You do not expect a Players Championship final to be derailed by a basketball team. That is exactly what happened in Den Bosch on Tuesday, and Gian van Veen was not having it. The Dutch world No.3 was already fighting an uphill battle against Cameron Menzies in the Players Championship 29 final at the Maaspoort. … Read more
Luke Littler has had enough. The world number one is not hinting, not warning, not leaving the door ajar. He has pulled the plug. Three events. Two days. That is how quickly the boycott moved from a post-match comment into something you can see on a tournament entry list. After a weekend of boos and … Read more
New York waited 53 years for one banner. Now the city wants two in a row, and the league has not allowed that since Kevin Durant was still in a Warriors jersey. That is the job in front of the Knicks. Not ending a drought. Not proving they belong. Repeating in an NBA that has … Read more
Beau Greaves did not stage a coming-out interview. She posted a picture. That was enough. Earlier this year the best women’s darts player in the world put a photo of herself and her partner, Shan Reeves, on Instagram. People who already knew her already knew. The rest of the internet decided it was their business. … Read more
There is a special kind of darts clip that does not need a nine-darter or a bust-up to travel. Someone just… leaves. That is what happened when Dalibor Smolik, mid-leg at Lakeside, turned and walked off the stage while Marko Kantele was still throwing. No tantrum. No snapped dart. No scheduled break. He simply disappeared … Read more
Remember When Luke Littler Had to Prove He Was Actually 16? Back in early January 2024, darts was in a full-blown fever and half the country still could not believe the kid on the Ally Pally stage was only 16. Luke Littler had just smashed his way to the World Championship final. He had taken … Read more
Darts has a new problem and it is standing on the oche with a teenage world champion who has already won almost everything. Luke Littler walked into Amsterdam chasing something no one has ever done: a clean sweep of all ten major televised PDC titles in a single year. He left with a 10-4 quarter-final … Read more
Ten-year-old Chanel Marrow did not treat New York Fashion Week like a photo-op. She treated it like a mission. While other kids practiced their walks backstage at Macy’s Herald Square, Ice-T and Coco Austin’s daughter had one target locked in: New York Knicks captain Jalen Brunson. The Rookie Kids: Runway on Broadway show on September … Read more
Phil Taylor does not hand out shortlists lightly. When the 16-time world champion talks about who can actually live with Luke Littler over a World Championship distance, the list shrinks fast. Ahead of Ally Pally last winter he boiled it down to a handful of names: Luke Humphries, Josh Rock and Michael van Gerwen. That … Read more
Luke Littler does not ease into the World Grand Prix. He never has. Next Monday night in Leicester, the world number one walks back into the one major that asks every player to start and finish on a double, and his first job is Luke Woodhouse. The BoyleSports World Grand Prix runs from 28 September … Read more