Darty Party (in the U.S.A.)

  The boys are back in town and this week, they are taking some time to talk about what's happened the last few week before making their picks for this week's seeded Premier League Darts night number 8 in beautiful Berlin.  Then, for this week's Obscure Sports America segment, we talk about the upcoming IPL season and County Cricket Championship seasons. Subscribe to OSA here.

The boys are back in town and this week, they are VERY QUICKLY discussing last week and this week's Premier League Darts results and brackets, before diving DEEP into the UK Open. There is a little bit of math, but a lot of bit of fun.  Then, for this week's Obscure Sports America segment, they end the episode with a look back at the PLL/WLL Sixes Championship Series and why Brad is so filled with hate for such a fun format.  PROGRAMMING NOTE: We will not be releasing an episode next week for logistical reasons, but should be back with Episode 51 the week after. Subscribe to OSA here.

The boys are back in town and this week they're talking about Littler's dominance in Poland, what it means to be a Luke, how PCs 5 and 6 ended up, then make their Premier League picks. In the last third of the episode, for this week's OSA discussion, they talk about the T20 World Cup, test cricket and hitting dongs.  https://obscuresportsamerica.beehiiv.com/subscribe

The boys are back in town and this week they're talking about PCs 3/4, the rise of Wessel Nijman in 2026 and making their Premier League picks. In the last third of the episode, for this week's OSA discussion, they yak about variants of sports (like rugby sevens and box lacrosse) and what they can offer to fans of more traditional versions of their respective games in an increasingly homogenized sporting world.  https://obscuresportsamerica.beehiiv.com/subscribe

The boys are back in town and this week they're talking about how bad the new PDC.TV app is, make our Premier League predictions and finish the episode with a discussion about the Obscure Sports America streaming schedule.  Be sure to subscribe to Obscure Sports America for expanded coverage and every single obscure sport you can think of, including darts. 

The boys are back in town and this week they're looking back at the Winmau World Masters tournament, making Premier League predictions (for both our picks pool and the PL Fantasy teams we've decided to start) and finish the episode with a very quick explainer of what to expect from the Obscure Sports America newsletter this week, as well as the T20 World Cup over the next month.  Be sure to subscribe to Obscure Sports America for expanded coverage and every single obscure sport you can think of, including darts. 

The boys are back in town and this week they're discussing the relative importance of the Winmau World Masters' tournament, breaking down  the ever-evolving PDC calendar and finish the episode with an announcement about an exciting new project/recurring segment on the pod.   

The boys are back this week with a semi-special episode. After discussing last weekend's 2025 European Darts Grand Prix, Brad and Nick take a deep dive into the history of qualifications in the European Tour. For those interested, we've posted a bit of our findings on the website. 

The boys are back in town and this time Brad and Nick are reviewing the results from the 2025 Austrian Darts Open and PLNs 13, then they preview this week's 2025 German Darts Grand Prix. 

The boys are back in town and this time Brad and Nick are reviewing the results from the 2025 German Darts Grand Prix and PLNs 11 and 12, then they preview this week's 2025 Austrian Darts Open. 

The boys are back in town and this time Brad and Nick are reviewing the results from the 2025 International Darts Open and PC 11, then predicting this week's Premier League ties for Night 10. 

An absolutely jampacked episode this week, as the boys weren't just back in town but spend some time tidying up the place. We've got reviews of the 9th and 10th Players Championships from Monday and Tuesday, a preview of today's Premier League and this weekend's International Darts Open.  BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!: We've done the work and spend some time going over the history of debuts, wins and prize money in the Euro Tour, as well as an in-depth breakdown of the big money news out of the PDC this week.    Come for the jokes about Ireland's place in the United Kingdom, stay for Wouter Vanrolleghem references. 

The boys are back in town and this time Brad and Nick are reviewing the results from the 2025 European Darts Trophy and predicting this week's Premier League ties for Night 8. 

The boys are back in town and this time Brad and Nick are reviewing Players Championships 7 and 8, predicting this week's Premier League ties and previewing the 2025 European Darts Trophy tournament this weekend.   

The boys are back in town and this time Brad and Nick are reviewing the 2025 Belgian Darts Open and Players Championship 5, predict this week's Premier League and discuss the busiest part of the 2025 PDC season.   

The boys are back in town and this time Brad and Nick are reviewing the 2025 UK Open, predict this week's Premier League, go over 2025 World Cup news and discuss the first PDC Euro Tour tournament of the season.   

The boys are back in town and this time Brad and Nick are previewing the 2025 UK Open, Brad's favorite tournament, and spend some time going through the recent results for the Players Championships and Premier League. 

PROGRAMMING NOTE: For logistical reasons, this episode is coming out after the Premier League Darts tournament it spends a lot of its time previewing. We liked the discussion we had and felt that despite it being mildly out of date, the basic premises of what we talked about still hold. Next, we'll be back to our regular Thursday release schedule.    The boys are back and better than ever, this week talking about Scottish hatred of the English, who the tall guy from darts in the 1980s was and what we thought might happen on this week's Premier League of Darts. Come for the references to Jocky Wilson's teeth, stay for the allusion to Mystic Quest.     

The boys are back in town and this time Brad and Nick are discussing what went wrong (and, sure, also right) at the PDC World Masters, finally figuring out how to fix PDC Premier League Darts -- Graham Norton and gambling addiction -- before looking wistfully into the future (it's a thing, shut up) to next week's beginning of the 2025 Pro Tour.

The boys are back in town and this time Brad and Nick are discussing what's happened since their hiatus, what to expect at the next two (Dutch Dart Masters and Winmau World Masters) tournaments and trying to answer some of the most pressing questions in the world of darts for the year of 2025, like "Will more Dutch players leave the Netherlands for snowier pastures?"

The boys are back in town and this time Brad and Nick are discussion Ritchie Edhouse's triumph in Dortmund, the PC Finals and World Championships qualifying, the announcement of the 2025 Winmau World Masters and the return of the Quadro 240 dartboard.    Come for the jokes about Gary Anderson flying to Germany, stay for the jokes about Icelandic soccer in this episode's Obscure Sports Quarterly segment. 

The boys are back and better than ever and this time, they are doing a vibe check on the first round of the 2024 Grand Prix, spend some time talking about what makes this tournament special and celebrating the first year of Nick's fandom. 

The boys are back and better than ever, this time to discuss the results from the previous two European Championships, try to figure out what's going to happen at the 2024 World Series of Darts Finals, and -- as geniuses -- fix the Premier League of Darts. Then we finish the episode talking about the Premier Lacrosse League for the Obscure Sports Weekly.

The boys are back and better than ever this week to make PDC Premier League and European Tour 2025 schedule releases better, talk about the 2024 German Darts Championship and speculate as to what the new memorabilia deal with Panini cards could mean for the tour, the tournaments and the stars that play in them.   

After a summer break, the boys are back to get us on track for the busy season of darts, with tournaments almost every week until the end of the year starting next week. Brad and Nick ask the important questions: Is parity dead? If you had to kill one of these formats in front of their families, would it be the Premier League or the World Series? What would it take for Luke Littler to (sports) hate Luke Humphries? and, after all the darts talk, we'll take some time to travel to Amsterdam for our Obscure Sports Weekly segment!  

This week, Nick and Brad spice things up and take some time to talk about what they love about obscure sports, how the Olympics provide the perfect platform for them, whether darts belongs on that stage and what the PDC can learn from the presentation of this year's Games. 

It's time once again for Brad and Nick to a shot-by-shot breakdown of the most recent major tournament. This time, it's the 2024 World Matchplay from the BEAUTIFUL Winter Gardens in BLACKPOOL, England. 

FINALLY, the (2024 PDC World) Matchplay has come back to darts! Brad and Nick breakdown the basics of the tournament, why it's a perennial favorite among the most hardcore of darts fans and take some swings at who will make it to extended play in the quarterfinals and beyond. 

The boys are taking a look back at the (second?) greatest tournament in sports: The World Cup of Darts. And this time with a special guest: Associate Professor of Math at Colgate University (and friend of the show), Will Cipolli. He's here to answer our dumb question about stats, national allegiances and whether or not Rowby-John Rodriguez is worth getting excited about along with our traditional "shot-by-shot" breakdown of the results from the weekend. And, as we do after every major tournament, Brad and Nick (along with Will) answer the question: How can we, as geniuses, make this thing better? Come for the maths, stay from the problem solving. 

In another jampacked episode, Brad and Nick discuss the week in darts, review the results from the European Darts Open, advocate for the abolishment of the Premier League and, most importantly, preview this week's World Cup of Darts in the wake of Gerwyn Price's withdrawal.     

In this week's jam-packed episode, the boys look at the results from the Polish Darts Masters and Women's series last weekend, preview this weekend's European Darts Open and look for potential upsets in the World Cup of Darts group stage.    

The boys are back in town, this time talking about World Cup (of Darts) jerseys, Darts masters tournament in greater Central Europe and a overview of what's at stake for this weekend's Women's Series.    Come for the jokes about the Dutch national football team, stay because you're too depressed about being a fan of the Dutch national football team. 

It's a New Day, yes it is! Our first Friday show in the post-Premier League era and the boys are back/better than ever.  Brad and Nick'll discuss Canadians ruining everything, New Yorkers being idiots and not monsters, the Nordic darts scene and even the PDC's acquisition of DartConnect. 

The boys are back, with a knack for making everything better. This week, come for the Premier League playoffs review and Dutch Darts Championship talk, stay for the gummies, the US and the sadness inherent in being a fan of the Oranje.   

The boys are back with a knack for making things better.    This week, they'll breakdown all the "excitement" of the final nights of the Premier League regular season, pray to the Darting Gods to have mercy on their souls (or at least come up with a more compelling format for the week-to-week of the PLD) and discuss the latest happenings on the Euro Tour.    Come for the Family Guy reference, stay for the slander against the entire country of Holland.   Content for the Darts Curious: Beyond the Oche - PDC/Sky Sports doc on mental health

The boys are back, with a knack for making everything better. This week, come for the Premier League and Baltic Sea Darts Open talk, stay for the jokes about Germany and unethical British media practices. 

Another day, another dollar, another dollar, another episode of Darty Party USA. Despite a slow news week, the action is the juice for Brad and Nick as they look back at yet another Littler Premier League triumph, draft new dartists for next year's Premier League season and spend some time talking about May's Players Championships. Come for the laughs, stay for the friendship? Or the darts talk, whatever you're into. 

Another day, another dollar, another dollar, another Darty Party USA Order of Merit. With an action-packed weekend of results, Brad and Nick work through their OoMs and review results from Luke "The Nuke" Littler's dominant weekend, from trolling Liverpool fans to winning the only green jacket that matters (to Austrians, at least).    OoM BRAD NICK 1 Littler LITTLER 2 Bunting making another semifinal RITCHE EDHOUSE 3 Schindler continues his runs in the ET CULLEN 4 Danny Lauby - close second round exit AUSTRIAN CROWDS  5 The Reserve List! ASP’S PLAYOFF HOPES 6 Top seeds underperforming BALTIC FRIENDSHIPS 7 Missed opportunity for Gilding JACKETS AS TROPHIES 8 Mensur and the Rodriguez brothers not qualifying PIKACHU

Another day, another dollar, another dollar, another Darty Party USA Order of Merit. With an action-packed weekend of results, Brad and Nick work through their OoMs and review results from Premier League Night 12, FOUR women's series tournaments and an exciting weekend in Sindelfingen at the European Darts Open. OoM BRAD NICK 1 Beau Greaves four WS Finals BEAU 2 Return of Gary Anderson! ASPINALL 3 Christian Perez - first win by a Filipino  EXTENDED BREAKS 4 Josh Rock - three 170s ANDERSON/SMITH 5 Danny Lauby in the Euro Tour SMALL TOWNS OUTSIDE OF STUTTGART 6 Asp winning the PL and breaking into top 4 NOA-LYNN 7 Luke Littler qualifying for ET via the OoM RITCHE EDHOUSE 8 Peter Wright at the PL PIKACHU/CULLEN

The boys are back and better than ever, with a knack for making things better. This week, they'll look at the Premier League results with MvG winning yet another week, results from the International Darts Open, our Order of Merit -- which we'll be going over every week going forward -- and finally our Premier League predictions.     MATCH OF THE WEEK PRICE V. SMITH - INTERNATIONAL DARTS OPEN - QF

The boys are back and better than ever, with a knack for making things better. This week, they'll spend some time talking about a lackluster Premier League Night, potential ways to make the Premier League more exciting, a quick overview of this week's Players' Championships and a preview of this weekend's International Darts Open.   MATCH OF THE WEEK Peter Wright v. Gerwyn Price - Premier League Night 10, QF4

The boys are back and better than ever, with a knack for making things better. This week, they'll spend some time talking about Luke Humphries shocking dominance of the German Darts Grand Prix from start to finish, what his place in the game is today and why he's a big loser who can't beat Luke Littler. Following the traditional Order of Merit after each Euro Tour, then they'll take a quick look at The Nuke's first nightly win in the Premier League. MATCH OF THE WEEK HUMPHRIES V VAN GERWEN - 2024 GERMAN DARTS GRAND PRIX FINALS

The boys are back and better than ever, with a knack for making things better. This week, they'll be taking a deep dive into our Match of the Week, Luke Humphries's best match from one of the best nights anyone has had in Premier League history, before predicting this week's results. Then they stop by the women's tour to discuss the rise of parity, the insanity of online discourse surrounding Noa-Lynn and the future of the women's series as a development platform. Then we hang out in Germany for Easter weekend. Come for the darts, stay for the blasphemous jokes.  MATCH OF THE WEEK Luke Humphries v. Peter Wright - Premier League Night 8 - Quarterfinal 1

The boys are back and better than ever, with a knack for making things better. This week, they'll be taking a deep dive into our Match of the Week, Luke Littler evisceration of MVG, then spend some time processing last week's Premier League Darts matches and Luke Humphries dominance before predicting this week's results. Then we take a trip to Minehead to see whose up and whose down on the Pro Tour rankings.  MATCH OF THE WEEK LUKE LITTLER V. MICHAEL VAN GERWEN CROSS, PREMIER LEAGUE DART NIGHT 7 - QUARTERFINAL  RACE TO MINEHEAD CONTENT FOR THE DARTS CURIOUS: WOMEN'S SERIES

The boys are back and better than ever, with a knack for making things better. This week, they'll be taking a deep dive into our Match of the Week, the Belgian Darts Open final between Luke Littler and Rob Cross, going over our Order of Merit following the BDO and the start of the Euro Tour season, then spend some time processing last week's Premier League Darts matches and Luke Humphries dominance before predicting this week's results. MATCH OF THE WEEK LUKE LITTLER V. ROB CROSS, 2024 BELGIAN DARTS OPEN FINAL CONTENT FOR THE DARTS CURIOUS: ADAM SMITH-NEALE PUNCHES OPPONENT IN FACE AFTER LOSING, CONTINUES TO BE A KNOB DARTS THE WAY GOD-JESUS INTENDED

The boys are back from a trip -- through their televisions -- to Butlin's Minehead and the results from this past weekend's UK Open.  Starting with the Match of the Week, then a "shot-by-shot" breakdown of the highs and lows of the UK Open, Premier League Predictions before ending with our beloved recurring segment, Better Know a Tournament: European Tour Edition.    Match of the Week Luke Littler v. Damon Heta, 2024 UK Open QF Dart-by-Dart THE BEST UK OPEN MATCH EVER? Littler v Heta | 2024 UK Open (youtube.com)

Major episode today, as Nick and Brad preview the UK Open championship, the first "real" major of the 2024 PDC season. The boys'll also take a deep dive into the match of the night for the last Premier League and make predictions for tonight's tournament.  

The boys are back in town/Darty Party, U.S.A.. This week, Brad and Nick'll be talking about Players Championships, the concept of hometown advantage in the Premier League and which members of the British Isles you can trust.    Content for the Darts Curious: Henderson - MVG, Aberdeen Darts in England, 1900–39: A social history (Studies in Popular Culture)

Nick and Brad are back this week to look at Premier League Night 2, and more importantly, the finer points of points qualifying. That's right, The Pro Tour has started and that means Floor Tournaments are back, BABY. Sorry, "Players Championships" We'll explain why you should care about these precious jewels, what to watch and who to be on the look out for.   Darts Content worth your time: Why Darts Players are perfect athletes Live Lounge - Online Darts