An anti-Joey Chestnut website has been made at http://cluckujoeychestnut.com/ which makes the following prediction:

2008 Wing Bowl February 1, 2008, Wachovia Center. Watch as El Wingador beats last years Champion Joey Chestnut..

The logo can be found at http://cluckujoeychestnut.com/wing_bowl

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The Philadelphia Flyers website reports on two spectators at a recent exhibition:

When it comes to competitive eating, Bill “El Wingador” Simmons and Dave “U.S. Male” Goldstein sure know how to pack it in. These top dogs enjoyed Comcast-Spectacor’s “All-You-Can-Eat” section on Tuesday, September 24, at the Philadelphia Flyers game against the New Jersey Devils. The “All-You-Can-Eat” package features hot dogs, soft drinks, popcorn and nacho chips and salsa. These two Wing Bowl wieners ate a combined total of 62 hot dogs, 8 nachos, 10 popcorns and 20 sodas.

The “All-You-Can-Eat” tickets for Philadelphia Flyers games can be purchased exclusively here, by calling 1-800-298-4200 and at Wachovia Complex Box Office.

This philly.com article has more information on the Flyers & 76ers tickets which include all you can eat food.

Philly.com reported on El Wingador’s current activities in August:

El Wingador, the five-time champion of 610 WIP’s Wing Bowl, opened and closed his El Wingador’s to Go (4th & Girard) restaurant earlier this year.

He’s brought his special wing sauce to Just Sports Bar & Grill (600 Route 413) in Bristol, where he’s now a minority partner. Main owner is Sandy Fischer, who by day runs a company called Mortgage Discounters.

Wingador, aka Bill Simmons, hosts at the bar on Mondays and on “Wingador Wednesdays.”

He’s training to return to Wing Bowl next year to battle current champ and eating machine Joey Chestnut. Wingador will hold wing contests at Just Sports, with winners getting a spot in his Wing Bowl entourage.

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(From Carey Poehlmann) Philly news reports on a fictional eating contest to determine the mayor of Philadelphia:

Thanks to D-Mac at Philly Will Do for covering Al Taubenberger and Michael Nutter’s latest idea to settle the choice for mayor: eating contest.

Taubenberger bested Nutter 3/4 hoagie to 1/2 hoagie. The contest got out of hand, however, when suprise mayoral challenger, El Wingador, jumped in and ate 11 hoagies. All hail, Mayor Wingador.

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(From Nathan Biller) In Jim Caple’s rankings of 101 sporting events for ESPN.com, the Nathan’s finals are #94. The Wing Bowl is #9 on the list of the top 10 events to avoid.

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The schedule for the New York City Food Film Festival has been updated and the Wing Bowl 13 documentary “Swallow Your Pride” has replaced “Zen and the Art of Competitive Eating” on the listing for June 21.

Watching the films are free but food must be preordered.

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Three trailers for the Wing Bowl documentary “Swallow Your Pride”, all about two minutes long can be viewed at http://www.joshcamerote.com/work.html

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Josh Camerote, director of the Wing Bowl 13 documentary, “Swallow Your Pride” has set up a website and blog at http://www.joshcamerote.com/home.html The blog announces that a viewing of “Swallow Your Pride” has been scheduled for May 31 in Cleveland, but details have not been finalized yet.

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plogbypavy reports that a profile of Wing Bowl participant Doug “Obi Wing” Petock appeared in a recent edition of the Villanova Times. Petock will be graduating from Villanova after seven years at that university. The article does not appear to be online, but a scan is available of the first part. The blog entry lists some of Petock’s eccentricities:

2. Carry’s a lightsaber at all times… He is a jedi knight defending the galaxy against any “challenger.” If he perceives you to be a challenger, you must duel him on Mendel Field. Last year on Halloween, a kid dressed up as Darth Vader… Big Mistake!

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JapanProbe has a clip from a Japanese program about Buffalo wings. The restaurant visited is in New York City and not Buffalo. Several wing eating techniques are exhibited.

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(From AICE News) ADLAW reports that the Federal Communciations Commission has fined CBS, the owner of 610 WIP of Philadelphia, $4,000 for banning Arnie “Chowhound” Chapman from competing in Wing Bowl 13 for being a member of AICE when no explicit rule prohibiting eaters from that organization existed:

The station said it disqualified him from competing in Wing Bowl 13 because he belonged to a competitive eating association, the Association of Independent Competitive Eaters (AICE). CBS stated that AICE is a rival of the group historically associated with the Wing Bowl, the Independent Federation of Competitive Eating (IFOCE).

CBS argued that Mr. Chapman should have known that he could not compete in the contest because members of IFOCE-rival associations previously had been disqualified from participating in the Wing Bowl 12 for the same reason. CBS also pointed to contest rules that allowed the station to disqualify contestants for subjective criteria, and a rule requiring contestants be station listeners. Mr. Chapman did not reside within the station’s broadcast area, so he could not be a listener, CBS argued.

The FCC noted that according to its rules, broadcasters are required to “fully and accurately disclose the material terms” of a contest. Further, such contests must be conducted “substantially as announced or advertised.”

The FCC concluded that CBS willfully violated these rules and fined the station $4,000.

update More information can be found in the document detailing Chapman’s complaint at fcc.gov CBS claimed that Joe Menchetti’s disqualification from Wing Bowl 12 should have made Chapman aware that non-IFOCE members were not welcome:

[Chapman’s] participation was incompatible with the IFOCE’s participation. Chapman had at least constructive or presumptive knowledge of this from the facts surrounding Gentleman Joe’s disqualification from Wing Bowl 12 and from the realities of the competitive eating world . . . In Wing Bowl 12, WIP established that with IFOCE eaters included as Wing Bowl competitors, professional eaters allied with national organizations that are active IFOCE rivals would not be welcome as competitors.

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Steakbellie has posted the fourth installment of his Wing Bowl 15 epic.

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Videos of Joey Chestnut entering the Wachovia Center before Wing Bowl 15 can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI0Isq0cJdk and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS5ihrNV4jw

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Philly.com’s Inqlings column says that a Wing Bowl movie remains in production even though a script for it has yet to be finalized several years into the project.

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Steakbellie has posted the third of a planned six reports on his Wing Bowl 15 experience. This segment is about his procession into the Wachovia Center.

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A promotional clip for the Wing Bowl 15 DVD can be viewed at http://dvideography.com/client/WingBowl2/ The DVD can be purchased at http://wingbowlvideo.com/

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The Jewish Exponent has an article about Dave “US Male” Goldstein who finished in the top five of Wing Bowl 15. Goldstein’s qualifying stunt was eating letters, which he accomplished by eating pancakes shaped like letters of the alphabet instead of paper items.

Most readers of this website will probably disagree with the following paragraph (and one will definitely beg to differ):

Goldstein now becomes arguably the best Jewish Wing Bowl competitor, surpassing 2002’s “Lord of the Wings” Alix Friedman and last year’s “Hungry, Hungry Hebrew” Adam Taxin, who both failed to make it to the second round when they competed.

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The Phillyist blog has an interview with Leslie McKenna, who was a wingette for Dave the Dumpster at Wing Bowl 15.

What do you say to people who think it’s a joke – nothing more than a drunken Bacchanal?
It’s a serious contest. A title and a car. Go to a football game and there are half-naked girls there. It’s a serious competition and we’re there to support them. These guys take a lot of time preparing and promoting.

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The Suburban Advertiser has an article about Wing Bowl 15 that focuses on Timothy “Dr. Slob” Cusick. The article says that “Peter” Bertoletti was the runner-up;

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There are several Wing Bowl videos viewable at ripe.tv (Go to channels, then Wing Bowl)

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News of Delaware County has an article about the three Wing Bowl locals, Gentleman Jerry, Steakbellie and Wing Kong. The article is mainly about Gentleman Jerry, but you can get more information about the other Wing Bowl experiences at the Wing Kong & Steakbellie blogs. Steakbellie has posted part 1 of a planned 6 which covers the Thursday night weigh in.

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Angelo Cataldi has his thoughts about Wing Bowl 15 on his blog:

The dramatic announcement at the end of Wing Bowl 15 that El Wingador is coming out of retirement to face Chestnut next year will make it the most anticipated Wing Bowl ever. Between them, El Wingador and Joey Chestnut have won seven out of the last nine Wing Bowls, but they have never faced each other. In fact, Chestnut said he would not have returned unless he got a shot at the all-time Philadelphia champion in 2008.

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Steakbellie has uploaded the first post in a planned series about his Wing Bowl 15 experience. A picture of his float (above) is included.

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philly.com has an article with a quote from Joey Chestnut about Bill “El Wingador” Simmons’ return:

“I hope he improves. I would hate to embarrass him in his hometown,” Chestnut told us Friday about Simmons. Chestnut set a Wing Bowl record Friday of 182 wings, besting the contest’s previous record, 173, which he also set.

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A member of Crazy Legs Conti’s Wing Bowl entourage wrote a livejournal entry about her night and morning.

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