Howie Reed’s Column

Wednesday, September 28, 2022
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“The THrill of Victory… and the Agony of Defeat”

For any male in the 1960s, now as old as glass milk bottles, Saturday afternoons meant ABC’s Wide World of Sports…

“Spanning the globe to bring you the constant variety of sports… the thrill of victory and the agony …

Wednesday, September 14, 2022
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Unexpected Consequences

The world’s deluged with individuals using “unexpected consequences” to explain lack of common sense and stupidly.  Oil prices rise and so does everything else – that’s common sense, not unexpected consequences.  The Old Dart Coach chewing a red licorice rope breaks a tooth – that’s an unexpected …

Wednesday, September 7, 2022
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Streisand & Redford, Umberger & Karpowich, Kramer & McGinnis

What in the Sam Hill is going on?

Streisand & Redford in the same headline as great darting duos?

Reitan-Green & Hopkins, Karpowich & Maloney, Lim & Sinnaeve, Verrier & McDonald (Cricket only) – and Reed & Parsley would also …

Wednesday, August 31, 2022
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The SPOTTED OWL

The Spotted Owl is an endangered species listed with the Bald Eagle.  The action to list the Spotted Owl was fueled by those who feared it would be pushed to extinction as logging expanded.  Most of these folks wouldn’t recognize a Spotted Owl if one bit …

Wednesday, August 24, 2022
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GOLDEN AGE DARTERS’ REUNION… A GO!

What started as dinner conversation among four old geezers then affirmed by two fair darting damsels, Lisa Farrell and Connie Sroka, has become a reality.  On January 20-21, 2023, in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the Tuscany Hotel/Casino, the First Annual “Darters of the …

Thursday, August 17, 2022
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GREY SKIES FOR LADIES’ DARTS

The world, especially sport, has transitioned from rewarding excellence to kotowing to the loudest minority.  Darts has not escaped this rapidly-spreading WOKE virus.  Common sense the only known vaccine.

Like many, the World Darts Federation (WDF) grabs its ankles asking for neither a cocktail …

Thursday, August 11, 2022
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FAMILY AFFAIR

(Warning!  Fact-checkers caution that some of the ODC’s dart “facts” below may not be entirely accurate.  Readers should take them with a grain of salt, a shot of tequila and a lime.)

Shortly after England abandoned “carting” (dragging criminals thru the streets behind a cart …

Thursday, August 4, 2022
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Soapbox – Rants and Raves!

There are times when the ODC ascends the soapbox to rant and rave, even without the aid of Stupid Fluid…

It’s easy to rave about Pal Lim as he’s the 10th wonder of the sporting world right behind Tom Brady and Manny Pacquiao.  The …

Monday, July 25, 2022
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ALL HAIL Queen Sherrock and King van Gerwen!

The sun rose at 5:28 AM Sunday morning in Blackpool, setting at 9:23 PM.  The weather?  72 and sunny outside.  Inside the Winter Garden it was hotter and beery…

Ten dart players, all battle tested, would determine what the “weather” would …

Sunday, July 24, 2022
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AT LAST, THE END IS NEAR… but not for the ladies!

There are some out there that think the Old Dart Coach is going to use the old “Let’s use a Frank Sinatra song to start this column.  Then the ODC will quote a few lines thinking it’s cute …