Howie Reed’s Column

Wednesday, October 21, 2015
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MIDGETS!

Make  no mistake. English darts in AMERICA is deader than Lamar Odom’s reproductive organ after three days at the Love Ranch brothel 70 miles outside of Las Vegas.

Odon is a former NBA player and certified American trash reality TV star. He spent more than $70,000 dollars while …

Wednesday, October 7, 2015
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Coincidence?  NEVER!

In the genre of espionage novels there’s no such thing as a “coincidence.”  Nothing “just happens.”  The genre began in America back in 1821 when James Fenimore Cooper published “The Spy.”  Robert Ludlum, Frederick Forsyth, Tom Clancy and John le Carré pound home the “no coincidence” point …

Wednesday, September 15, 2015
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Beware of what you say, when, and to whom

With the most honorable editor gallivanting around the world – even temping the theory that “One Night in Bangkok Makes a Hard Man Humble” – an old adage comes to mind, which  states…

“When the cat’s away the mouse will …

Thursday, August 26, 2015
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The King ain’t dead… and the Queen, Anne Drtr, is alive (and living in Malaysia)

Sports fans the world over are a fickle lot. They will hate a player or team one day and then be shouting their parses the next. When the Old Dart Coach was playing bartender, …

Thursday, August 6, 2015
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WIM-O-WAY… WIM-O-WAY… WIM-O-WAY…

An email arrived from Firth of Tom which should never be confused with the Firth of Clyde.  Everyone knows that the latter “encloses the largest and deepest coastal waters in the British Isles.”   The Firth of Tom lives in Ireland, the land of Guinness – home …

Wednesday, July 29, 2015
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The darts greats of yesteryear would prosper today

The Old Dart Coach (for those who are not aware) has a bit of an ego. Sure, this may come as a shock to some, but most will shake their heads with savoir-faire and mutter, “Tell me something I don’t know.”…

Thursday, July 9, 2015
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All hail American women dart players!

It’s been said that a goldfish has a very short attention span. The often heard comment (frequently said to the Old Dart Coach) is, “You have the attention span of a goldfish.”  A new study conducted by Microsoft shows that humans have an …

Friday, July 3, 2015
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They celebrate July 4th in England too!

In 1863, a group of people gathered in London, possibly in a pub, to set down the rules for footbol. Civilized people call it soccer. Rules of darts? Simple folks in a bar.  Like the rules of darts, the rules of soccer …

Saturday, June 27, 2015
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Tony, Peter and David – the new Pep Boys?

Manny, Moe, and Jack were four guys who started an auto parts store in the 1920s that became the huge success called the Pep Boys.  Four guys?  There were actually two Moe’s but saying Manny, Moe, Moe, and Jack didn’t …

Tuesday, June 16, 2015
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Cinderella “Honk” Kong and the WDF World Cup FIASCO

Toeing the Oche is the cutting edge. Granted sometimes the knife’s a little dull…

The Old Dart Coach picked Scotland to beat England in the World Cup. On the other hand, he also picked Scotland to beat defending champion Netherlands …