Howie Reed’s Column

Wednesday, March 24, 2014
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Taylor’s baaack!  Taylor’s baaack?

Newspapers, bloggers and  Facebook posters are sometimes wrong. Shocking  yes, but true.  The Old Dart Coach humbly suggests that this is the case in regard to reports of the darting  death of one Philip Douglas Taylor.

In 1896, a London newspaper reported that Samuel Langhorne …

Wednesday, March 5, 2014
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Sandra Bullock’s Behind Worth $70 Million.  Does Phil Taylor Care?

The Old Dart Coach is addicted to the Internet.  Like his other disgusting habits, of which there are many, he makes no apologies.  To prepare for this effort the Internet was scanned for clues on how to improve readership.  …

Thursday, February 20, 2014
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The Year of the Follically-challenged

As strange as it may seem, the Old Dart Coach found himself taking a guilt trip recently. Anyone familiar with the  ODC would think, “Lad’s got a lot to feel guilty about!” While true, it will shock those familiar with “dahts” in America that …

Monday, February 10, 2014
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Phil Taylor: What the heck is going on?

Darts and the bartender from Pine Meadows Golf Course in Martinez, California have come a long way since 2:00 a.m. on January 1, 1977.  That morning, after a long night, the bartender  accepted clean-up help from a couple of dart players …

Monday, January 27, 2014
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Going Home

Thomas Wolf wrote the highly acclaimed novel “You Can’t Go Home Again.”  For the dart player who has traveled the world playing darts while helping the sponsor’s meet bar guarantees a visit to any dart tournament is “going home.”

Every tournament in the world, from the very …

Monday, January 20, 2014
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Memories of the Las Vegas Open

This effort should hit the “ether wave” prior to the Las Vegas Open.  The brainchild of the late Bob Murdock and his wife Marki, today  the tournament is the premier steel tip event in Las Vegas.  Memories of the Las Vegas Open are …

Monday, December 2, 2013
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The greatest match of all time?

A breath of fresh air… a lover stealing that first kiss… a fine wine in a crystal goblet or a cold beer on a summer’s day.  Oh yes, a romantic’s first love.

“A person remembers their first love”.

Not so the great philosopher …

Thursday, November 14, 2013
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Give thanks to John Lowe this Thanksgiving

“Darts… darts… darts… nothing but bloody darts” rang the words of Jim “The Bizz” Aspin – a longtime pal of the Old Dart Coach – back when “The Bizz” was mixing drinks and drawing lagers at a private “drinkery” on the banks …

The Old Dart Coach dictated that Toeing the Oche clean out its files. With the red carpet rolled out, trumpets ready to blare “Ruffles and Flourishes” and drummers alerted for the occasional rim shot… here ’tis.

So… has the mystery of ODC’s stolen ukulele been solved? Maybe. The ODC had blamed the pilferage – after …