Takeru Kobayashi announces that he will attend the NFL draft tonight. (It is ironic that a big advocate of competitors' freedom would endorse a mechanism that restricts the rights of performers.)
John Daly will certify wings for the Hooters World Wing-Eating Championship qualifier in Augusta, GA tomorrow at 1 pm. According to Wikipedia, the 1995 British Open champion lost his Hooters sponsorship in May 2009 after he was found drunk outside a North Carolina Hooters in 2008.
WWE.com has a gallery of the crab eating contest held during Wrestlemania last night. Mick Foley and Captain Keith Colburn of The Deadliest Catch competed.
ESPN New York reports that the Carnegie Deli has added the "Jetbow" sandwich to its menu in honor of Tim Tebow's trade to the New York Jets. The sandwich weighs 3.5 pounds and contains corned beef, pastrami, roast beef and American cheese and white bread. The Village Voice gave the new item a negative review. In 2010, the deli created a "Lebron MVP" sandwich to entice LeBron James to sign with the Knicks.
Texas Rangers outfielder David Murphy has a list of his largest meals.
IGoHardNow.com has a blog entry estimating the daily caloric consumption of Charlotte Bobcats forward Boris "Dizilla" Diaw. Three sets of analyses (assuming body weights of 245, 285 and 305 pounds) were done. A Boris "Dizilla" poster is available for sale.
A 1919 spaghetti eating contest between Yankees outfielder Ping Bodie and an ostrich billed by the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce as the world's greatest eater will appear in the upcoming book The Baseball Hall of Shame: The Best of Blooperstown book.
AL.com reports that offensive lineman Robert Leff attempted the Jubilee Challenge, consisting of 7.5 pounds of seafood, at The Complete Angler in Daphne, AL after signing a football scholarship to Auburn.
An eating contest will be held at the Easter Sunday Brunch at the Regina Inn in Saskatchewan on April 8. All competitors will be weighed before the contest and prizes will be awarded to the male and female who gain the most weight after the brunch. Bodybuilder Dorian Yates will speak at the brunch (it is not clear if he will participate in the contest).
Bub's, seen in the Indianapolis episode of Man vs. Food catered a post-practice meal for the New York Giants, but did not serve any one pound "Big Ugly" challenge burgers.
Former WWE wrestler Steve Austin claims he ate 36 pancakes, 3 pounds of of bacon, 2 pounds of cheese and a 50 egg omelet.
Shannon Sharpe, former NFL tight end and currently an analyst on CBS Sports' The NFL Today, announces he can beat Joey Chestnut & Sonya Thomas in an eating contest.
Someone claiming to be Buffalo Bills quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick is the most recent entry in the list of 72 ounce steak finishers at the Big Texan in Amarillo, TX.
Jared Lorenzen, a former backup quarterback for the New York Giants, will be competing in a pizza eating contest at Raniero's in Cold Spring, KY on Sunday with Kentucky high school player of the year Patrick Towles as his teammate. (The listed weight of the team is 565 pounds. Towles' weight is 235 pounds which would give Lorenzen a current weight of 330 pounds.) via SBNation
The San Jose Mercury has a short article about Joey Chestnut and Matt Stonie completing the Coliseum pizza challenge at Tony & Alba's. The other two members of the team, Doug Blacksill and Christian Hill, are San Jose State football players. (via Tony & Alba's facebook) update Jan 18 A video of the challenge has bee uploaded.
K97 in Edmonton is holding a pancake eating contest this morning inspired by an injury experienced while Dustin Penner of the Los Angeles Kings ate pancakes. The contest awards tickets to an Edmonton Oilers vs. Los Angeles Kings game and entrants had to submit a story of an eating-related injury to gain a spot.
The average member of the University of Virginia football team reportedly ate 9.03 pounds of beef at a Brazillian steakhouse before the Chick Fil A bowl. The top eater on the Wisconsin football team at the pre-Rose Bowl "Beef Bowl" ate about 6.5 pounds (8 * 13 oz.) of prime rib, which is considerably less than the UVa average.
The Chick Fil A Bowl held an eating contest at Sal Grosso's Brazilian Steakhouse where members of the University of Virginia football team defeated players on Auburn University's team by an average of 9.03 pounds per player (1002 total) to 5.9 pounds per player (614 total) which is ironic considering that Chick Fil A's commercials featuring cows discourage viewers from eating beef. (via TheGurglingCod)
The LA Times has a video from the Beef Bowl where members of the University of Wisconsin's football team outate the University of Oregon's team by a total of 723 pounds of prime rib to 612. Wisconsin lineman Travis Frederick reportedly ate 88 ounces of steak. Madison.com has a gallery.
Alistair Overeem, tonight's opponent for Brock Lesnar in UFC 141, lost a sushi eating contest to Japanese female competitive eater Natsuko "Gal" Sone last year (video).
College Football Talk reports that University of Oregon offensive lineman Mark Asper applied the Heimlich maneuver on a man choking during the pre-Rose Bowl "Beef Bowl" eating contest held at Lawry's in Beverly Hills. The choking man was the father of an Oregon student and apparently not participating in the "Beef Bowl".
Bobby Valentine was announced as the new manager of the Boston Red Sox today. The former New York Mets manager ate 120 pancakes to win an eating contest when he was in college. As a manager in Japan, he was visited by female competitive eater Natsuko "Gal" Sone at the Chiba Lotte Marines training camp in February 2008. and did a photo shoot with a lot of pancakes.
Yahoo Sports has a video about boxer Manny Pacquiao's nutrition and diet, which consists of 7000-8000 calories a day.
Haute Living reports that Al Harrington of the NBA's Denver Nuggets attempted the 4.5 Bugsy Challenge burger at Burger Joint in Flamingo Las Vegas on Saturday. (gallery) update Oct 27 Hardwood Paroxysm has a guide to attacking the burger defense. update Nov 7 A FunnyOrDie video of the challenge is available.
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