Howie Reed’s Column

Friday, November 7, 2024
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Gary Anderson attacks the ODC!

Gary Anderson, the smooth throwing Scot, is never shy about stating his opinion.  It’s sometimes difficult to understand what the heck he’s saying. The Old Dart Coach recently caught a post of Anderson being interviewed after a match. Fortunately, it as transcribed for the …

Thursday, October 24, 2024
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DOWN THE TUNGSTEN TRAIL…

The Tungsten Trail weaved a circuitous route this week with stops at the Philadelphia Social Club, Leicester’s Mattioli Arena and the Gambrinus Czech Darts Open in Prague.

The Championships Dart Circuit held their season ending Continental Cup in the city of Brotherly Love. Stowe Buntz, …

Thursday, October 17, 2024
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CinderFELLA – it’s Mike!

Mike De Decker became a debut PDC TV winner with a stunning derailment of Luke Humphries’ dreams of becoming a back-to-back Grand Prix Champion. There were times in the Leicester’s Mattioli Arena when the crowd sat in stunned silence by what was happening. De Decker …

Wednesday, October 9, 2024
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OCTOBER MEANS MATCHPLAY and GRAND PRIX!

Of course, October is also known for the coming of fall in many parts of the Colonies – a time for citizens to post on social media how much they love pumpkin spiced everything.

For the Old Dart Coach, the month contains his …

Thursday, October 3, 2024
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WHOOPS!

The Old Dart Coach has been sentenced to a dinner of crow, fava beans and an average Chianti for committing the cardinal sin as a writer – he penned an incorrect “fact”. Shame on him. Bad boy. If he had a doghouse, he’d be in it.

In last …

Thursday, September 26, 2024
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The Baby PDC… CDC

The Professional Darts Corporation, since its inception as a for profit enterprise, has expanded its footprint throughout the world. Today, that footprint in found in Europe, Asia and North America. In North America that footprint found a home with the Championship Darts Corporation or CDC.…

Thursday, September 19, 2024
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A COBB SALAD…

A Cobb salad you write? Yes indeed…

The Cobb salad was invented in 1937 at the Hollywood Brown Derby restaurant. The owner of the restaurant, Robert Cobb, came into his restaurant hungry late at night. Looking around the kitchen he found little. Hunger won out so …

Thursday, September 5, 2024
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NO Darts in Paradise

Ray Donovan was the Secretary of Labor in the Reagan administration.  He was accused of fraud and forced to resign. He and six others went to trial. “Donovan (and all of the other defendants) were acquitted with a number of jurors openly applauding the verdict.”  …

Thursday, August 22, 2024
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Gambling on darts?

Yes, darting fans, there is gambling on darts. Some may take the attitude of Captain Renault from the movie Casablanca.  A little background…

During World War II, Casablanca, which is in North Africa, was under the administration of the French Vichy Government which cooperated with …

Thursday, August 15, 2024
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The ODC Returns…

“Well, hello dar.” That’s a greeting made famous by the late comedian Marty Allen.  The other greeting the Old Dart Coach considered upon his return from illness was to post a few lines from a Willy Nelson tune.

Well, hello there

My, it’s been a long, …