April 23, 2016 at 5:34 pm by
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update Apr 26 Las Vegas Sun has a report listing Michelle Lesco’s hometown as Las Vegas.
update Review Journal has an article KTNV has a video
Official results part 1 | part 2
Men
1) Rich LeFevre 30
2) Erik Denmark 29.75, takes wild card lead, Thinks contest should have gone to overtime
3) Steve Hendry 27
4) Josh Miller 24.5
5) Justin Mih 20
6T) Adam Brickman 9
6T) Erick Wyrowski 9
8) Adrian Padilla 6
Women
1) Michelle Lesco 28
2) Carlene LeFevre 12.5, takes wild card lead
3) Lesley Ryder 6.5
DQ) Barbara LaBarge
Rich LeFevre and Barbara LaBarge appeared on KTNV yesterday.
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The field for Saturday's Nathan's qualifier at the New York New York Hotel Casino in Las Vegas has been announced: men - Erik Denmark, Steve Hendry, Rich LeFevre, Josh Miller, Ron Koch | women Michelle Lesco, Leslie Ryder and Carlene LeFevre. April 20, 2016 at 6:49 pm by
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April 16, 2016 at 10:11 am by
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update April 19 StLouis.CBSLocal.com has an article
update Juan Rodriguez and Mary Bowers won the contest. It appears their totals were 29 and 12. Taylor Coombs now has the women’s wild card lead.
Matt Stonie appeared on Fox2Now this morning.
Juan “More Bite” Rodriguez will face Matt Cohen, Matt Raible and Andrew Kogutkiewicz in his defense of his qualifier title.
Mary Bowers will seek her first victory in qualifier with multiple women when she faces off against Taylor Coombs. Marlene Wigginton will not attempt to threepeat the women’s qualifier due to her pregnancy.
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Marketwatch.com has a graph of Nathan's Famous stock price since 1999, which has increased 1936% in that time period. (At its overall peak in 2015, the price was up 26-fold.) The purse for the Nathan's finals has been $20,000 since 2007. $40,000 has been payed out annually since the addition of the women's division in 2011.
April 15, 2016 at 8:21 pm by
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Matt Stonie will be present at Saturday's Nathan's qualifier in St. Louis but will not compete. Juan Rodriguez will look to defend his qualifier title while wearing Chicago Blackhawks gear. April 13, 2016 at 11:20 pm by
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April 13, 2016 at 6:04 pm by
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A map of the 2015-16 Nathan’s qualifier circuit (contests marked by hot dogs) is posted below which shows how Mid-Atlantic heavy this circuit will be. There will be 7 contests between Charlotte and Syracuse, 2 in Texas and 3 (Nashville, St. Louis, Las Vegas) outside those regions. Areas without qualifiers include the Pacific Coast states, Mountain Time Zone states, Great Lakes states and New England.
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Bernie Sanders made a campaign visit to the Coney Island Nathan's Famous. REM singer Michael Stipe, who has claimed to be vegetarian, was also in attendance. April 11, 2016 at 1:06 am by
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Collectively Free, an animal rights protest group that stormed the Nathan's finals stage between the women's & men's Nathan's finals last year, disrupted the Easter Mass service at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. The rationale for the disruption was the use of ham as a common Easter meal. March 29, 2016 at 7:28 am by
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Nathan's qualifier registration notifications came out yesterday. Dave "The Termite" Wood was denied a spot in the Pocono qualifier despite being second in the wild card race last year. March 23, 2016 at 8:07 am by
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The Instagram for Nathan's Famous of Australia announced a future Nathan's Famous Australian Hotdog Eating Contest. The restaurant is also maintaining a weekly house record. March 20, 2016 at 9:01 am by
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March 20, 2016 at 9:00 am by
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March 19, 2016 at 2:20 pm by
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update SACurrent has a gallery
update News4SA.com has an article KEN5 has an article and gallery
Results via Aly Kent periscope
Full Results Part 1 | Part 2
Men
22 Crazy Legs Conti
16.5 Nate Biller
12 Clint Scott
11 Jeremy Farmer
7 Robert Silva
6.5 Chap Hupp
5.5 Mark Poland
5 Phil Taglieri
4.5 Juan Hernandez
Women
11 Kassandra Zapata
10.5 Mary Bowers
6 Vanessa Salazar
Aly Kent has a Periscope from today’s qualifier.
There are multiple women competing. If Mary Bowers wins, I think it will be the first qualifier she has claimed victory in a qualifier with 2 or more females.
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March 11, 2016 at 7:01 pm by
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Matt Cohen noticed that 6 Nathan’s qualifiers were added to the MLE contest list:
- Charlotte, NC (Speed Street) 5/28
- Syracuse (Taste of Syracuse) 6/4
- Long Pond, PA (Pocono Raceway) 6/5
- Norfolk, VA (Harborfest) 6/12
- Queens, NY (Mets game) 6/19
- Washington, DC (Giant National Capital BBQ Battle) 6/25
Registration opens March 14.
If that is the final list, there will only be one Pacific & Mountain time zone qualifier (Las Vegas) and one midwest qualifier (St. Louis). 7 qualifiers will take place between Charlotte and Syracuse with no east coast qualifiers outside that region.
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The Phantom Gourmet BBQ & Music Festival will hold a hot dog eating contest on June 25 in Rochester, NH, so that is probably another Nathan's qualifier. March 11, 2016 at 10:17 am by
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In a medium.com post, Darren Rovell says that a report on Kobayashi's victory in the Nathan's 2001 finals where he doubled the pre-existing record was the most sent ESPN.com article of 2001. February 27, 2016 at 3:08 pm by
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The new poll asks who you think is most likely to finish in the Nathan's finals top 3 if Tim Janus does not renew his MLE contract in April.
February 26, 2016 at 2:54 pm by
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Registration will open tomorrow at noon Central for the Nathan's qualifier at the St. Louis Cardinals ballpark on April 16. February 25, 2016 at 3:02 pm by
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Nate Biller, Mary Bowers and Bam Martinez are expected to compete in the Nathan's qualifier at the H-E-B Big League Weekend Fan Fest in San Antonio March 19. February 19, 2016 at 6:56 pm by
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Nathan's Famous is a sponsor for the Cardinals bobblehead promotion on April 16, so that is the probable date for the Saint Louis qualifier. February 15, 2016 at 6:48 am by
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Nathan's Famous is listed as the presenter of the the Father's Day cap promotion at the June 19 Mets game, so that is the most likely day of the 2016 Nathan's New York City qualifier. February 14, 2016 at 8:18 am by
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Registration is now open for the Nathan's qualifier in Houston on April 30. Registration will open at noon Pacific / 3 pm eastern for the Las Vegas qualifier on April 23. update Registration for the National Sweet Corn Eating Championship in West Palm Beach on April 24 is also open. February 12, 2016 at 1:10 pm by
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Nela Zisser announces that she will compete in the Nathan's qualifier in Houston on April 30. February 12, 2016 at 7:10 am by
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A press release about Nathan's Famous centennial announces that a special event will be held in New York City in September. Could this be the Joey Chestnut vs. Takeru Kobayashi matchup that Joey Chestnut mentioned last year? February 8, 2016 at 12:00 pm by
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Stephanie Wu noticed that a Nathan's qualifier at Memorial City Mall in Houston on April 30 has been added to the MLE schedule. Registration opens February 12. January 29, 2016 at 11:00 am by
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Registration is now open for the Nathan's qualifier in San Antonio on March 19. The contest will take place before the MLB exhibition between the Texas Rangers and Kansas City Royals at the Alamodome. January 20, 2016 at 9:49 am by
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