http://eatfeats.com competitive eating news and database Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:43:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yahoo News has a picture of the humans vs. elephants contest which labels Tim Brown as Eric Badlands Brooker [sic]. http://eatfeats.com/miscaptioned-yahoo-picture.html The Buffalo News has an article about "Buffalo" Jim Reeves and his return to the Nathan's finals today. http://eatfeats.com/buffalo-news-on-buffalo-jim.html SalisburyPost has a preview of today's Apple Ugly eating contest. Larry McNeil and Cornodograma third place finisher Suzanne Freach/French are expected to compte. http://eatfeats.com/salisburypost-previews-apple-ugly-contest.html The twitter for the Alley Cat Club in Charlotte reports that Dale Boone won their hot dog contest last night by eating 27 hot dogs in 12 minutes. Nicholas Giffen's twitter reports he placed third and the runner up was a former Nathan's finalist. http://eatfeats.com/dale-boone-wins-charlotte-nc-hot-dog-contest.html The new poll asks who you think will win tomorrow's Nathan's finals. Paul Barlow has posted his predictions on his myspace blog. Buck Wolf, who has participated in radio broadcast of the Nathan's finals, predicts a Pat Bertoletti win. http://eatfeats.com/new-poll-2009-nathans-winner.html 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. http://eatfeats.com/competitive-eating-segment-on-tonights-sportcenter.html CBS4 reports that Damon Serignet won this afternoon's hot dog eating contest in Miami. http://eatfeats.com/damon-serignet-wins-miami-hot-dog-contest.html Sponichi has a picture of the back of Kobayashi's new hairstyle. Kobayashi says that the V-shaped hairline represents victory. Follow translated Japanese coverage of Nathan's and Kobayashi on this link. http://eatfeats.com/kobayashis-haircut-represents-v-for-victory.html John Palmgren, runner up at the recent Rudolph Pork Rind contest, was the guest of honor at a local pork rind contest in Peoria. http://eatfeats.com/john-palmgren-oversees-pork-rind-contest.html DelcoTimes.com has an article about Micah "Wing Kong" Collins. http://eatfeats.com/wing-kong-in-delco-times.html