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Nathan’s on ESPN extended to 2017

ojrifkin — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:13:52 +0000

A press release announces that the Nathan’s finals will be televised on ESPN through 2017. The 2012 broadcast will begin at 3pm eastern and last one hour and coverage of the women’s division will be included. Paul “Joey Chitwood” Page will continue as announcer.

Dax “The Ginger” Swanson on Comcast SportsLive

ojrifkin — Wed, 23 May 2012 22:16:46 +0000

Dax “The Ginger” Swanson will be competing in a wing eating contest on (San Francisco) Chronicle Live on Comcast Sports Net Bay Area tomorrow.

Flavor Flav to do chicken eating contest on Criss Angel livecast

ojrifkin — Wed, 23 May 2012 19:34:34 +0000

The facebook page for Criss Angel announces that he will compete against Flavor Flav of Public Enemy in a chicken eating contest during the magician’s livecast on June 23.

Food Paradise to record at Jake’s in Philly Friday

ojrifkin — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:38:12 +0000

Philly.com reports that the Travel Channel program Food Paradise will record attempts at the sandwich challenge at Jake’s Sandwich Board in Philadelphia on Friday (via Danny Ozark)

Umbrella Magazine on Man vs. Food

ojrifkin — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:52:52 +0000

London based Umbrella Magazine has an article in its new edition titled “Why Man vs. Food Represents the Very Best America”

Competitive eating in WSJ book review

ojrifkin — Mon, 07 May 2012 02:13:20 +0000

A Wall Street Journal article reviewing biographies of Colonel Harlan Sanders, NY Times critic Craig Clairborne and frozen food pioneer Clarence Birdseye has a paragraph about competitive eating near its end.

Travel Channel to record calf fry eating contest in Oklahoma Thursday

ojrifkin — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:13:26 +0000

An unnamed Travel Channel program will record a “calf fry” (rocky mountain oyster) eating contest at Tumbleweed in Stillwater, OK on Thursday.

Teenagers wanted for eating challenge show

ojrifkin — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 02:50:12 +0000

LosAngeles.Craigslist.org has a casting call for 8th, 9th and 10th graders who want to appear on a new program described as “Wild & Crazy Kids meets Man vs. Food”. The program will be hosted by an unnamed Disney Channel star.

Rob Rains on Randy Santel on Truck Stop America

ojrifkin — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 03:02:36 +0000

Rob Rains has an article about Randy Santel’s appearance on Truck Stop America on the Travel Channel on Thursday. Tomorrow, he will attempt to break the Crown Candy Kitchen record on Fox 2 News and then attempt an eating challenge at O’Learys in St. Louis. (episode photos | video) update April 18 Randy announces that he did the challenge in 2:29, breaking Ben Monson’s (as “Kevin Ross”) record.

Cannoli eating contest on “Mama’s Boys of the Bronx”

ojrifkin — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:27:18 +0000

The twitter for Simon’s Deli announces that it will be the site of a cannoli eating contest on tonight’s episode of Mama’s Boys of The Bronx on TLC at 10 pm eastern. One of the characters on the program is “Pretty Boy” Pete D(iFiglia), which might be a trademark violation.