Philly.com reports that former Phillies reliever Mitch William’s car suffered the same fate as the Phillies 9th inning lead in game 6 of the 1993 World Series:

Waiting on a friend, he pulled his ’06 Chrysler 300 into a parking spot. Soon, “I smelled something kind of burning in my car,” Williams says. “I got out, finally, and saw smoke. I was trying to get the hood open, and I couldn’t get it open, and I looked underneath.”

Someone had left a barbecue grill smoldering in the lot, and it ignited the car’s engine.

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Brian Seiken commentary
Smarty Bones’ blog
Philly sportsline gallery

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Wing Bowl 15 DVDs are available for sale at wingbowlvideo.com for $12. Proceeds from DVD sales will go to the Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience and the Christopher Reeve Foundation. DVDs will be shipped around March 1.

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CBS3 video & article
NBC10 blog entry & galleries (picture above is from NBC10)
610wip.com has podcasts of the entire broadcast
philly.com videos
Philly.com gallery
Daily News gallery
podcast of WHYY interview with Jason Fagone
SportsIllustrated.com article
Radar misidentifies Obi Wing as Joey Chestnut
Steakbellie’s blog entry
Angelo Cataldi’s gallery

updated Feb 3
philly.com Dan Gross article
PhillyNews.blog (Says Joey Chestnut resembles Jeff Garcia)
Courier Post article mainly about “Liberty” Belh, who chipped a tooth

update Feb 3 #2
megamunch blog entry & gallery
Dan’s flickr gallery

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Philly.com reports that Joey Chestnut won the Wing Bowl with a record 182 wings. El Wingador announced that he intends to be back for Wing Bowl 16. The reported results:

1. Joey Chestnut 182 wings
2. Patrick Bertoletti 170 wings
3. Sonya Thomas 169 wings
4. Gentleman Jerry, 167 wings
5. U.S. Male, 138

Other top 10 finishers (amount at end of first round listed)
Dr. Winglove, 73
Curley von Burley, 77
Bulldog, 78
Damaging Doug, 81
Beast from the Northeast, 91

update radloffs.net had a much better live blog than philly.com. Steakbellie’s float was a giant can of “Whoopass” beer and Humble Bob’s float was of Joey chestnut roasting over a fake fire.

update #2 philebrity.com also did a live blog from the Wachovia Center

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A live blog has been set up at philly.com which claims that Damaging Doug has the early lead.

The AttyTood blog by a writer for the Philadelphia Daily News wrote an anti-Wing Bowl entry which has recevied 49 comments:

The comedian Martin Mull once said that writing about music is like dancing about architecture. True, but dancing about architecture would be more entertaining than PEOPLE EATING ON THE RADIO!

updatecbs3 has an article and video segment previewing Wing Bowl 15

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Steakbellie has written a post about the conclusion of his preparations for Wing Bowl 15. He is more confident about winning the prize for best float than winning the eating contest.

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The weekly philly.com Wing Bowl column says that Joey Chestnut has available tickets and is taking applications for his entourage.

Chestnut, 23, who set a record last year with 173 wings, is coming in from San Jose, Calif., for the sold-out circus at Wachovia Center and needs a few people “to be part of Team Chestnut.” E-mail your name, contact info and why you deserve a slot on his entourage to VallejoJoey@aol.com.

The online Wing Bowl video game has been updated at http://pdn.philly.com/2007/wing/nwingbowl.html

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Wing Bowl 15 odds have been posted at philly.com. The top 10 favorites are:

Patrick Bertoletti, Chicago, IL, 190 lbs., 2-1 odds
Joey Chestnut, San Jose, CA, 230, 3-1
Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas, Alexandria, VA, 105, 3-1
Dave “Dr. Winglove” Inderbitzin, Conshohocken, 175, 4-1
“Humble” Bob Shoudt, Royersford, 265, 5-1
Rich “The Locust” LeFevre, Henderson, NV, 132, 5-1
Eric “Steakbellie” Livingston, Drexel Hill, 230, 7-1
ChipBurger Simpson, Gainesville, FL, 200, 7-1
“Damaging” Doug Canavin, Philadelphia, 345, 9-1
Micah “Wing Kong” Collins, Drexel Hill, 265, 10-1

It is hard to believe that Dr. Winglove is a bigger favorite than Rich LeFevre (who beat Dr. Winglove handily in Wing Bowl 14) and Bob Shoudt.

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The new poll asks who you think will win Wing Bowl 15.

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Philly.com has an article about the Wing Bowl competitors ranked in the top 10 which says that Bill “El Wingador” Simmons says that there is a 1 in 5 chance that he will compete in Wing Bowl 15.

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nj.com has a profile of Michael “Liberty” Belh, who will compete in Wing Bowl 15. Belh played on the Rutgers football team. According to the roster on his myspace blog, Belh is the second lightest non-IFOCE entrant at 240 pounds.

The article also says that Bill “El Wingador” Simmons is being pressured to enter Wing Bowl 15.

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The Wing Bowl “outsiders” page at 610wip.com lists Wing Bowl 14 runner-up Rich LeFevre as the recipient of the final IFOCE Wing Bowl 15 slot.

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Steakbellie’s blogging will be limited the next 9 days as he focuses on more pressing matters.

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610WIP.com reports that “Damaging” Doug won the Wing Off in the WIP studio by eating 44 wings in 5 minutes.

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The Blinq blog at philly.com reports that a trivia contest has been scheduled for the same weekend at the Wing Bowl. The organizer of that contest describes his objectives:

“This is about more than making Quizzo sexy,” he writes by e-mail. “It’s about making Philadelphia sexy.” The 215 unsexiness, he offers, is “a stereotype perpetuated by the Neanderthal eating contest that takes place every year. Trashy has had it too good in this town for too long. On February 3rd, sexy fights back.

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The new poll asks who you think should receive the final IFOCE spot in Wing Bowl 15. Unlisted eaters will be added to the poll if a request is made.

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Michael “Liberty” Belh reports in his myspace blog that he competed in last night’s Wing Off at the Trappe Tavern to practice for the in studio Wing Off next week, but wound up winning with a record 68 wings in 10 minutes.

updated The Pottstown Mercury has an article about Belh’s win

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Hank “The Tank” Goldey has a message to Wing Bowl 15 spectators in the Wing Bowl myspace page:

i want everybody who attends this years wingbowl, to make all the professional eaters{i.f.o.c.e.} feel very uncomfortable.. they are destroying our party. this is our house{we must protect our house}

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competitiveeatingnews.com reports that Wing Bowl 14 champion Joey Chestnut has received the penultimate IFOCE Wing Bowl slot and joins Sonya Thomas, Pat Bertoletti and Chip Simpson as non-Philly entrants. One more slot remains for out of towners.

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The Mercury has a preview of tomorrow night’s Wing Off qualifier that will be held at the Trappe Tavern in Trappe, PA.

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A section about Eric “Steakbellie” Livingston and Micah “Wing Kong” Collins mentioning their video makes up a sizeable portion of this week’s philly.com Wing Bowl column. Wing Kong claims to have developed a new wing eating technique he will unveil at the contest. The column also says the Rib Ranch will provide wings for Wing Bowl 15.

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Steakbellie and Wing Kong have created a “Rocky” parody displaying their preparations for Wing Bowl 15 and uploaded it to youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0Zvo1-nNSE

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PhillyBurbs.com has an article about Wednesday night’s Wing Off won by “Barnyard” Joe DiRoma. The article says DiRoma acquired his nickname because he eats like an animal. 610wip.com called the winner “Boneyard Joe”. There were 40 eaters competing in 5 heats.

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