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)
Zimbio has a gallery of the Martorano's Masters Meatball Championship update ESPN and RawVegas.tv have videos.
The Sklar brothers of ESPN Classic's Cheap Seats have produced a sketch for youtube about reacquiring a stolen pair of Lou Gehrig's pants with the assistance of competitive eater "Louis Farra-Cannibal". An image of Sonya Thomas appears in the video.ESPN SportCenter cookie contest
There was a cookie eating contest on yesterday morning’s SportCenter on ESPN in honor of the Man vs. Food turkey leg challenge at Indianapolis Motor Speedway making the Top 10 plays of the week. A video of the segment can be downloaded below:
SportsMediaWatch reports that the 2009 Nathan's finals broadcast received a 0.9 rating corresponding to 1.3 million viewers. The 2007 contest reportedly drew a 1.3 rating and 1.632 million viewers. (I have not been able to find last year's rating)
Sportnation debuted on ESPN2 today, and one of the topics they discussed was whether there should be more televised competitive eating. You can vote on a poll on the program's web page (from anon comment) and also follow the twitter responses.
This evening's ESPN Sportcenter had a long story on competitive eating which can be viewed online. The segment originally ran on E:60 in October and a reporter roundtable about the clip is also available.
SportsMediaNews reports that all five previous Nathan's broadcasts from 2004-2008 will be rerun on ESPNU on July 3 between midnight and 5 am eastern.
Joel Stein has a column for ESPN.com's Page 2 about his attempt to consume 9,000 calories in a day as Tour de France competitors do.
Joey Chestnut's chat on ESPN.com has just started. Crazy Legs Conti is also participating.
The Nathan's finals broadcast now appears on TV listings. Like previous years, the program will start at noon eastern and last an hour.
A clip from ESPN2's First Take about the Fifth Third burger can be viewed on ESPN.com
ESPN Krispy Kreme Challenge videos
A segment about the Krispy Kreme Challenge race held at North Carolina State was broadcast on ESPN Sportcenter yesterday. Raw footage of Greg Garber competing and doing the “Kobayashi shake” is also available.
Fifth Third burger videos
CNBC has a video clip of Darren Rovell assembling and sampling the Fifth Third burger, which was mailed from Michigan packed in dry ice. The ESPN Sportscenter clip about the sandwich is available on youtube.
update WZZM13 has a video of its traffic reporter attempting to eat the burger during its morning news show.
Greg Garber has a report on ESPN.com's Page 2 about competing in the Krispy Kreme Challenge last month. The contest will also be covered by Sunday's Sportcenter according to a sidebar.
ESPN.com's Page 2 has a tournament with 64 different types of meat.
Man vs. Food NC locations (filming Jan 27)
NewRaleigh.com has information about the three Raleigh-Durham restaurants where Man vs. Food will film on January 27: Mama Dips (Chapel Hill), The Pit (Raleigh) and The Roast Grill (Raleigh). Adam Richman will attempt to eat 15 hot dogs, 15 buns, a half pint of mustard, one pint of chili sauce, and three drinks at The Roast Grill, which does not appear to have an official eating challenge.
In other Raleigh televised competitive eating news, a twitter update says that the Krispy Kreme Challenge on February 7 will be covered by ESPN.
Mike & Mike contest gallery on ESPN.com
A gallery of the wing eating contest held during Mike & Mike in the Morning in which Tim Janus, Crazy Legs Conti and Pete Davekos competed against co-host Mike Golic is available on ESPN.com
E:60 reporter roundtable extended version
The video clip of the roundtable meeting of E:60 reporters and producers on ESPN.com is considerably longer (8:37) than the segment that was televised. The meeting consists mainly of a discussion on whether competitive eating is a sport. Jeremey Schaap cites competitive eating on the Versus network (which has never televised eating contests, as far as I am aware) as evidence of its popularity. He also says he has never seen such passion as he saw at last month’s cannoli contest and was genuinely moved by Brad Sciullo’s crying at the end of that competition.
E:60 teleblog
I will teleblog the competitive eating segment on the E:60 episode currently being broadcast. It appears the competitive eating segment will be the last to air and start around 7:40-7:45 pm eastern.
The episode will be rerun on ESPN2 at: 10/23 8:00 PM, 10/27 3:00 PM and 10/27 11:00 PM (all times eastern), but the segment will be available on e60.com.
update The competitive eating segment and the reporter roundtable are now available on ESPN.com. There is a also a page where viewers can submit videos to comment on the episode.
The teleblog is available after the jump
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E:60 competitive eating segment preview
ESPNMediaZone has a press release about Tuesday’s E:60 that will be televised on ESPN at 7pm eastern which will have a segment about competitive eating:
In a sport replete with colorful personalities, E:60 correspondent Jeremy Schaap takes an in-depth look at competitive eating and addresses some of the sport’s salient health and social issues. Highlights include interviews with some of the greatest eaters in the world such as Takeru Kobayashi, Joey Chestnut, Juliet Lee, Crazy Legs Conti and Tim “Eater X” Janus.
Juliet Lee to appear on ESPN’s E:60
Juliet Lee has updated her WriteNow page with news of her trip to New York City to compete in the Famous Famiglia pizza eating contest and record her appearance on Guy Fieri’s “Big Show” on the Food Network.
Juliet also recorded a segment for ESPN’s E:60 news magazine program, which is expected to be televised on October 21.
Jalapeno contest makes ESPN top 10
The La Contena “Feel the Heat” jalapeno eating contest in Chicago yesterday was listed at #7 in the Sportscenter top 10 plays of the weekend.
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