On This Day in 1945: John Lowe is Born

Remembering the birth of John 'Old Stoneface' Lowe, the first man to win a world title in three different decades and the last unified World Champion.

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A traditional British pub dartboard — darts has been part of British pub culture for over a century

Darts in British Culture: From Pub Game to World Championship

Darts didn't become a major British sport by accident. It grew out of the pubs and working men's clubs of northern England and the Midlands, hit peak television in the early 1980s, and then fractured into two competing visions of what the game should be. This is how that happened.