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Darts players Anca Zijlstra and Aileen de Graaf have announced their departure from the Dutch women's darts team because they refuse to team up with trans woman Noa-Lynn van Leuven. Zijlstra announced she was quitting the team in a post on Facebook. "The moment you're embarrassed to be a part of the Dutch Team, because a biological man is playing in the women's team, it's time to go," she wrote. "I have tried to accept this, but I can not condone or justify this." "I think that with sports there has to be an equal and level playing field which...

LUKE Littler, also known as Luke the Nuke, is the Cheshire darts wizard that at just 16 years old has reached the semi finals of the World Darts Championship. Playing tonight, January 2, at around 7.30pm UK time, he has his hopes on making the final tomorrow, January 3. Unassuming Luke, who celebrated his last two wins with a kebab and a KFC meal, has already made history as the youngest player to be in the last 16, beating a competitor 40 years his senior. Luke commenced his darts career at 18 months old with a magnetic board and has...

IRVINE, Calif. — On the morning of Feb. 28, 2000, a man in a black hood ran up to Patrick Riley in front of his office, shot him flush in the face and fled. The bullet missed his brain, and Mr. Riley, a biotechnology entrepreneur, survived. But two days later, his business partner, a doctor named Larry C. Ford, killed himself with a shotgun after learning he was suspected of being the mastermind behind the shooting. That is where the story probably would have ended — a lurid but ultimately local piece of intrigue played out in the sun-splashed Orange...

When most researchers looked at a puzzling group of artifacts discovered at French archaeological sites, they presumed these to be ornaments or clothing. But Justin Garnett saw something else."They resembled finger loops like those used by some North and South American spearthrowers," said Garnett, a doctoral candidate in anthropology at the University of Kansas.That observation led to his new article, "Exploring the Possible Function of Paleolithic Open Rings as Spearthrower Finger Loops." It examines open-ringed objects discovered in the late 19th century at Le Placard, Petit Cloup Barrat and Cave à Endives. His research hypothesizes that such rings (fabricated from...

Inspired by President Biden's frustration and hatred toward the unvaccinated portion of the US population, FDA economist Taylor Lee expounded on the ideas he has been forwarding to the President for addressing the issue. "It seems to me that an easy solution would be to shoot vaccine darts into persons suspected of being unvaccinated," Lee said. "I've seen many nature shows where large wild animals have been inoculated with darts containing sedatives prior to transporting them or giving them medical attention. Federal sharpshooters could take up positions near a planned anti-vax protest and open fire at an opportune time. This...

Darts bosses have scrapped the tradition of using walk-on girls at televised tournaments after broadcasters got cold feet - sparking fury among fans. Women dressed in revealing outfits have accompanied players to the ocre for more than 20 years in a practice that has recently drawn accusations of sexism.

Man Falls From 17th Floor at Minneapolis Hotel, Survives January 21, 2007 MINNEAPOLIS — A Wisconsin man in town for a dart tournament apparently was goofing around Saturday morning at the Minneapolis Hyatt Regency when he crashed through a window and fell 16 stories. The man, identified in a police report as 29-year-old Joshua S. Hanson, of Blair, Wis., landed on a roof overhang near the hotel's main entrance along Nicollet Mall. His most serious injury was a broken leg. The man must have "an angel on his shoulder or something," said Minneapolis police Lt. Dale Barsness. "He's a lucky...

HARRISBURG, Pa. - An ancient weapon that struck fear in the hearts of Spanish conquistadors, and that some think was used to slay wooly mammoths in Florida, may soon be added to the arsenal of Pennsylvania's hunters. The state Game Commission is currently drafting proposed regulations to allow hunters to use the atlatl, a small wooden device used to propel a six-foot dart as fast as 80 mph. The commission could vote to legalize its use as early as January. It's unclear which animals atlatlists may be allowed to hunt, but the proposal is being pushed by people who want...

A pub darts team in Brighton has been banned for life for alleged homophobic behaviour towards an opposing gay and lesbian side. Players from the Bevendean Hotel are alleged to have insulted gay players based at the Stag pub, in December. The team, banned from the Sussex United Darts League, is said to have refused to shake hands or eat at the pub. But the Bevendean players deny the claims and say they were not given a chance to tell their version of events. The Stag players say the other team refused to shake hands or eat food "in case...

All six members of a pub darts team have been banned for life after being accused of making anti-homosexual jibes while playing against a side made up of homosexuals and lesbians. The three men and three women from the Bevendean Hotel in Brighton have been told by their league that they will never again be allowed to throw competitively. Players from the Bevendean - the runaway leaders of the mixed division of the United Darts League in Brighton - were accused of refusing to shake hands with their opponents or even to eat the food on offer when they went...

DART: From Dorothy E. Cole of Ithaca: "No bank robber would get as much as these CEOs give themselves. The tax on these CEO's should be raised where they wouldn't profit from their greed. People lose jobs, pensions because of companies going broke feeding these hogs."