Competitive Eating category

Yahoo! Shine has a blog entry about former anorexic Matthew Booth from Manchester, England who has gained 110 pounds since he dropped to 60 pounds. He credits "Furious" Pete Czerwinski with inspiring his recovery after his heart stopped for 20 minutes.
Don "Moses" Lerman will judge the eating contests held at the Long Island Kosher BBQ in Westbury, NY on June 9.
The French network TV 2 did a segment about Joel Podelsky and his weight loss. (via email)
Bob Shoudt reports that Rick "The Manager" will appear on tomorrow's episode of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?.
A "Kismot Killer" curry challenge to benefit Sick Kids hospital in Edinburgh was cancelled due to health concerns and a poppadom eating event will replace it. A 2011 "Kismot Killer" contest resulted in hospitalization for two competitors.
Naader Reda's video of him eating blended dog food and paper (his "enemies" list) is mentioned on SBNation.com.
According to The Onion, Dusty's Kitchen in Columbus, Ohio has made its Colossus Burger challenge a regular menu item because too many patrons were completing it within the 30 minute time limit. The 10 pound "Colossus" will now be known as "The Classic" and a the weight of the challenge burger (now called "The Leviathan") has been increased to 40 pounds.
Crazy Legs Conti offers advice on competitive eating training and techniques in the new episode of Mansome on screen.yahoo.com.
Smithsonian Magazine has a report on the Naga King Chili Pepper eating contest held in Kisama, India which includes information about the science of spicy food. Express.co.uk also has an article about spicy food competitions.
The new poll asks who you think is the top North American female competitive eater not ranked in the current MLE top 50.
The Scrib has a list of eight cartoon characaters who would do the best in an eating contest: #5-#8 | #1-#4
Pat Bertoletti has uploaded a video of him and Joey Chestnut attempting the B3 Burrito challenge at the now-demolished NASCAR Cafe.
Jamie McDonald ate 9.5 pounds of apple pie at Thunder Valley Casino Resort this morning to set an All Pro Eating record (video, eating starts a 7:00 mark) update Fox40 has an article and video about the record. Jamie ate 11.25 pounds in about ten minutes.)
JCOnline has a gallery of a pizza eating contest held on May 20, 1973 at Arni's in West Lafayette, Indiana. 200 people competed and the first prizes was $1000.
Sunday's episode of On the Run at the Brooklyn Half [Marathon] can be viewed on youtube. Yasir Salem's segment starts at 17:55.
Tim Brown is selling on eBay over 1000 DVDs and videotapes owned by Crazy Legs Conti. The current bid is $800 and bidding ends May 28.
Jamie McDonald will attempt to break the All Pro Eating apple pie record (5.5 pounds in 6 minutes) at the Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Lincoln, CA on Monday.
A contest promoting Sunday's gyro eating championship at the Houston Greek Festival was held on Great Day Houston yesterday. The festival facebook has a printable coupon offering free admission (normally $3).
Yasir Salem will appear on this weekend's episode (ABC 7 Sunday 1:00 pm) of "NY RR on the Run at the Brooklyn Half [Marathon]" which will end near Nathan's Coney Island location. (Flashback: According to Mortimer Matz, Nathan's had the opportunity to be the main sponsor of the New York City Marathon in the 1976)
This weeks episode of Stuffed features the Bikkuri Don sushi bowl challenge at Wakasaya in Los Angeles.

25+ Nathan’s hot dog results by women

A listing of of women eating 25 or more hot dogs in a Nathan’s contest follows after the jump. Sonya Thomas was the only woman to have exceeded 35 before Miki Sudo hit 40 in her qualifier last month. Read the rest of this entry »

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In a politico.com report, Anthony Bourdain claims Man v. Food inspires southwest Asians to commit acts of terrorism. For his example, he cites an "impoverished goat herder somewhere along the Afghan-Pakistani border" who happens to possess a television with a cable or satellite connection despite his poverty.
The most recent issue of Batman: Li'l Gotham by DC Comics features a back-alley taco eating contest.
The new poll asks who you think is currently the best competitive eater not ranked in the MLE top 50 after Pat Bertoletti and Tim Brown were ejected from that list.
Justin Mih won the Battle to the Bone contest held at Petco Park in San Diego April 27. (video)
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