Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Column HR154
Merry Christmas!
‘Tiz the holiday season throughout the world. A time we celebrate Christmas with joy, family, and good friends.
RIP Mike Enright
For darters from the Golden Age of darts, there is sadness with the death of Mike Enright. Mike was born in Blackpool but made the move …
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Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Column 507
Darts in Paciano, Italy
Just as it was whales that brought award-winning environmental writer (and former Greenpeace staffer) Kieran Mulvaney to Paciano, Italy, a few weeks ago it was somewhat the same for me…
I made the trip to Umbria – the “Green Heart of Italy” – to join …
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Column HR153
Potpourri
There comes a time when doing a column that one leans on a formula to get through the 1,000-plus words required. The Old Dart Coach calls it “potpourri” which is pronounced “PO-PURR-E” not “POT-POUR-EE.” It’s a little if this and a little of that.
The other “potpourri” is …
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Monday, November 9, 2015
Column 506
Darts NEEDS a universal Code of Conduct, now more than ever!
The following column was written in 2014…
Perhaps if the leaders who have emerged since it was published pressed for a meeting of the various darts organizations the concept might be moved forward and problems that tarnish the …
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Friday, November 6, 2015
Column HR152
“A lavare a capu e ru ciucciu, ci perdi a l’isia!”
The American Darts Organization team has just finished playing in the World Dart Federation World Cup in Turkey. Steve Brown, the Team Captain/Manager/ADO representative to the WDF/Communications Director – a man of many hats posted…
“We are proud …
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Sunday, November 1, 2015
Column 504
Ghosts, goblins and the ADO
Last night was Halloween! Or Punky Night, if you live in Somerset, England.
As we in America tossed Tootsie Rolls into sacks thrust at us by sticky little children cleverly disguised as sticky little children in sheets, across the pond in Somerset, the Brits …
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Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Column HR151
Kiss my asp!
There’s nothing more pathetic than a former darter trying to hang on. Telling himself, herself or itself that, “I’ve still got it – just not having any luck.” The great golfer Jack Nicklaus, speaking of luck said, “The more I practice the luckier I get.”
Next …
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Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Column HR150
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 …
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Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Column 503
“The truth is violated by falsehood but outraged by silence.”
Let’s be clear about something. Larry Butler’s recent accomplishment at the Winmau World Maters was Larry Butler’s accomplishment. Ain’t no one else’s. Ain’t no organization’s claim to fame (although the CDC certainly deserves an assist). No one but Larry …
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Dartoid's ColumnWednesday, October 7, 2015
Column HR149
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 …
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