Howie Reed’s Column

Tuesday, April 4, 2017
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Bring back the North American Open Darts Tournament

Years ago, Dartoid penned a brilliant April 1 column.  He detailed the PDC buying the BDO and taking over “amateur” darts. An April Fool’s column belonging in the Dart Writer’s Hall of Fame that is located somewhere between here and there.…

Monday, March 20, 2017
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The ODC was Stupid Wrong!   

Get on the Internet and Google the “basic facts of life.” Nowhere will you find, although perhaps you should, “When it comes to the Stupid Pool the Old Dart Coach never uses just his toe to test the temperature. He jumps in with wild …

Monday, March 13, 2017
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“Comradeship” and the Golden-Agers’ Reunion  

Sitting outside Yates Pub on Soi Yamoto (named after the Japanese restaurant, Yamoto) the Old Dart Coach had a flashback to a scene in the 1992 movie My Cousin Vinnie (25 years old today). Joe Pesci (as the rookie lawyer, Vinnie) is sitting in …

Wednesday, March 1, 2017
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Truth adjustment

Shocked to learn that at times the Old Dart Coach goes off  the rails completely to climb on his soapbox to spout drivel? Don’t be. And get ready.  This might be another of those times. This is an Ides of March column.  In Latin it’s Idus Martiae…

Tuesday, January 31, 2017
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Welcome to the Golden Age of Darts

Those from the Golden Age of Darts will remember the when Ricky Nelson sang his baby heart out with “Garden Party.” The song tells the woeful tale of Nelson playing a concert at Madison Square Garden when he no longer portrayed the …

Tuesday, January 17, 2017
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TARTS DARTS… How Dare Thee!

Not long ago, the Old Dart Coach invited the Las Vegas Reviews Journal’s top sport columnist to a “soft tip” bind draw at a local Las Vegas pub. It would have been a bar without darts. The “luck of the draw” – or “unluck,” …

Wednesday, January 4, 2016
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Christmas Presents!

During the Old Dart Coach’s first trip to England – “many moons ago,” as the Injuns say – he went to a soccer game on New Year’s Day. Had to since, as surprising as it sounds, they didn’t show the Rose Bowl on TV there.  Strange folks.…

Tuesday, December 20, 2016
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Christmas Presents!

‘Tis the time of year when we raise our voices on high to sing, “Deck the Halls with Balls from Holly.” Holly was formerly known as Hank but got a reality show out of the deal, along with the ultimate equipment change.
 
Old Rudolf’s getting ready for …

Friday, December 2, 2016
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Poofs, paedos, and the unfair treatment of a world champion…

Yep, the Old Dart Coach has survived Thanksgiving. Those who read his highly acclaimed book, One Night While Drinking with The Fat Swede, might remember he suffered a back injury while indulging in the consumption of golden elixir …

Tuesday, October 25, 2016
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Trick or Treat!

…it was a night as black as the bottom of an endless well. The stars were hiding as if shy allowing a full moon to provide what illumination there was. The sounds of a long hidden wolf wailing as he howled to the moon his snout …