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The subjects of the July 4, 2014 edition of the Ralph Nader Radio Hour are patriotism, political correctness and hot dog eating contests. July 8, 2014 at 3:00 pm by
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Business Week has an interview with Meredith "Deep Fried Diva" Boxberger about how her competitive eating career has helped her job prospects. She is serving as a marketing intern for Mars Chocolate this summer and expects to graduate with a MBA from Michigan State University next year. July 8, 2014 at 2:53 pm by
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Several cast members of Sister Wives, A TLC reality show about a polygamous family, will attempt the 72 ounce steak at the Big Texan in Amarillo, TX on tonight's new episode (9pm Eastern). (video preview) July 6, 2014 at 8:27 pm by
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Dave Wagner has a review of the documentary Hungry. He liked the film even though his video from the controversial 2010 Nathan's qualifier in Escondido was cut. July 5, 2014 at 3:43 pm by
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The Custer County Chronicle reports that Walter Eagle Tail passed away after competing in a hot dog eating contest today. Earlier today, Jared Patterson announced that an eating contest competitor in South Dakota needed CPR and an ambulance. update CusterCountyNews.com has an article (which says the same thing as the facebook post). July 3, 2014 at 9:14 pm by
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Guardian Angel founder Curtis Sliwa, third place finisher in the 1996 Nathan's finals, is calling for investigation of PED usage in competitive eating on his facebook. (Red Angel Dragnet, a song about the Guardian Angels by The Clash) July 3, 2014 at 5:58 pm by
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July 3, 2014 at 10:28 am by
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A list of head to head results over the past year for the favorites in the two Nathan’s contests: Joey Chestnut & Matt Stonie and Sonya Thomas and Miki Sudo follows. Bovada is listing Joey Chestnut as a 1/12 favorite and Matt Stonie as a 9/1 underdog; they are not taking bets on the women’s contest. (via oddshark)
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Matt Stonie has uploaded a video of a training session where he ate 66 hot dogs. July 3, 2014 at 8:44 am by
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July 2, 2014 at 3:27 pm by
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The winning percentages over the past 365 days used to calculate the rankings for the previous post follows: Read the rest of this entry »
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July 2, 2014 at 2:56 pm by
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I have updated the MLE rankings using the system described last year. People need two MLE contest results in the past 365 days to be listed.
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July 2, 2014 at 11:35 am by
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Depsite calling its hot dog eating contest a "brilliant exercise in brand building", investorplace.com suggests passing on purchasing Nathan's stock. July 2, 2014 at 11:20 am by
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The commenter gourmand noted that ifoce.com has been down. The content at that website has been moved to MajorLeagueEating.com July 1, 2014 at 1:52 pm by
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Adam Richman's new show, Man Finds Food, was to have debuted tomorrow on the Travel Channel, but its launch has been delayed after the former host of Man vs. Food had an angry exchange with commenters who objected to his use of the Instagram hashtag #thinspiration, claiming it promoted anorexia. July 1, 2014 at 12:15 pm by
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A press release announces that ESPN has extended its agreement with Nathan's Famous to televise its hot dog eating contest until 2024. July 1, 2014 at 12:03 pm by
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June 30, 2014 at 10:00 pm by
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The contest section of NathansFamous.com has been redone. There is a Hall of Fame page listing winners back to 1972. June 30, 2014 at 7:24 am by
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Kevin Carr is the guest on Brian Seiken's latest podcast. There is also a review of the documentary Hungry. June 29, 2014 at 11:45 pm by
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The Daily Herald has an article about Taco in a Bag, the restaurant owned by Pat Bertoletti and Tim Brown in West Dundee, IL, which reports that business has declined after the first three weeks the taco stand has been open.
June 29, 2014 at 8:45 am by
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June 28, 2014 at 8:40 pm by
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The July 4 schedule for ESPNews shows that the Nathan’s hot dog eating contest will be shown live on that channel starting at noon. Only the men’s contest will be televised; ESPNews will show SportsCenter at 11:30. There will be three tape-delayed showings of the contest on ESPN2 on July 4, 5 and 6 and ESPN Classic will show 6 contests from previous years on July 4. The main ESPN channel has no listings of the 2014 Nathan’s contest, this would make it the first year since 2003 it was not televised on that channel.
A listing of MLE programming on ESPN networks follows:
- 2003 The contest was reportedly supposed to be televised in 2003, but was not broadcast. Issues with celebrity competitor William “Refrigerator” Perry have been cited for the cancellation.
- 2004 Nathan’s finals (926,000 viewers)
- 2005 Nathan’s finals (860,000 viewers)
US Open of Competitive Eating 3 prime time showings July 28, 29, 30 (Alka Seltzer planned to bring the US Open back in 2006, but its owner Bayer terminated the event)
Cheap Seats – commentary on 2004 Nathan’s finals
- 2006 Cheap Seats – commentary on US Open of Competitive Eating
Nathan’s finals (1,460,000 viewers)
Sheboygan Bratwurst contest (pre-empted by NFL Hall of Fame induction ceremony)
Krystal Square Off finals (ESPN2)
- 2007 Nathan’s finals (1,632,000 viewers)
Krystal Square Off finals
- 2008 “Feast on the First” live eating contest on Mike & Mike
Nathan’s finals
E:60 (reporter roundtable) Brad Sciullo stars in this segment, and is ejected from MLE soon after
- 2009 Nathan’s finals (1,340,000 viewers)
- 2010 Pat Bertoletti competes against Philadelphia Eagle Brent Celek on First Take
Nathan’s finals (1,677,000 viewers)
- 2011 Nathan’s finals (1,949,000 viewers)
- 2012 Nathan’s finals – tape delayed (1,299,000 viewers)
- 2013 Nathan’s finals – live on ESPN2 / tape delayed on ESPN (1,146,000 viewers)
- 2014 Pizza eating contest on Mike & Mike
Nathan’s finals – live on ESPNews / tape delayed on ESPN2
(Nathan’s finals viewer numbers from this post)
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Two Nathan's judgeships are currently up for auction on charitybuzz.com. The current bid is $250; bidding ends on July 2. June 27, 2014 at 6:26 pm by
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The Department of Labor fined the Big Texan $800,000 for illegally retaining a portion of workers' tips to pay for business expenses including contest prizes. June 27, 2014 at 4:03 pm by
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Joey Chestnut and Sonya Thomas will participate in a hot dog eating contest on LIVE with Kelly and Michael on July 1. June 27, 2014 at 3:27 pm by
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Guyism.com has a list of nine food challenges with strategies to defeat them. June 26, 2014 at 6:16 pm by
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Jeff "The Beast Man" Butler reportedly did not show up for a hot dog eating contest on WKYC this morning. update Video of contest (via Joseph Cerulli) June 26, 2014 at 1:37 pm by
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