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This evening's ESPN Sportcenter had a long story on competitive eating which can be viewed online. The segment originally ran on E:60 in October and a reporter roundtable about the clip is also available.
SportsMediaNews reports that all five previous Nathan's broadcasts from 2004-2008 will be rerun on ESPNU on July 3 between midnight and 5 am eastern.
Joel Stein has a column for ESPN.com's Page 2 about his attempt to consume 9,000 calories in a day as Tour de France competitors do.
Joey Chestnut's chat on ESPN.com has just started. Crazy Legs Conti is also participating.
The second promo for I'm a Major League Eater is now avaiable. The video contains a lot of footage from the 2009 Acme Oyster contest, but the winner of that event, Sonya Thomas, only appears in the background (at the 1:01 mark) very briefly.
TVGuide.com: Joey Chestnut will compete in a new episode of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? on July 3
OurSportsCentral reports that Adam Richman will attempt the Fifth Third Burger Challenge at the July 15 West Michigan Whitecaps game.
CrazyInSuburbia reports that Adam Richman attempted the Kitchen Sink sundae at San Francisco Creamery Co in Walnut Creek, CA yesterday for an upcoming episode of Man vs. Food
Youtube has a promo for I'm a Major League Eater, which will be televised on the Biography Channel on July 8. Tim Janus, Crazy Legs Conti, Juliet Lee and Tim Brown will be the featured eaters.

Man vs. Food in Hawaii June 29

IsleConcierge reports that Man vs. Food will be filming at Mac 24-7 on Waikiki Beach in Hawaii on June 29. Reservations by June 26 are requested for people who would like to attend the recording. The challenge will be 3 fourteen inch pancakes.

Man vs. Food recorded at Ike’s Place in San Francisco yesterday. I have not been able to track down any other Bay Area locations.

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The Nathan's finals broadcast now appears on TV listings. Like previous years, the program will start at noon eastern and last an hour.
Chronicle Productions has a twit pic of Joey Chestnut's contest on Chronicle Live today. The Chronicle Live twitter has some posts about the appearance.
Joey Chestnut will appear on Comcast SportsNet Bay Area on Chronicle Live tonight.
The official Man vs. Food twitter reports the next two sites will be San Francisco and Oahu.

Man vs. Food clone proposed on ESPN.com podcast

In a recent podcast, Bill Simmons of ESPN.com (not El Wingador) proposes a program called “House Record” in which his friend Joe House would travel the country and attempt to break restaurants’ eating challenge records. After being informed the concept is basically the same as Man vs. Food, Simmons calls Adam Richman “annoying” and claims his program would be better.

(”House Record” segment begins around the 32 minute mark)

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Samantha Brown at AICE Italian Sausage on youtube

A clip of the Travel Channel’s Samantha Brown competing in the 2008 World Italian Sausage Eating Championship is available on youtube. Derek “Wing Tut” Payne, “Tiny” Tim Rauscheder (in the background of the thumbnail above), Carey Poehlmann and others appear in the clip. The entire episode of Great Weekends: Boston will be televised on Saturday night.

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MySanAntonio has an articleand blog entry about the visit of Man vs. Food to the Alamo City.
BeloBlog: Man vs. Food will record at Chunky's Burgers in San Antonio tomorrow, where the challenge will be the "Four Horsemen" spicy burger challenge.
The Univision program Don Francisco Presenta would like to interview a female competitive eater of Hispanic descent. Email ojrifkin@yahoo.com if you are interested and I will forward the producer's contact information.

Man vs. Food returns to Texas

The Man vs. Food twitter reports that the program will film in San Antonio this week. TN9Design reports that the program will be at Big Lou’s (home of the 37 inch pizza) on June 2.

ChouTran reports
that Man vs. Food will film at Fogo de Chao in Dallas (date unlisted)

Will Millender reports that a shake and burger challenge from Chick and Ruth’s Delly in Annapolis, MD will debut on an upcoming episode of Man vs. Food. (a video of Will doing the challenge)

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http://twitter.com/AgentBodah: The new NBC reality show The Great American Road Trip recorded at the Big Texan Steak Ranch today. The show will debut on July 7 and Reno Collier will host. Seven families will travel from Chicago to Los Angeles in RVs and attempt challenges along the way.
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski's appearance on the Discovery Channel show Time Warp might be televised today. Tonight's episode is titled Goop, Goo, Glop and Germs and the subjects are bathrooms, water drops, germs, and food.
PostAndCourier: Man vs. Food will be filming at the Charleston (SC) Riverdogs game tonight where Adam Richman will attempt the .5 pound "Homewrecker" hot dog challenge.
A free competitive eating game called Hot Dog Eater is available for IPhone / IPod users.
NewsObserver.com has a report on the Doughman "quadrathlon" held in Durham, NC. Adam Richman's team finished 18th.
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