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Tim Janus' 18 second burp is #8 in ESPN Sportcenter's Not Top 10 of 2012 (video). July 13, 2012 at 2:58 pm by
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The Wall Street Journal has an article and video about the cheese curd eating contest held in Ellsworth, WI. July 11, 2012 at 12:45 am by
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The American Meat Institute has a blog entry defending hot dogs, but not necessarily hot dog eating contests: "There is no doubt that if you eat 68 hot dogs or any food in one sitting, it isn’t good for you, so we will leave that obvious story alone." July 10, 2012 at 3:55 pm by
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The new poll asks what is your opinion on intentional post-contest / challenge "reversals of fortune".
July 10, 2012 at 3:18 pm by
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The Washingtonian has an interview with Dr. Robynne Chutkan, an gastroenterologist at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital about the negative health consequences of competitive eating. (The article says the women's Nathan's finals lasted 45 minutes when the actual duration was 10 minutes. ) July 10, 2012 at 2:08 pm by
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With the fate of Bill "El Wingador" Simmons' America's Biggest Eater in doubt due to his arrest on drug distribution charges, another eating challenge television program project has been started. The Great American Eater is raising money on IndieGoGo and seeks to obtain $5,000 to produce a pilot episode. July 9, 2012 at 9:05 am by
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Kevin Ross has uploaded a video of himself eating a burrito while running on a trampoline treadmill. The video might be an audition for America's Got Talent. July 8, 2012 at 8:29 pm by
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Jon Bello will attempt to set a record for most German weiners eaten in five minutes later today in Jacksonville. The record will be sanctioned by RecordSetter.com, the same organization that oversaw the Crif Dog Classic. update July 9 News4Jax has an article about the record attempt. July 7, 2012 at 3:45 pm by
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Wreckless eating has produced a video about their attempt at the 6 person team pizza eating challenge at Big Mama's & Papa's Pizza in Burbank, CA. update July 9 Damon Well has also produced a video July 6, 2012 at 10:25 pm by
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Deadspin has a blog entry about Ed "Cookie" Jarvis' retirement from competitive eating and subsequent weight loss. July 4, 2012 at 1:26 pm by
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July 4, 2012 at 9:54 am by
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Amy K. Nelson has an article for SBNation.com to accompany yesterday’s interview of Kobayashi which has more information about the contract Takeru Kobayashi rejected in 2010:
[George] Shay [sic] contends that they offered Kobayashi a contract of over $100,000 that would cover four events in 2010, and that, win or lose at Nathan’s, Kobayashi would walk away with a guaranteed $25,000, in essence a flat appearance fee. Any prize monies awarded by the holder of the event would be recouped by MLE.
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July 4, 2012 at 8:48 am by
ojrifkin · More posts about:2012 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Crif Dog Classic, Websites
A list of twitters for the competitors in today’s major contests follows after the jump:
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July 4, 2012 at 12:49 am by
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Michelle "Cardboard Shell" Lesco has uploaded a video of her final training session for Nathan's which includes information about her fundraising project for My Charity Water. July 3, 2012 at 8:30 pm by
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Money.CNN.com has an article about the 40% increase in the price of Nathan's stock in 2012. The majority of the revenue increase is not due to restaurant purchases, but sales of branded products sold outside restaurants. July 3, 2012 at 8:04 pm by
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The appearance of Joey Chestnut and Sonya Thomas on MyFoxNY this morning can be viewed online. July 3, 2012 at 7:56 pm by
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Get Stuffed will debut on OLN in Canada tonight. In the first half of the show, an unconventional competition will take place. In the second half, the losers will attempt an eating challenge sized meal. (trailer) July 3, 2012 at 6:21 pm by
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"Cousin" Sal Iacono has a column for grantland.com about attempting an eating challenge at Popei's in BethPage, NY in 1993, which required some unconventional techniques to get credit for finishing. July 3, 2012 at 5:10 pm by
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BusinessInsider.com has a video of Crazy Legs Conti giving a tutorial on his competitive hot dog eating techniques. July 3, 2012 at 4:41 pm by
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Amy K. Nelson of SBNation has a video interview with Takeru Kobayashi and his translator / manager Maggie James about the MLE contract he rejected, which he claims would have included both the 2010 and 2011 Nathan's contests and gave him a base pay of $40,000. July 3, 2012 at 4:10 pm by
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