WMCTV reports that the Kappa Alpha fraternity at Rhodes College in Memphis is under investigation after a freshman claimed he experienced frostbite during an ice cream eating contest in September.
A competitive eating club team has been started at the University of Maryland.
"Chicks Eat Chicks" a wing eating contest for women, will take place on Thursday at Ohio State University and award $200 in prizes.
Hope College in Holland, Michigan will hold a chili dog eating contest to raise money for cancer research at the Van Institute at its soccer game against Olivet tomorrow night. The contest objective is to the record for the most chili dogs consumed at a soccer game. (Lynda Kuerth, Guinness hot dog record holder from 1977-88, was an Olivet graduate).
Jon Squibb, a Rutgers alumnus, won Saturday's Rutgers Wing Bowl by eating 29 wings in 2 minutes.
JCOnline has an article about Ian Coker, a Purdue graduate student from Australia who was the runner-up in the USquare Food Court eating contest in Madison, Wisconsin.
WCBSTV reports that Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan encouraged Eliot Spitzer to enter a spaghetti eating contest when they were students at Princeton. The former New York governor appeared on the front page of the student paper after he ate 7 bowls of pasta. (It is not stated if Ms. Kagan participated in the contest.)
Art Mann (HD.Net) at Wing Bowl 2010
Youtube has an episode of HD.Net’s Art Mann Presents recorded at the 2010 Wing Bowl NOT SAFE FOR WORK Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 A promo clip of a reversal.
An episode of Art Mann Presents set at the Krispy Kreme Challenge will debut today.
Yale Divinity School held a conference to ensure “that the devastating effects of the watermelon [eating contest] incident don’t happen againâ€
The website for the Stanford student newspaper has a picture of Joey Chestnut competing in a hot dog eating contest with Robbie Zimbroff, who wants to be the Stanford tree mascot.
Alligator.org has a report on a Vermonster eating contest held for University of Florida students. Kurt Gielow won the contest by eating 5 pounds of ice cream in 13 minutes. Two of the other 15 entrants finished their Vermonsters.
TheCrimson reports that Harvard won the main contest at Qdoba's Rice and Beat Pot Burrito Eating Contest. Tyler Sipprelle, 3rd place finisher at the 2008 Garlicky Greens contest, was a team member.
BostonAthleticSupporters.com reports that the Harvard's women's swimming team defeated the Boston Blazers indoor lacross team in a four person burrito eating relay contest. Gallery | Video
RuBarbpt2012 has videos of Saturday's collegiate food court eating championship held in Madison, Wisconsin.
Krispy Kreme Challenge 2010 results
Results for today’s running of the Krispy Kreme Challenge in Raleigh, NC are available on the event website. Eric Mack’s time of 27:48 won the contest, which entails running 2 miles to a Krispy Kreme, eating a dozen donuts and running 2 miles back. TechnicianOnline has a race diary by a competitor which reports that light snow flurries fell during the event.
NewsObserver.com reports that registration for the Krispy Kreme Challenge has closed after 6,000 entrants registered.
The Rice and Bean Pot burrito relay for students from four Boston area colleges will return in early February and award a trip to Mexico to the winning team of 4.
ESPNLosAngeles on Lawry’s “Beef Bowl”
ESPNLosAngeles has a column about the “Beef Bowl” held at Lawry’s Prime Rib for members of the Rose Bowl teams.
The truth is no one really knows which team eats more in the Beef Bowl anymore. The pre-Rose Bowl gorgefest has been around for 54 years, longer than all but five actual bowl games, but organizers haven’t kept official tabs on the exact amount devoured by each team since the 1970s when they stopped advertising it as an eating contest. Richard R. Frank, president and chief executive officer of Lawry’s Restaurants Inc., now admits that when someone asks for an exact number eaten by both teams, “someone will pull a number out of the air.”
2010 Krispy Kreme Challenge registration open, 6K entrants expected
Registration for the February 6, 2010 Krispy Kreme Challenge is now open at http://krispykremechallenge.com/. Race organizers are expecting a field of 6000, an increase of 500 from 2009. The contest entails running 2 miles from the NC State University campus to a Krispy Kreme, consuming a dozen doughnuts at that location, and then running 2 miles to return.
The web site for the Krispy Kreme Challenge announces that the 2010 contest will take place on February 6. 5500 competitors particpated in the 2009 contest.
David McGraw has a video of the hot dog eating contest for area college students at last night's Washington Capitals game. Sonya Thomas attended previous Capitals contests, but does not appear in this video.
Man vs. Hog eating contest at UMichigan 1949
AnnArbor.com has a flickr gallery of a pizza eating contest held at the University of Michigan Thursday as part of Go Blue, Beat OSU spirit week.
Google News archives has an 1949 AP article about a series of eating contests held at the University of Michigan which culminated in a man vs. hog competition. An unnamed female student ate 12.5 burgers in another event, half a burger short of the listed collegiate record. Dr. Warren E. Forsythe of the university health service described the contests as “disgusting and silly”.
Madison.com has a preview of the February 6, 2010 USquare National Food Court Eating Championship listing Ian Hickman as an expected entrant.
(Via PillageIdiot) The blog for Commentary Magazine has posted an apology by the Deans of the Yale Divinity School for holding a watermelon eating contest. Ruta Nimkar also has a blog entry about the contest and its aftereffects.
NewsObserver.com has a report on the Doughman "quadrathlon" held in Durham, NC. Adam Richman's team finished 18th.
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