#ch: nick sullivan

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Tell Me a Story |  Billy Magnussen & Rarmian Newton 2018 ‧ Psychological thriller ‧ S01.E05

#homoeroticism #billy magnussen #rarmian newton #tell me a story #tvgifs #ch:ethan davies #ch: nick sullivan #psychological thriller

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six sentences sunday

Tagged by @adventuresofmeghatron, thank you!

Tagging: I’ve been kind of checked out today so if you’d like to do it, consider yourself tagged.

Like I mentioned earlier today, writing’s been kind of a struggle this last couple weeks, but I promise it’s slowly coming together. Here’s another bit from Ch. 16.

“Sorry, but I gotta ask, who’s your friend?” 

Deacon’s given Danny Sullivan a lot of names since he joined the guard. Sam, and Jim, and Dylan. Devin, a couple times. He might’ve thrown Tom and Andy in there once or twice. Danny looks at him like he doesn’t remember a single one. Still got it. 

“Will,” Deacon says, holding out a gloved hand for Danny to shake. 

“He’s from Sanctuary,” MacCready adds as Danny gives his hand a quick squeeze. “Anthony’s had us out checking on some of the settlements with all this going on, and we ran into a kidnapping we wanted Nick’s help with.” 

“God, when it rains, it pours, huh?” Danny says, shaking his head, biting right into the story and chewing. Damn.

#one day i might get tired of deacon being impressed with maccready's skills #but today is not that day #six sentences sunday #the eye of the storm #a line in the sand #my writing

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One of the fun things about Polynesian Pacific (the successor to various other Hawaii-based promotions from the 1940s to the end of the 1980s) is that it was sort of a neutral zone for promotions in the U.S. and Japan. It was the approximate halfway point for wrestlers traveling back and forth between the two countries, so for a lot of stars it was a chance to have a working vacation, so to speak. As a result, territorial divisions didn’t apply to Hawaii.

Some of the cards from that era are pretty amazing: guys from All Japan, New Japan, the AWA, the NWA, and the WWF all working the same show, usually against local lads but occasionally against each other. So, for instance, you had Rocky Johnson and Tony Atlas, at the time they were WWF tag team champs, wrestling the Dirty White Boys in the midst of their World Class run. Or, a decade earlier, Nick Bockwinkel and Ray Stevens in their glory days as AWA’s top heel tag team against moonlighting WWWF champion Pedro Morales teaming with the NWA’s Wahoo McDaniel. 

Here, for instance, is the card for the promotion’s “Hot Summer Night” show in August, 1985:

1. The Cobra (ch) beat Superfly Tui (NWA/WWF Jr. Heavyweight title match) 2. Seiji Sakaguchi beat Matt Borne 3. Tatsumi Fujinami/Kengo Kimura beat The Hoods (Johnny Mantell/Gene Lewis) 4. Jimmy Snuka beat Larry Sharpe 5. Manny Fernandez beat Black Bart by DQ 6. Steve Regal (ch) drew Mighty Milo (AWA Light-Heavyweight title match) 7. Debbie Combs beat Fallen Angel (Woman) by DQ (women’s match) 8. Leroy Brown/Farmer Boy Ipo beat Joel Deaton/Verne Deaton 9. Little Kevin beat Pancho Boy (midget match) 10. Richie Magnett beat Gypsy Joe 11. Dusty Rhodes/Magnum T.A. beat Nikita Koloff/Krusher Khruschev 12. Andre the Giant/Angelo Mosca/Steve Collins beat King Kong Bundy/Kevin Sullivan/Mark Lewin by DQ 13. Lars Anderson beat Bad News Allen (ch) (NWA Polynesian title match) 14. Rocky Johnson/Ricky Johnson beat Dirty White Boys (Tony Anthony/Len Denton) (ch) (NWA Polynesian Tag title match) 15. Antonio Inoki double-CO vs. Bruiser Brody 16. Ric Flair (ch) double-DQ vs. Siva Afi (NWA World title match)

This was also a territory (owned by The Rock’s grandmother, incidentally) where mainland storylines didn’t matter, since regional U.S. TV basically didn’t exist in Hawaii. This is how, in the midst of his Florida run as an evil devil worshiper, Kevin Sullivan could work Hawaii as a clean-cut babyface teaming with the Great Muta. 

There are plenty of old episodes of Polynesian Pro’s weekly TV show on YouTube, although they had a frustrating habit of only showing portions of each match. On the other hand, the anything-goes nature of the territory meant that they did things like show most of an NWA title match on free TV, including the finish, something that was a huge taboo on the mainland for years. 

Like most of the territories, Polynesian Pro couldn’t survive the growth of cable TV and the resulting consolidation of the industry. In the 1980s they made a financially ruinous decision to run a tour of California without any local TV or promotion, resulting in, for instance, a draw of fewer than 200 to the Olympic in Los Angeles, which held over 10,000. Their last big show was in 1989, headlined by Don Muraco vs. Bob Orton. After that, the promotion split and dwindled, relying on public access TV and increasingly smaller shows. 

#Polynesian Pacific Pro Wrestling #wrestling in Hawaii #territory days #1980s wrestling

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🤣🤣🤣🤣  |  Tell Me a Story 2018 ‧ Psychological thriller ‧ S01.E05

#ιт'ѕ тнe capѕ тнaт geтѕ yoυ #billy magnussen #rarmian newton #tell me a story #psychological thriller #tvgifs #ch: ethan davies #ch: nick sullivan

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#👅eat responsibly #billy magnussen #tell me a story #tvgifs #ch: nick sullivan #beautiful men #psychological thriller

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British Open TV schedule 2017: Coverage of Round 2 at Royal Birkdale

With the cut looming, several stars need to make a move in England.

With Thursday’s opening-round jitters — and any concerns of lingering jet lag — in the rear view, the field at the 2017 British Open is beginning to jell.

On Friday, the stage will be set for the championship rounds.

The second round of the Open will be the last for approximately half the field, and we’ve seen big names fail to advance to the weekend in 2017’s other majors. The cut at the Masters claimed names like Danny Willett, Henrik Stenson, Bubba Watson, and Alex Noren. Favorites like Stenson, Dustin Johnson, Adam Scott, and Jon Rahm all failed to last four rounds at this year’s U.S. Open.

More big names are slated to fall Friday on one of the PGA Tour’s most unforgiving courses. The Royal Birkdale is hosting its 10th British Open, and its links are a perfect encapsulation of the sport’s history on the isle. The course takes advantage of the rolling valleys of England’s west coast, dropping wide greens into a pastoral backdrop.

At 7,200 yards, the course isn’t especially long, and a lack of trees and water hazards gives the impression that golfers can take big drives off the tee with little risk. However, a minefield of deep bunkers nestled throughout Birkdale’s fairways are designed to steal shots and stop progress. Once these pros get to the green, a long, undulating path stands between them and the hole.

The challenge there is real. Padraig Harrington won the Open at the Royal Birkdale with a +3 final score. He finished four strokes ahead of the next closest competitor. Only four golfers could claim a score of +9 or lower that weekend. In 1998, the only thing that got champion Mark O’Meara under par for the event was a four-hole playoff with Brian Watts.

That increased difficulty will soften the curve by which the cut is set, but expect to see some big names leaving Southport early on Friday evening. This year’s Open is host to a stacked field that includes all the the world’s top 25 golfers along with veteran stars like Harrington, Ernie Els, Ian Poulter, and the always-entertaining John Daly.

Here’s how you can catch all of Friday’s action live, whether it’s on television, on the radio, or streaming over the internet.

Friday’s second round coverage (all times ET)

Television:

1:30 a.m.-4 p.m. -- Golf Channel

Online streams:

1:30 a.m.-4 p.m. -- Golf Channel broadcast simulcast stream

1:30-11:30 a.m. -- "First Tee" stream

4 a.m.-3 p.m. -- Featured holes stream

Marquee group stream

Spotlight stream

Radio:

3 a.m.-1 p.m. -- Sirius XM PGA Tour Radio (Ch. 92/208)

Friday’s tee times and groupings (all times Eastern)

1:35 a.m.: Andrew Johnston, Adam Hadwin, Todd Hamilton

1:46 a.m.: John Daly, Adam Bland, a-Connor Syme

1:57 a.m.: William McGirt, Toby Tree, Jamie Lovemark

2:08 a.m.: Matthew Griffin, Austin Connelly, Matthew Southgate

2:19 a.m.: Cameron Smith, Bill Haas, Callum Shinkwin

2:30 a.m.: Michael Hendry, Brian Harman, Martin Laird

2:41 a.m.: Ernie Els, Ross Fisher, Bernd Wiesberger

2:52 a.m.: Tyrrell Hatton, Martin Kaymer, Aaron Baddeley

3:03 a.m.: Zach Johnson, Jason Day, Sergio Garcia

3:14 a.m.: Andy Sullivan, Joost Luiten, David Lipsky

3:25 a.m.: Rickie Fowler, Adam Scott, Paul Casey

3:36 a.m.: Matt Kuchar, Richie Ramsay, Ryan Fox

3:47 a.m.: Kevin Kisner, Charley Hoffman, David Drysdale

4:03 a.m.: Jimmy Walker, Hideto Tanihara, Thorbjorn Olesen

4:14 a.m.: Jhonattan Vegas, Brandon Stone, Sean O’Hair

4:25 a.m.: Daniel Berger, Pablo Larrazabal, Yuta Ikeda

4:36 a.m.: Paul Lawrie, Kevin Chappell, Yusaku Miyazato

4:47 a.m.: Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson, Charl Schwartzel

4:58 a.m.: Jon Rahm, Patrick Reed, Lee Westwood

5:09 a.m.: Phil Mickelson, Francesco Molinari, Marc Leishman

5:20 a.m.: Scott Hend, Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Bubba Watson

5:31 a.m.: Paul Waring, Kyle Stanley, Kevin Na

5:42 a.m.: Giwhan Kim, Xander Schauffele, Andrew Dodt

5:53 a.m.: Haotong Li, Kent Bulle, Haydn McCullen

6:04 a.m.: Jbe Kruger, Nick McCarthy, Ashley Hall

6:15 a.m.: Ryan McCarthy, Laurie Canter, Sebastian Munoz

6:36 a.m.: Mark O’Meara, Chris Wood, Ryan Moore

6:47 a.m.: Phachara Khongwatmai, a-Maverick McNealy, Stuart Manley

6:58 a.m.: Stewart Cink, Sandy Lyle, Jeunghun Wang

7:09 a.m.: Paul Broadhurst, Thongchai Jaidee, Roberto Castro

7:20 a.m.: Tom Lehman, Ben An, Darren Fichardt

7:31 a.m.: Soren Kjeldsen, Billy Horschel, Danny Willett

7:42 a.m.: Matthew Fitzpatrick, Steve Stricker, Emiliano Grillo

7:53 a.m.: Jason Dufner, Branden Grace, Bryson DeChambeau

8:04 a.m.: Alex Noren, Russell Knox, Ian Poulter

8:15 a.m.: David Duval, Prayad Marksaeng, K.T. Kim

8:26 a.m.: Younghan Song, David Horsey, Dylan Frittelli

8:37 a.m.: Mike Lorenzo-Vera, Charles Howell III, Shiv Kapur

8:48 a.m.: Russell Henley, Fabrizio Zanotti, Peter Uihlein

9:04 a.m.: Alexander Levy, Brendan Steele, Webb Simpson

9:15 a.m.: Wesley Bryan, Anirban Lahiri, a-Alfie Plant

9:26 a.m.: Darren Clarke, Gary Woodland, a-Harry Ellis

9:37 a.m.: Padraig Harrington, Pat Perez, Thomas Pieters

9:48 a.m.: Henrik Stenson, Si Woo Kim, Jordan Spieth

9:59 a.m.: Louis Oosthuizen, Justin Rose, Justin Thomas

10:10 a.m.: Brooks Koepka, Hideki Matsuyama, Tommy Fleetwood

10:21 a.m.: J.B. Holmes, Brandt Snedeker, Shane Lowry

10:32 a.m.: Richard Bland, Shaun Norris, a-Luca Cianchetti

10:43 a.m.: Yikeun Chang, Chan Kim, Mark Foster

10:54 a.m.: Sung-Hoon Kang, Tony Finau, Matthieu Pavon

11:05 a.m.: Alexander Bjork, Joe Dean, Robert Streb

11:16 a.m.: Robert Dinwiddie, Julian Suri, Adam Hodkinson

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British Open 2017 live stream: How to watch Thursday's round online

Dustin Johnson is the favorite, but recent history suggests someone else will get their first major victory.

The third major of this year’s PGA Tour schedule begins Thursday and with it a chance for Dustin Johnson to solidify his position as the world’s top golfer. After a freak accident and disappointing play left him with just two underwhelming rounds at the Masters and U.S. Open, he’ll look for vindication — and a second major PGA Tour victory — at the 2017 British Open.

Johnson is a slight betting favorite to raise the Claret Jug, but he’ll have to fend off a loaded field to get there. Each member of the World Golf Rankings’ top 25 will be at the Royal Birkdale in England this week, taking on the challenge of one the golf world’s most notoriously difficult courses. The Birkdale is an essentially British loop, combining all the best qualities of a classic links course with the swooping valleys and hills of England’s coastline.

In its 128 years of existence, the club has hosted nine Opens, developing a reputation as an unforgiving beast in the process. Deep bunkers dot the fairways, punishing even the smallest mistakes off the tee. Back in 2008, the last time the event came to the course, Padraig Harrington ran away to a four-stroke victory despite posting a four-round +3 score. In all, only four golfers finished at +9 or lower.

Having a prior U.S. Open win on his resume may be bad news for Johnson. The past seven PGA Tour majors have been won by a golfer earning his first major win — the most recent coming from Brooks Koepka at the U.S. Open. You’d have to go back to the 2015 Open, won by Zach Johnson, to find the last victor with a major title on his record.

Zach Johnson will be in the fold Thursday, but he’ll be staring up at a field that includes Johnson, Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy, and Sergio Garcia. If the recent trend of first-time winners holds true, they may all wind up chasing golfers like Jon Rahm, Rickie Fowler, and Hideki Matsuyama as they grind toward a validating breakthrough win in England.

For Americans, the event starts in the wee hours of Thursday morning. Mark O’Meara’s opening group tees off at 1:35 a.m. ET, when it will be covered live on the Golf Network and online through the network’s official stream. Here’s how you can follow along.

How to watch the opening round of the 2017 British Open

Thursday's first round coverage (all times Eastern)

Television:

1:30 a.m.-4 p.m. -- Golf Channel

Online streams:

1:30 a.m.-4 p.m. -- Golf Channel broadcast simulcast stream

1:30-11:30 a.m. -- "First Tee" stream

4 a.m.-3 p.m. -- Featured holes stream

Marquee group stream

Spotlight stream

Radio:

3 a.m.-1 p.m. -- Sirius XM PGA Tour Radio (Ch. 92/208)

Tee Times

Tee No. 1, Thursday (all times Eastern)

1:35 a.m. -- Mark O'Meara, Chris Wood, Ryan Moore

1:46 a.m. -- Maverick McNealy, Phachara Khongwatmai, Stuart Manley

1:57 a.m. -- Stewart Cink, Sandy Lyle, Jeunghun Wang

2:08 a.m. -- Paul Broadhurst, Thongchai Jaidee, Roberto Castro

2:19 a.m. -- Tom Lehman, Ben An, Darren Fichardt

2:30 a.m. -- Soren Kjeldsen, Billy Horschel, Danny Willett

2:41 a.m. -- Matthew Fitzpatrick, Steve Stricker, Emiliano Grillo

2:52 a.m. -- Jason Dufner, Branden Grace, Bryson DeChambeau

3:03 a.m. -- Alex Noren, Russell Knox, Ian Poulter

3:14 a.m. -- David Duval, Prayad Marksaeng, KT Kim

3:25 a.m. -- Younghan Song, David Horsey, Dylan Frittelli

3:36 a.m. -- Mike Lorenzo-Vera, Charles Howell III, Shiv Kapur

3:47 a.m. -- Russell Henley, Fabrizio Zanotti, Peter Uihlein

4:03 a.m. -- Alexander Levy, Brendan Steele, Webb Simpson

4:14 a.m. -- Wesley Bryan, Anirban Lahiri, Alfie Plant

4:25 a.m. -- Darren Clarke, Gary Woodland, Harry Ellis

4:36 a.m. -- Padraig Harrington, Pat Perez, Thomas Pieters

4:47 a.m. -- Henrik Stenson, Si Woo Kim, Jordan Spieth

4:58 a.m. -- Louis Oosthuizen, Justin Rose, Justin Thomas

5:09 a.m. -- Brooks Koepka, Hideki Matsuyama, Tommy Fleetwood

5:20 a.m. -- J.B. Holmes, Brandt Snedeker, Shane Lowry

5:31 a.m. -- Richard Bland, Shaun Norris, Luca Cianchetti

5:42 a.m. -- Yi Keun Chang, Chan Kim, Mark Foster

5:53 a.m. -- Sung-Hoon Kang, Tony Finau, Matthieu Pavon

6:04 a.m. -- Alexander Bjork, Joe Dean, Robert Streb

6:15 a.m. -- Robert Dinwiddie, Julian Suri, Adam Hodkinson

6:36 a.m. -- Andrew Johnson, Adam Hadwin, Todd Hamilton

6:47 a.m. -- John Daly, Adam Bland, Connor Syme

6:58 a.m. -- William McGirt, Toby Tree, Jamie Lovemark

7:09 a.m. -- Matthew Griffin, Austin Connelly, Matthew Southgate

7:20 a.m. -- Cameron Smith, Bill Haas, Callum Shinkwin

7:31 a.m. -- Michael Hendry, Brian Harman, Martin Laird

7:42 a.m. -- Ernie Els, Ross Fisher, Bernd Wiesberger

7:53 a.m. -- Tyrrell Hatton, Martin Kaymer, Aaron Baddeley

8:04 a.m. -- Zach Johnson, Jason Day, Sergio Garcia

8:15 a.m. -- Andy Sullivan, Joost Luiten, David Lipsky

8:26 a.m. -- Rickie Fowler, Adam Scott, Paul Casey

8:37 a.m. -- Matt Kuchar, Richie Ramsay, Ryan Fox

8:48 a.m. -- Kevin Kisner, Charley Hoffman, David Drysdale

9:04 a.m. -- Jimmy Walker, Hideto Tanihara, Thorbjorn Olesen

9:15 a.m. -- Jhonattan Vegas, Brandon Stone, Sean O'Hair

9:26 a.m. -- Daniel Berger, Pablo Larrazabal, Yuta Ikeda

9:37 a.m. -- Paul Lawrie, Kevin Chappell, Yusaku Miyazato

9:48 a.m. -- Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson, Charl Schwartzel

9:59 a.m. -- Jon Rahm, Patrick Reed, Lee Westwood

10:10 a.m. -- Phil Mickelson, Francesco Molinari, Marc Leishman

10:21 a.m. -- Scott Hend, Rafael Cabrera-Bello, Bubba Watson

10:32 a.m. -- Paul Waring, Kyle Stanley, Kevin Na

10:43 a.m. -- Giwhan Kim, Xander Schauffele, Andrew Dodt

10:54 a.m. -- Haotong Li, Kent Bulle, Haydn McCullen

11:05 a.m. -- Jbe Kruger, Nick McCarthy, Ashley Hall

11:16 a.m. -- Ryan McCarthy, Laurie Canter, Sebastian Munoz

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Shell Houston Open 2017 live stream: Tee times, TV channel, and how to watch Sunday online

Rickie Fowler is making a charge in the final pre-Masters tuneup.

At the start of the Shell Houston Open, the prospect for an on-time Sunday finish did not look good. The weather forecast looked horrible for the entire weekend in the Houston area, with Sunday getting the worst of it. But so far, so good and we’ve made both two cuts and got through 54 holes on time at the Golf Club of Houston.

Now comes the Sunday challenge. As a precaution, the Tour made the typical move of putting the remaining field in groups of three and off split tees for the final round, bumping the entire field up into a two-hour block first thing in the morning. This is the customary practice when inclement weather is in the forecast and an on-time finish is paramount. This week, that’s more important than ever with a host of players not wanting this thing to extend into Monday and infringe on Masters week preparations.

So the first groups will go off Nos. 1 and 10 at 7:15 a.m. local and 8:15 a.m. ET. The anchor group of Sung Kang, Rickie Fowler, and Russell Henley will go at 10:05 a.m. ET and try to race around the track in just over four hours without weather interruptions. Fowler made a dramatic push on Saturday to get this at least interesting at the top of the leaderboard. Kang was running away with it at the 36-hole mark, but the start to Saturday’s round made this a ballgame real quick. Fowler started the third round seven shots back of Kang but pulled even after just 14 holes. It was a rapid charge and while Rick dropped back a bit coming into the house, he’s now well within striking distance, just three shots back. After Saturday’s seven-shot hole, that’s nothing.

Fowler is obviously the headliner in this final pre-Masters tuneup. The Houston Open has done a fantastic job drawing a strong field, setting up their course in a way that approximates conditions one might face in the men’s first major of the season. It’s always been fun to watch some last-minute hopeful desperately try and punch the final ticket to Augusta. Fowler is already in the field but Kang will have to change his travel plans with a win and get over to Georgia next week.

Unfortunately, for the event, the weather bumping tee times up means we’ll likely get this coverage on tape delay, unless there’s some lengthy weather stoppage early in the day. That’s never ideal for the event, the networks, the audience, or the Tour but the priority is trying to get this thing in on time. Here’s the coverage schedule for Sunday in Houston (all times ET):

Sunday's final-round coverage

Television:

1 to 3 p.m. -- Golf Channel

3 to 6 p.m. -- NBC

Online streams:

1 to 6 p.m. -- Golf Channel/NBC Sports LiveExtra simulcast stream

Radio:

1 to 6 p.m. -- PGA Tour Radio on Sirius-XM (Ch. 92/208 and streamed here)

An here’s the full tee sheet for Sunday’s final round (all time ET):

Off No. 1 tee:

8:15 a.m.: Nick Taylor, Patrick Cantlay, Chris Wood

8:25 a.m.: Sam Saunders, Geoff Ogilvy, Peter Uihlein

8:35 a.m.: Billy Horschel, Tom Hoge, D.A. Points

8:45 a.m.: Charley Hoffman, Charles Howell III, Bernd Wiesberger

8:55 a.m.: Robert Garrigus, Michael Thompson, Jon Rahm

9:05 a.m.: Justin Rose, Zac Blair, Harold Varner III

9:15 a.m.: J.T. Poston, Kevin Chappell, Andy Sullivan

9:25 a.m.: Danny Lee, Stewart Cink, Jason Dufner

9:35 a.m.: Jhonattan Vegas, Michael Kim, Andrew Loupe

9:45 a.m.: Kyle Stanley, Aaron Baddeley, Hudson Swafford

9:55 a.m.: Luke List, Rafael Campos, Daniel Berger

10:05 a.m.: Sung Kang, Rickie Fowler, Russell Henley

Off No. 10 tee:

8:15 a.m.: Keegan Bradley, Angel Cabrera, Spencer Levin

8:25 a.m.: Mackenzie Hughes, Robert Streb, Troy Merritt

8:35 a.m.: Matt Jones, Beau Hossler, Morgan Hoffmann

8:45 a.m.: Kevin Streelman, Chad Campbell, J.J. Spaun

8:55 a.m.: Vaughn Taylor, Ryan Blaum, John Huh

9:05 a.m.: Tony Finau, Blayne Barber, Andres Gonzales

9:15 a.m.: J.J. Henry, Tyrone Van Aswegen, James Hahn

9:25 a.m.: Bryson DeChambeau, Johnson Wagner, Sean O’Hair

9:35 a.m.: Luke Donald, Matt Every, Grayson Murray

9:45 a.m.: Bryce Molder, Cody Gribble, Phil Mickelson

9:55 a.m.: Kyle Reifers, Harris English

10:05 a.m.: Davis Love III, Ben Crane