The Wing Off schedule for Wing Bowl 22 has been announced. The first Wing Off will take place on Friday at PJ Whelihan's in West Chester, PA. The finals on January 21 will award a spot in the finals. January 1, 2014 at 11:24 pm by
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The new poll asks who you think is the current favorite for the national contest in Wing Bowl 22.
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Pat Bertoletti ate 2 pounds of scrapple and a pound of cream cheese in 100.3 seconds today on ustream to qualify for Wing Bowl 22. This will be the first Wing Bowl appearance for him since the Wing Bowl 16 in 2008 and fills two of the four spots that will be awarded for performing stunts on streaming video. December 17, 2013 at 9:04 am by
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Dave "Tiger Wings & Things" Brunelli ate a 4 pound Sicilian pizza this morning to qualify for Wing Bowl 22. December 12, 2013 at 9:43 am by
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Molly Schuyler ate 9 pounds of cottage cheese in under 2 minutes to become the first person to qualify for Wing Bowl via internet streaming video. update Tickets are now on sale at comcasttix.com. Dimitry "Ukraine Traine" Shchupak also qualified today by eating 2 large burritos in studio. update #2 A video of Molly's stunt is available. update #3 A video of the WIP studio observing Molly's webcast is also available. update Dec 11 Wing Bowl 22 has been announced as a sellout December 10, 2013 at 8:35 am by
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Tickets for Wing Bowl 22 will go on sale tomorrow at comcasttix.com at 9 am and cost $10 The Sugar House Casino will host a kick-off broadcast tomorrow. December 9, 2013 at 9:10 am by
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The Reading Eagle has a report on yesterday's in-studio "pie off" that awarded spots in Wing Bowl 22. (video) December 6, 2013 at 12:50 pm by
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Dave "US Male" Goldstein won an in-studio wing off this morning to become the first person to qualify for Wing Bowl 22. (gallery)
December 4, 2013 at 9:22 am by
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The Wing Bowl home page at wingbowl.cbslocal.com currently has an unexpected banner advertisement sponsor
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The prizes for Wing Bowl 22 have been announced. The overall winner will receive $22,000, which surpasses the $20,000 first prize for the 2009 Krystal Square Off. (The Japanese Food Battle Clubs of 2000-2002 awarded a million yen (around $100,0000)). The local and collegiate winners will receive Chrysler 200s. Tickets will go on sale on December 10.
The contest rules can be accessed on the entry form. United States residents living outside greater Philadelphia can attempt to qualify by performing a stunt that will be streamed on skype or ustream.
Jamie McDonald, Jon Squibb, Takeru Kobayashi and Joey Chestnut will receive byes as previous champions if they want to compete. (Sonya Thomas is not listed as a bye recipent.)
update Dec 3 Jamie McDonald has announced he will defend his title and his goal is 320 wings.
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Wing Bowl 22 hopefuls can start calling in qualification stunt ideas on Monday. Ticket information will also be announced on that date.
November 30, 2013 at 10:58 pm by
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The youtube channel for 94WIP has a teaser video for Wing Bowl 22. The contest page has been updated with a new logo, but has no other additional information about the January 31, 2014 contest. November 26, 2013 at 6:58 am by
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Philly.com has an interview with Bill "El Wingador" Simmons, who says he hopes to enter the Intensive Supervision Program which would truncate his seven year sentence for trafficking drugs to less than 12 months. When he is out of prison, he hopes to compete against Jamie McDonald in a future Wing Bowl and write a tell-all book. update The article made the cover of The Daily News. November 8, 2013 at 6:53 am by
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NJ.com reports that Bill "El Wingador" Simmons was sentenced with a 7 year prison term today after he pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute. update Simmons could be out of jail in 4 months if he is accepted into the NJ intensive supervision program and claims he made $1,000 a week distributing drugs.
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Four floor passes to Wing Bowl 22 are up for auction at Eagles Radiothon (Item #40). The date of that contest will be January 31, 2014. August 29, 2013 at 1:21 pm by
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The West Deptford, NJ Patch reports that Bill "El Wingador" Simmons has pleaded guilty to second-degree possession of cocaine with intent to distribute after he was arrested on June 15, 2012. The Gloucester (NJ) County prosecutor will recommend a seven year prison term for the five time Wing Bowl champion when he is sentenced on September 20, which could be reduced following an intensive supervision program. July 29, 2013 at 2:58 pm by
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The runners-up column in the Wing Bowl Wikipedia page has been vandalized so that Rich "The Gavone" Sica is listed as having finished second (with 323 wings) in 2003 instead of Don "Moses" Lerman. "Bill 'El Crackhead' Simmons" is listed as the runner-up in 2011. June 24, 2013 at 11:00 am by
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About a year after Bill "El Wingador" Simmons was arrested for narcotics distribution, another Wing Bowl veteran has made news away from the contest table. Philly.com reports that celebrity boxing promoter Damon Feldman wanted to fight "Gentleman" Jerry Coughlan at the Columbus Club. On twitter, Damon Feldman incorrectly claimed that Coughlan was a Wing Bowl champion, but he was the top local in 2007. (Bill "El Wingador" Simmons faced off against pro wrestler Brutus Beefcake in a 2009 celebrity boxing match after Jose Canseco withdrew.) June 24, 2013 at 7:16 am by
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February 1, 2013 at 7:31 am by
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10:01 NJ.com reports that Bill “El Wingador” Simmons is considering a comeback for Wing Bowl 22.
9:49 CBSLocal.com report
9:27 Philly.com has a contest report
8:59 Final top 4 results
1) Jamie “The Bear” McDonald 287 wings
2) Jon “Super” Squibb 282
3) Dave “US Male” Goldstein 266
4) Skin & Bones
8:53 Tiger Wings has been DQed
8:49 The top 5 with the 2 minute final round left
1) Jamie McDonald 265
2) Jon Squibb 252
3) Dave US Male 247
4) Dave “Tiger Wings & Things” 220
5) Skin & Bones 202
8:42 The second round is over
8:36 US Male’s 148 wings is not a first half record; Kobayashi ate 165 last year
8:24 First Round totals (via CSN live blog)
Dave US Male 148
Jon Squibb 138
Jamie McDonald 130
Tiger Wings & Thing 128
Skin & Bones 126
Not Rich Razzi 102
Uncle Rico 97
Snack Jack Diamon 92
Ukraine Train 87
Wayney Wonder Algenio 81
8:18 3 of the national eaters will advance to the second round, 7 locals will move on
8:06 The first half is over. Jamie McDonald is reportedly behind Jon Squibb and Dave “US Male” Goldstein is among the leaders. The Dallas representative Jordan Avalos, reversed eight minutes into the contest, which is not surprising since he was selected on “trash talking” instead of eating ability. “US Male” has won best entourage
7:50 The contest has started
7:44 New Eagles coach is on site and currently being interviewed
7:34 The “World” eaters are entering and the crowd is throwing debris at the out of towners
Wing Bowl 21 Coverage
Competitor Profiles
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West Deptford Patch reports that Bill "El Wingador" Simmons has been indicted on 13 charges related to his June 2012 arrest for possession of $8,000 worth of cocaine. January 31, 2013 at 4:41 pm by
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A listing of all competitive eaters who have a Wing Bowl total of 100 or more in the eatfeats database sorted by personal best follows after the jump. The all time top 5:
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Philly.com has the full list of Wing Bowl 21 competitors. Wayne Algenio, Andrew Skweres, and Jordan Avalos received the New York City, Chicago and Dallas berths. The odds are also available. Jon Squibb is the favorite in the national competition at 3-2 with Jamie McDonald behind him at 2-1. In the local competitors, Richard Razzi is the favorite at 3-1 and Dave "US Male" Goldstein is behind him at 4-1. "Snack" Jack Diamond is the biggest underdog at infinity-1 odds. CBS' Mancave blog has a list of the last five Wing Bowl Champions starting with Sonya Thomas. January 30, 2013 at 7:12 am by
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The big announcement for Wing Bowl 21 is that a one hour highlight package will be available on http://watchwingbowl.cbslocal.com/. The video will cost $5 to watch, $7 after February 1. January 22, 2013 at 8:33 am by
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NJ.com has a report on Jon Squibb's quest to regain his Wing Bowl title and the Drexel University paper has an article about MBA student Anthony “Wiz-Kid†Wisniewski, who qualified for Wing Bowl 21 by eating a cow tongue in five and a half minutes. The Wing Bowl twitter claims a big announcement will be made tomorrow at 8 eastern. update Jan 21 Patch.com also has an article about Squibb. January 21, 2013 at 3:01 pm by
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