• Deadspin on the Collegiate Nationals
  
• Mike Golic receives a bib from a fan for his upcoming contest
• “Eating Levi” gets into the Newport Beach Film Festival
• NPR podcast on all you can eat sections at ballparks
• Milk Bone eating contest for humans
• Parody of a hot dog eating contest documentary

Registration for Nathan’s qualifiers opens at noon eastern today

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• Article about “Furious” Pete Czerwinski in which he attempts to break his personal record for a 72 ounce steak
• “Black Day” eating contest for South Korean lovelorn
• Leader board for journalists in the Oakland A’s all you can eat section (PG rated pictures) via Deadspin

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Ripten reports that Mastiff Games held a promotional event for video game journalists in which Tim “Eater X” Janus ate 141 pieces of avocado sushi. The blog entry contains some additional details about game play:

To keep your gastrointestinal tract clear, you have to hold the A button and wiggle the Wiimote, which makes your character wiggle around to pack in the food. This is actually a real tactic that we saw employed by Eater X.

Depending on which food you are gorging on in the game, you will use different types of controls. I took part in a virtual jalapeno eating contest, where you “flipped” the remote to toss ‘em in your mouth. In the watermelon eating competition, you have to move the remote from side to side. Pressing the B button will chomp your teeth, but if you press it at the wrong time, you’ll bite your tongue instead.

As weird and disgusting as all of this sounds, this actually plays like a good party game.

IGN reports that the game could be played at the Nintendo Media Summit, but journalists cannot report details of the game until Tuesday.

update crave.cnet.com has a blog entry with a gallery and video of Janus’ exhibition.

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The new poll asks what expansion pack containing additional characters would you most like to see for the upcoming Major League Eating Video game.

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(From IGN.com) The website for the upcoming Major League Eating video game, MLEGame.com has been set up. The website has screen shots, videos (Badlands Booker provides a soundtrack for the trailer) and a list of the game’s characters: (from left to right in the cartoon above) bunette, Crazy Legs Conti, Rich LeFevre, paramedic, Kobayashi, El Toro, Sonya Thomas, Joey Chestnut, Pat Bertoletti, Juliet Lee, Tim Janus, Erik Denmark.

The official release date is May 12. A weekly drawing awarding gift certificates will be held for each of the 12 types of food in the game. Registration for the first drawing opens today.

Other links: Kotaku, direct link to game trailer

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Ken Aoki reports that the 2007 Krystal Square Off finals will be televised in Japan even though there were no Japanese competitors after Kobayashi’s withdrawal. The contest will be televised 12 times over the next two months on various Japanese sports channels. The program will be an hour, longer than the approximately 35 minute duration of the American broadcast.

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A video clip of Crazy Legs Conti’s phone interview on the April 1 “Mike and Mike” show can be viewed on ESPN.com. A graphic lists Crazy Legs’ first name as “Kevin”. That video clip is available for download.

The full interview is available in an audio podcast. Crazy Legs’ interview starts around the 30 minute mark. Crazy Legs will probably be a commentator for Mike Golic’s contest and he suggests Krystal burgers as the food. Conti says that Sonya will not defend her 2005 title at the Acme Oyster eating contest.

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Beautiful Brian has a page comparing “Stick to Blogging” to the 25th anniversary re-release of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”. Commentary about the release “Stick to Blogging” explains how Michael Jackson has an additional impact on the CD.

Although some of the musical arrangements are the sole property of yours truly like “Dont ever call me again” “Came in as an eater” “Retaliation” and “Weigh my shit” “Black and White” , others are copyrighted material replaced by my own original lyrics but accompanied by tunes from major recording artists such as the Beatles and Billy Preston. In order to clear those hurdles and post on media player applications such as itunes stores and other high profile internet music services i would have to cut a deal with those companies and pay them thousands of dollars. I dont think so.

Michael Jackson currently owns the publishing rights to the Beatles’ songs, although there is speculation that financial difficulties might for him to sell.

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The page which formerly had videos from the Major League Eating shows recorded in Las Vegas, http://www.spike.com/show/23406 is now empty. (Cached page)

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(from SkinnyBoy) Skinnyboy has uploaded a video clip of Joey Chestnut’s appearance on the Food Network’s “Unwrapped.” Joey estimates he consumed 5,000 hot dogs in preparing for the Nathan’s finals.

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Competitive eating will apparently appear on ESPN / ESPN2 before July 4. According to Mike-Greenberg.com, Mike Greenberg won his NCAA bracket challenge with Mike Golic. Golic’s penalty for losing will be competing in an eating contest against pro eaters during his radio show which is simulcast on ESPN2. It will be interesting to see who Golic faces in his contest.

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Liz Gilbert, two time winner of the women’s division in Pete’s Grill pancake eating contest, has graduated from Johns Hopkins and is acting in a play called “Game On” this weekend:

Last fall the playwrights met with the apprentices and talked with them about the play’s sports theme. In those discussions, the writers discovered certain ideas and talents that they incorporated into the piece. For example, actor Elizabeth Gilbert, a two-time pancake-eating champion of Baltimore, inspired a segment about competitive eating. Apprentice Bing Putney’s ability to jump tall objects was included in scenes involving lacrosse players.

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Beautiful Brian announces that his new CD “Stick to Blogging”, will be previewed 5 times starting on Sunday, March 30 at the times:

8am – 9am
12 noon – 1pm
4pm – 5pm
8pm – 9pm
12 midnight to 1am (March 31)

After the final free preview, the album will be available for purchase on PayPal.

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ABCNews has an article about the G4 cable network’s upcoming schedule:

This summer, look for more humor aimed at the Maxim set: Hurl, an original U.S.-made eating-and-regurgitating competition that will gorge contestants on chicken pot pies or clam chowder, then strap them into spinning rides. “Whoever hurls last wins,” says G4 president Neal Tiles.

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A show hosted by DJ Flywheel promoting the upcoming release of the “Stick to Blogging” CD is available on beautifulbrian.com. Guests include “Beautiful” Brian, Badlands Booker, Helen Haggerty, Tim Janus, Nate Biller and Crazy Legs Conti.

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• Spike TV graphic replaced with Acme Oyster House logo on IFOCE.com home page (cached version) MLE page on SpikeTV.com remains up (from comment)
• Don Lerman considers entering Carnegie Deli pickle contest, then decides against it
• Galleries and video of Munch Madness (Connecticut) qualifiers
• First Battle of the Bone qualifier results
• Texas eating contest reportedly faked for travel show
• Mio “Sakura” Takahashi eats 5.3 kg of curry and then is filmed with an infared camera
• Gal Sone dines with Jaycee Chan, son of Jackie
• Cartoon of Loki’s eating contest from Norse Mythology

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TV3 of New Zealand has video of Gene Simmons from the rock band KISS competing in a pizza contest. (Extended video) Apparently the winner of the contest was credited with a Guinness world record. A New Zealand auction website lists the pizza regurgitated by Simmons. The starting bid is $1000.

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Gamespot.com did an interview with Bill Swartz of Mastiff Games which includes clips from the upcoming Major League Eating video game. Crazy Legs Conti, Erik Denmark and Juliet Lee are some of the eaters appearing in those segments.

update Some screen captures are available after the jump:

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Amazon.com has some copies of “Eat This Book” by Ryan Nerz available for $3.99. Quantities are limited.

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An update on Beautiful Brian’s CD has been posted which states that 9 of 13 planned tracks have been completed. Two of the remaining 4 tracks, “Bye Bye Bye ” and “Moses is Great”, will be instrumentals. DJ Flywheel will host an internet television show on March 23 or 24 to premier the new CD.

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Mike Golic and Mike Greenberg of ESPN radio and ESPN2 are finalizing the details of their 2008 NCAA tournament wager. A poll on ESPN.com is currently available to determine Golic’s fate if he loses the wager. The five choices in that poll are:

• Dress in drag for an entire show
• Get a full body waxing on the show
• Receive a botox shot in the forehead during the show
• Participate in a competitive eating contest vs. the pros on the show
• Follow a vegan diet for an entire week

The winning choice will be revealed during tomorrow’s show.

updated corrected Mr. Golic’s first name (thanks Wing Tut)

Update March 13 Mike-Greenberg.com reports that the eating contest was the winning choice.

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The new poll asks what member of the current IFOCE top 25 would you most like to see a song about on “Stick to Blogging”, Beautiful Brian’s new CD. The desired song could contain either praise or criticism.

A fragment of a song called “Let Me Tell Ya” has been added to the CD website. The song makes accusations of steroid use, but the clip does not provide enough details to determine the identity of the alleged steroid user.

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2 audio clips have been added to the beautifulbrian reverbnation page. Badland Booker makes a guest appearance to pay homage to “Super” Paul “Bonebreaker” Barlow. BeautifulBrian.com has a page about the collaboration. The “Stink for Yourself” clip has also been uploaded.

Jill Stoler says the song “Black and White” is inaccurate regarding her now defunct relationship with Dale Boone.

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The following request was made by a documentary filmmaker:

Dear Eaters,

A New York based production company is seeking someone from the NY City region who wants to be the star of their own show. We are currently exploring the idea of creating an independent film tracking the journey of an unheralded eater whose goal is to reach the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating contest on July 4th. The all-access filming would stretch from pre-qualifiers, to the qualifying round, which could be at Shea Stadium, and through to the final in Coney Island. The key is that the subject must be funny, fat and interesting to watch. Interested? Sell us on why it should be you that we follow. Please send your e-mail and a photo and contact details to kannerr@aol.com

Spread the word, and good luck!

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The “Science of Speed Eating” will be rerun on the National Geographic Channel tomorrow (March 7) at 3pm eastern.

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Beautiful Brian has a new home for his music with a full version of “Black & White”
Domenico Alesi has his predictions for the upcoming IFOCE contests.
“Humble” Bob notes that it has been 8 months since IFOCE rankings were released
pro wrestler Ric Flair judges a wing eating contest the same night he has a match (go to Brian Yandel)
Video from the Des Moines bacon contest by Mr. BaconPants
Video of the “burgerettes” (see picture) at the Canadian 18 pound burger contest,

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