play
It is true that they were never beaten, and were entitled to worldwide fame
But the team brimmed …
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Dartoid's ColumnMay 1, 2003
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Champeen of da World!!
In 1999 I sat down in a bar outside of Toronto to interview John Part. He’d won the Embassy in 1994, was ranked 6th by the World Darts Federation and was holding down the number one spot in Canada, a country somewhere near America.
We’d met …
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