Badlands Booker has uploaded to his youtube page a clip from a segment the Canadian show Careers TV about his competitive eating career. Tim Janus and Crazy Legs Conti also appear.

• Hall Hunt article in U of Florida student paper. Hall had a bad knee while he ran a marathon last Saturday. An article about Erin Andrews appears in the same issue.
• Crazy Legs Conti and Tim Janus appear in music video by Low Water (myspace)
• Wing Tut previews the contests he will MC this weekend. Samatha Brown of the Travel Channel might compete in the Italian sausage contest.
• MissBusyLady contemplates a Burritozilla attempt
• News items after May 8 removed from IFOCE home page
• Article about Randy Harrison, participant in the US Open of Competitive Eating
• WLOCE registration is open (from Crawfish comment)
• MTV’s video game blog has footage of the first two minutes of the MLE game
• Blog entry about Pauliesaurus challenge. The current prize is $250.

Pat Philbin commented that Joey Chestnut was interviewed on 660 WFAN this morning. If you missed that appearance, a podcast is available. Eater X also did an interview yesterday.

WFAN will hold an on air hot dog eating contest tomorrow morning. First prize is NY Jets tickets. Second prize is more Jets tickets hot dogs.

The new issue of The Village Voice has a long article about Crazy Legs Conti and Tim “Eater X” Janus. The roommates will also be profiled in an upcoming issue of Italian Vogue

updated removed sentence about 33 gram bun

Results from IFOCE.com

1. Tim Janus, 42 HDB
2. Allen Goldstein, 24.5
3. Pat Philbin 21

Here is some video from the fastest concert sellout in the history of Shea Stadium.

update The New York Daily News has a writeup by a reporter who competed in the contest.

Jill Stoler and Beautiful Brian have qualifier reports.

update #2 Beautiful Brian has a video of the qualifier

(from an email) Crazy Legs Conti and Tim Janus appeared on this morning’s edition of “The Today Show” and competed in a one minute watermelon eating contest and then demoed the Major League Eating video game. The video can be viewed online.

Results from the wing eating contest on the “Mike & Mike” show on ESPN radio:

1. Tim “Eater X” Janus 31 wings in 3 minutes
2. Crazy Legs Conti 23
3. Pete Davekos 22
4. Mike Golic 15

Video and audio podcasts of the contest are available. A live blog is also available on mike-greenberg.com.

The Hartford Courant has an article about the contest

Wild Bill Myers mentioned in a comment that Tim “Eater X” Janus would appear in Parade Magazine’s list of what people earn. Micah “Wing Kong” Collins found that list online.

Ripten reports that Mastiff Games held a promotional event for video game journalists in which Tim “Eater X” Janus ate 141 pieces of avocado sushi. The blog entry contains some additional details about game play:

To keep your gastrointestinal tract clear, you have to hold the A button and wiggle the Wiimote, which makes your character wiggle around to pack in the food. This is actually a real tactic that we saw employed by Eater X.

Depending on which food you are gorging on in the game, you will use different types of controls. I took part in a virtual jalapeno eating contest, where you “flipped” the remote to toss ‘em in your mouth. In the watermelon eating competition, you have to move the remote from side to side. Pressing the B button will chomp your teeth, but if you press it at the wrong time, you’ll bite your tongue instead.

As weird and disgusting as all of this sounds, this actually plays like a good party game.

IGN reports that the game could be played at the Nintendo Media Summit, but journalists cannot report details of the game until Tuesday.

update crave.cnet.com has a blog entry with a gallery and video of Janus’ exhibition.

This month’s edition of The Challenge, a magazine produced by Pilot Travel Centers, has an article about the IFOCE with quotes from Joey Chestnut, Tim Janus, Rich LeFevre and Richard Shea.

1up.com has a screen capture from the upcoming MLE video game showing Tim “Eater X” Janus and El Toro competing against each other. The score shows El Toro leading Eater X 10 hot dogs to 8. The game will debut as an exclusive to WiiWare, Nintendo’s upcoming downloadable game service for the Wii. WiiWare is expected to debut on May 12, but the MLE game does not have a price or projected release date. The game will use the Wii remote to simulate the action of eating competitively.

See also awn.com, ign.com Exophase.com has the full press release.

The No Me Without You blog announces that a series of portraits of competitive eaters has started. A picture of Tim “Eater X” Janus eating ramen noodles in Chinatown accompanies the announcement. A picture of Crazy Legs Conti is forthcoming.

Pig Skin results from IFOCE.com:

1. Tim Janus, 14.3 oz in 6 minutes, $2500
2. Russ Keeler 12.7
3. Crazy Legs Conti 11.8
4. Pete Davekos 11.6
5. David “Brickhouse” Braunstein 8.2
6. “Nasty” Nate Biller 8.0
7. Brian Seiken 7.6
8. Pete “Philly Guy” Miernicki 6.0

updated with results from beautifulbrian’s contest report Brian was originally announced as the 3rd place finisher and will have a contest video up later today.

update #2 The Times of Malta? has a Reuters news video

update #3 VH1’s Best Week Ever blog has a contest report with some pictures. (VH1 and Spike TV are both owned by Viacom) (Thanks Caroline Pierce)

David Metz, who examined Tim “Eater X” Janus on “The Science of Speed Eating”, has published a paper with three other researchers called “Competitive Speed Eating: Truth and Consequences” in the American Journal of Roentgenology. Access to the paper requires payment of $10, but an abstract is available which concludes:

Our observations suggest that successful speed eaters expand the stomach to form an enormous flaccid sac capable of accommodating huge amounts of food. We speculate that professional speed eaters eventually may develop morbid obesity, profound gastroparesis, intractable nausea and vomiting, and even the need for a gastrectomy. Despite its growing popularity, competitive speed eating is a potentially self-destructive form of behavior.

(from Joey Lee) Clips from the turkey eating contest between Tim “Eater X” Janus and Juliet Lee from “The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet” can be viewed online.

The associated press reports that Tim Janus ate an entire Thanksgiving meal to draw attention to New York City’s hungry. The article reports that Major League Eating has given $10,000 to hunger related charities over the past two weeks.

A video of Crazy Legs Conti practicing his Krystal technique at IFOCE headquarters overseen by Tim Janus can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yisNKMIr_As

From IFOCE.com

Naruto Clash of the Ninja Ramen Noodle Eating Championship, Rockefeller Center, NYC, 10 minutes

1. Tim “Eater X” Janus, 10.5 lb.
2. Micah “Wing Kong” Collins, 7.2 lb.
3. Arturo Rios, 6.64 lb.
4. Allen “Shredder” Goldstein 6.46
5. Crazy Legs Conti 6.16
6. Eric “Steakbellie” Livingston 5.74
7. Pete Davekos 4.95
Justin Mih: DQ, reportedly led through much of contest

PR Newswire will have videos

update, added full results from Steakbellie

On a Fox5Vegas video, Crazy Legs Conti showed wing eating techniques while Tim “Eater X” Janus provided commentary. Conti will be an announcer on the “Wedges & Wings” program.

From KrystalSquareOff.com

1. Tim “Eater X” Janus, 73 burgers
2. Erik “the Red” Denmark, 43 burgers, current wild card leader
3. Chris Abatsas 24
4. Jim Hamrick 23

The current wildcards are Erik Denmark, Allen GoldStein(42), Juliet Lee(41), and Juris Shibayama(39)

KeepMeCurrent.com has a report on Saturday’s burrito eating contest. The article says that IFOCE point standings are still being maintained:

For every event in which competitors place, they receive a certain amount of points. The 50 competitors with the most points are considered “ranked” eaters.

The competition to get to the top can be fierce, but eater Pete “Pretty Boy” Davekos, ranked 29th, said there isn’t a cutthroat mentality that often comes with other professional sports. “For 12 minutes we’re competitors, but for the rest of the time we’re good buddies,” said Davekos. “It’s a good solid rivalry.”

Sean “The Vaccuum” Kirby, who flew in from California for the competition, said one of the biggest misconceptions about competitive eating is that professional eaters don’t take care of their bodies.

“Lots of people think we do this and then go throw up,” Kirby said. “But it’s not the case. We train for the event. We know our bodies, we know what they can take. I’m 42 years old. I’m not going to do anything that’s going to endanger my health.”

Tim Janus edged out Sonya according to early burrito results from Andrew “skinnyboy” Lane

1. Tim “Eater X” Janus 10..75
2. Sonya Thomas 10
3. Tim Brown 6.5

Crazy Legs ?
Skinnyboy 2.5
Davekos 3?

update FoxNews.com has an article and Yahoo has some pictures. A caption of one of the pictures says that Tim Brown finished 3rd with 6.5 burritos.

update #2 PressHerald.com has an article with a video clip

update #3 The UPI article says the contest took place in Portland, Oregon.

Cannoli results from IFOCE.com

1. Tim “Eater X” Janus, 21 cannolis
2. Crazy Legs Conti, 17
3. Allen Goldstein, 16
3. Nate Biller, 16
?. Will Bill Myers, 7
Noriaka Takada ?

update NY1.com has an article with an incorrect headline and video. Tim Janus describes this year’s cannolis:

“My best cannoli performance is 26 in six minutes,” said cannoli-eating champ Tim Janus. “This year they were so fresh, so crunchy, a little more difficult to eat, but you know a lot more tasty.”

update #2
BeautifulBrian.com has a contest report and video.
Lowernotes has a very good blog entry about the contest.
For Flemish speakers, an exchange student from Belgium did a blog entry about the contest.

From BeautifulBrian.com via “Farooq”

Buffalo Wing Festival results
1) Sonya Thomas 5.16 lbs, first Buffalo victory since 2004
2) Chip Simpson 4.77 lbs. angry at weighing
3) Brad Sciullo
4) Humble Bob Shoudt

Sonya will be competing in the Buffalo Buffet Bowl tomorrow for the first time

Yahoo news has an article and some pictures of the contest

update BuffaloNews.com has an article and gallery of the contest Chip Simpson’s total increased from 4.77 lb to 4.33 lb after he received a recount.

From IFOCE.com & City of Lewisville

BBQ sandwich eating contest, Beach, Boogie and BBQ Festival, Myrtle Beach, SC, 10 minutes
1) Joey Chestnut: 45 Sandwiches, almost doubles Sonya’s 2003 record
2) Pat Bertoletti: 43.5 Sandwiches, led for most of contest
3) Juliet Lee: 22.5 Sandwiches
4) Patrick Vandam: 20 Sandwiches
5) Todd Hennessey: 12.25 Sandwiches
6) Bill Roth: 10.5 Sandwiches

City of Lewisville World Tamale Eating Championship, Lewisville, TX, 12 minutes
1) Tim “Eater X” Janus, 71 tamales, new record
2) Rich LeFevre, 51 tamales, competing w/ injured tooth
3) Mongo Marquez, 27 tamales
4) Timm Dilling, 24, Garland, Texas, first contest
5) Jeff Bennett, 21

DallasNews.com has an article about the contest

A video of Tim “Eater X” singing at the Nathan’s finals can be seen at http://youtube.com/watch?v=EL-DwZ5D_KA