The Daily News Tribune has an article about Pete “Pretty Boy” Davekos who will compete in the Boston Nathan’s qualifier tomorrow.

update The Boston Globe also has a preview (with no expected entrants)

update #2 WBCN has a podcast of an interview with Davekos

IFOCE.com has a preview of the contest which says that Allen Goldstein will also compete

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(from comment) The Houston Chronicle has a video of David “SykoBozo” Cagle attempting to eat a “Bacon Explosion” at Lucky’s Pub. There is also a blog entry about the challenge.

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“Super” Paul Barlow has uploaded some clips from his 14th and 15th auditions for Survivor to his youtube page.

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• Philly.com reports that Wing Kong is training a Wing Bowl 17 hopeful. Wing Kong thinks this year’s winner will not eat more than 50% of the wings Joey Chestnut ate in Wing Bowl 16.
• Angelo Cataldi says this could be his final year at 610 WIP. If that is the case, will the Wing Bowl outlast his tenure?
• Pete Davekos’ Garlicky Greens victory makes ESPN.com’s list of the lesser-known champs of 2008, which will probably appear in the ESPN magazine
• Pete Davekos to appear on NPR’s The Splendid Table this weekend (from email) - radio stations
• 24 ounce steak eating battle of the sexes
• Man vs. Food Facebook page
• Adam Richman of Man vs. Food interviewed by Andrew Zimmern
• Kobayashi has yet to mention his fruitcake record attempt on his blog

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IFOCE.com has posted a report on Eric “Steakbellie” Livingston’s and Micah “Wing Kong” Collins records attempts on WMMR this morning. The results:

Steakbellie - 3 pounds of haggis in 8 minutes, no official previous record
Wing Kong - 84 ounces of baked beans in 58 seconds, breaks Dale Boone’s record

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Steakbellie and Wing Kong have blog entries about their attempts to break eating records on WMMR Wednesday morning at 8. Wing Kong will attempt to break Dale Boone’s record for 84 ounces of baked beans and Steakbellie will attempt to set a haggis eating record. No IFOCE record for haggis exists and Steakbellie could find no recorded totals of more than one pound. In an article about the threat posed to haggis production by global warming the BBC reports that the winner of the World Haggis Eating Championship ate 1 pound in 2 minutes and five seconds.

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PittsburghLive has an article about Brad Sciullo which calls him the world record holder in cannoli eating even though Tim Janus and Cookie Jarvis have eaten more cannolis. Brad says he has consumed a gallon of milk in 26 seconds, almost halving Joey Chestnut’s qualification stunt for Wing Bowl 14.

Brad Sciullo will compete in the Famous Famiglia pizza contest a week from today, which might upset some IFOCE members who did not get a slot in that competition and have abided by the IFOCE contractual restrictions.

The Star Telegram has an interview with corny dog runner-up Brent Ricord.

A list of the San Genarro cannoli contest winners and their totals follows after the jump:
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The Morning Call has an article about Wild Bill Myers. There are some outtakes from the column in the reporter’s blog.

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Times Publications has an article about three competitors who signed up for the Tempe Nathan’s qualifier: runner-up David Cohn, third place finisher Gus Beisel and Lindsay Veylupek, who did not compete due to an upset stomach. Cohn defeated World’s Strongest Man” power lifting champion Bill Kazmaier in a burger eating contest in Las Vegas.

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Surrey Now has an article about the hot dog eating contest held in Vancouver on Monday and its winner, Ken “The Demolisher” Wong.

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The Newton (Georgia) Citizen has a profile of Ben Griffith, who finished in fourth place in June’s Atlanta Nathan’s qualifier and in the 2006 Waffle House contest at Stone Mountain.

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