ESPN has an article about Adam Richman's new program The Traveler's Guide to Life, that will debut tomorrow on the Travel Channel at 10 pm.
In a response to a twitter question, Bonnie Bernstein of ESPN says she would not only have joined a collegiate competitive eating team if it existed when she was a gymnast at the University of Maryland, she claims she would have been a four time national champion in eating. update A facebook page about the team has been started.
The ESPN SportCenter blog has an interview with Keith Solomon, the founder of the new competitive eating club at the University of Maryland, who says that Juliet Lee is the inspiration for the club.
Adam Richman announces that he will appear on the ESPN networks today. update Nov 19 video | gallery | chat session transcript
Here is the clip of "Furious" Pete Czerwinski's 72 ounce steak record receiving 2 cheers on Tuesday's Sportsnation on ESPN:
FuriousPeteSportsNation.avi (35 sec 4 MB)
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski annouces that his 72 ounce steak video will appear on today's episode of Jim Rome is Burning on ESPN at 4:30 eastern. (Jim Rome is not a competitive eating fan, so his commentary might not be %100 positive.) update A post on the Jim Rome facebook page about the steak video currently has 94 comments. update "Furious" Pete has uploaded the "Final Burn" segment of Jim Rome is Burning about Pete's steak video
USA Today reports that 1.2% United States households watched the 2010 Nathan's finals (corresponding to 1.677 million viewers) This is an audience increase of about 400,000 from last year, and about the same number of viewers as in 2007.
ESPN.com Page 2 has an interview with Joey Chestnut and CNN's Eatocracy has a video.
ESPN.com's Page 2 has posted some eating stories that were requested on Monday. Bethany P's tale of eating 71 pigs in a blanket in 20 minutes at a law firm's reception was declared the winner.
Youtube has a video of an interview Joey Chestnut did on ESPN's First Take today. update Joey also did a hot dog contest with Michelle Beadle on SportsNation today.
ESPN.com's Page 2 is requesting readers to submit their best food and sports stories before noon Wednesday. The best stories will be published on ESPN.com on Thursday.
The broadcast of the 2010 Nathan's finals is now listed in the ESPN schedule. As in previous years, the program will start at noon eastern and last an hour.
Adam Richman on ESPN June 16
Adam Richman will do a chat session on ESPN.com to promote the debut of the third season of Man vs. Food at 12:30 pm update a transcript is available
update videos from Adam Richman’s appearances
Gatorade challenge on First Take
Penalty kick challenge
Michelle Beadle offers the following proposal to Adam: “you, me, and 1000 rice krispie treats….u scared??? Let’s do this…”
The video of Pat Bertoletti competing against Philadelphia Eagle Brent Celek and other ESPN personalities in a one minute jalapeno eating contest on First Take is available on ESPN.go.com
Pat Bertoletti vs. Eagle Brent Celek on ESPN2’s First Take Friday
Philadelphia Eagles tight end Brent Celek will do a jalapeno eating contest on First Take on ESPN2 Friday. He is holding a contest on his facebook that will award an autograph to the fan who submits a video eating the most jalapenos in a minute.
update May 13 Celek’s competition will be Pat Bertoletti and four other ESPN employees. The MLE facebook says that the contest should start around 11:45 eastern.
Wide receiver D Yergey of the Philadelphia Liberty Belles says she can outeat any of the linewomen on her team in an eating contest.
Bill “SportsGuy” Simmons calls for new “Man vs. Food” host
Bill “SportsGuy” Simmons of ESPN.com makes the following criticism of Man vs. Food and its host in his NCAA tournament chat session (scroll to the 1:04 entry):
The host is a 1 out of 10. Could be sooooooo much better. We want to take over the show. Stage a show d’ etat.
Adam Richman of Man vs. Food will appear on ESPN2's First Take today to rank the top 8 breakfast cereals.
Michelle Beadle of ESPN's SportsNation concurs with columnist Jemele Hill that if she could trade jobs with anybody for a day, it would be Adam Richman of Man vs. Food
ESPN.com has a video of Adam Richman's appearance on SportsCenter Thursday to talk about Super Bowl foods.
Man vs. Food live episode links
Some links about Wednesday’s live episode of Man vs. Food from Miami:
- ESPN.com interview
- ESPN Mobile Five Minutes for the Fans
- Pictures from Adam Richman’s appearance on ESPN’s SportsNation
- Associated Press interview
ESPN's Sportsnation has a poll asking if Adam Richman of Man vs. Food is more reckless with his body than snowboarder Shaun White.
Adam Richman ESPN chat session
Adam Richman’s chat session on ESPN.com has started. He says he would like to retry the Carnivore Challenge pizza in Atlanta with Greg “The Great Moomsi” Maloomian as his partner. Some pictures from Adam Richman’s appearance on ESPN First Take earlier this morning are available on twitpic.
A podcast of Adam Richman’s appearance on the Paul and Young Ron Morning show is also available.
update A video clip of Adam Richman’s appearance on First Take is available.
Here is information about the Hall of Famer burger challenge attempted by Adam Richman and John Ritchie on First Take.
Adam Richman will do a chat session on ESPN.com tomorrow starting at 1 pm eastern to promote next week's live episode of Man vs. Food.
Youtube has the commercial for the February 3 episode of Man vs. Food that will televised live from Miami. Adam Richman will appear on ESPN January 27 to promote the episode.
William Beutler reports that Kobayashi appeared in ESPN's highlights of the decade montage. (I have not been able to find the video online)
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