I can safely say I had never watched darts highlights before today. I can also now safely say that darts highlights are the best highlights in sports.
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On Wednesday, a clip of one dartsman(?)/darter(?)/dartlete(?), um, let's just go with darts player, doing something really dartsy went viral. And although I couldn't for the life of me understand what was going on (Aren't you supposed to hit the bullseye?), the the call by the announcer — and the reaction of the crowd — was absolutely electric. Check it out:
https://twitter.com/SkySportsDarts/status/1062798779571716096
“THAT IS A STUNNING MOMENT IN THE GRAND SLAM OF DARTS!” Gus Johnson, eat your heart out!
I conferred with co-worker and closet darts aficionado Chris Powers, who explained Dimitri Van den Bergh's “nine darter” or PERFECT LEG as follows:
“You start with 501 points (game is called 501). You hit the middle red, it's triple 20 (60×3=180). Then..