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Crazy Legs Conti is the guest on the most recent episode of the Fink Beats the Stomach podcast. He is curating a competitive eating art show that will open on July 2.
Sociopath World has a blog entry about Crazy Legs Conti.
The FBTSpod twitter has the finishing times for Yasir Salem (6 hours 28 minutes) & Crazy Legs Conti (7:05) in yesterday's New York City Marathon. Conti's time was about 3 times as long as female champion Mary Keitany's result of 2:24.
Crazy Legs Conti will discuss his chicken wing eating techniques on Friday's episode of You're Eating it Wrong on the Cooking Channel.
Zagat produced a behind the scenes video recorded at this year's Nathan's finals starring Yasir Salem and Crazy Legs Conti. Fink Beats the Stomach makes a cameo.
Crazy Legs Conti did an interview on Kiss 108 this morning with the following description: "Boston competitive eater #CrazyLegs on @MattyShow about how to beat @joeyjaws at @originalnathans @eatingcontest". (According to the eatfeats database, Conti is winless (0-47) for his career vs Chestnut).
Crazy Legs Conti has a report on the protest that interrupted the Chicago Ribfest eating contest. His Huffington Post blog entry also includes a review of Taco in a Bag.
Tailgate Fan has an interview with Crazy Legs Conti (conducted in March or earlier) in which h makes the claim an injury has never occurred at a MLE contest. (Conti was present at a 2004 jambalaya eating contest in Washington, DC where Dale Boone required the Heimlich maneuver. According to Eat This Book, Crazy Legs blocked a media camera while "The Mouth of the South" received medical attention.)
2015 Palm Beach Sweet Corn
update April 29 Sun Sentinel has a contest video
update April 28 Crazy Legs Conti has a contest report. Sean Brockert was a judge.
update Palm Beach Post has an article and gallery
Fink Beats the Stomach has the top 5 Top 3 ear totals
1) Erik Denmark 37 ears
2) Crazy Legs Conti 35
3) Gideon Oji 34
4) Yasir Salem
5) Miki Sudo
Miki Sudo, Nate Biller, Erik Denmark, Yasir Salem and defending champion Crazy Legs Conti are expected to compete. Gideon Oji will make his non-qualifier debut.
Crazy Legs Conti appeared on WFLX Friday morning.
2015 Atlanta Nathan’s qualifier
update April 23 The WSB-TV segment is available on youtube
update April 17 Crazy Legs Conti has a Huffington Post report which is primarily a eulogy to “Little Jimmy”.
update April 16 News-Daily.com has an article about runner-up Gideon Oji who plans to compete next in the Charlotte qualifier in May.
WSBTV has an article and gallery.
update April 13 The contest page has been updated to lis Dee Martin as the female winner with 7 hot dogs
No female winner has been announced as of 5:20 pm eastern. Dee Martin was present, so presumably she was the victor. At least one other woman competed, so there will be a women’s wild card leader (if the female runner-up total was recorded).
The top 3 men:
1) Crazy Legs Conti 21
2) Gideon Oji 20
3) Damien Boykin 17
Paul Barlow will be competing in his first MLE contest in almost two years.
2015 Florida Strawberry Festival Nathan’s qualifier
update March 3 #2 Crazy Legs Conti has a preview for the Huffington Post.
update March 3 Plant City Observer has a contest report
Frankie has an instagram video
update TampaBay.com has a contest report claiming that Conti received an unspecified deduction for debris.
Full men’s results part 1 | part 2
1) Nate Biller 23
2) Crazy Legs Conti 22.75
3) Jose Azua 12
4) Jerry Whited 11
5) Mark Trombetta 8.5
6T) Yariel Vignau 8
6T) Yadiel Vignau 8
8) Matthew Germuth 6
9) Thomas Brown 3
Nate Biller has been announced as the male winner with a total of 23
Crazy Legs Conti had at least 21 according to this picture. Dave Wood has the men’s wild card lead with 27.5
Mary Bowers was the top female with 10
Crazy Legs Conti, Nate Biller and Mary Bowers are expected to compete.
TampaBay.com has a contest preview. The contest is expected to start at 6pm.
The New York Daily News has a report on Crazy Legs taking advantage of IHOP's all you can eat offer to set the house record of 14 at a Manhattan location. update Jan 31 Molly Schuyler says she ate 95 pancakes
Crazy Legs Conti is the guest on the latest episode of the Fink Beats the Stomach podcast. At 1:02, he addresses the controversial 2010 Nathan's qualifier in Escondido, CA (and calls Dave Wagner a "douchebag" for uploading his contest footage.) He talks about the chaotic end of the most recent sweet corn eating contest at 1:09 and says he might not return to that event unless Bob Shoudt is banned.
Crazy Legs Conti has a blog entry for the Huffington Post about Glutton Force Five and its owners, Pat Bertoletti & Tim Brown which reports they might be moving to a downtown Chicago location when their suburban mall lease expires.
Birchbox has a list of 5 holiday feasting tips from Crazy Legs Conti.
"Cardboard Shell" has a gallery of her tour of Japanese military bases with Adrian Morgan and Crazy Legs Conti.
Crazy Legs Conti has an interview with Michelle "Cardboard Shell" Lesco in the Huffington Post about participating in the tour of Navy bases. In an event on Okinawa, she ate 20 hot dogs in 5 minutes.
WBUR has a podcast of an interview with Crazy Legs Conti, who claims that the fatality at the Custer, SD hot dog contest could have been prevented with onsite medical personel (Custer County EMTs were present at the event site according to the contest sponsor.) Conti is billed as the world record holder in string beans, pancakes, bacon, beef brisket and Twinkies; for those five foods, MLE records page only lists him as the holder for green beans, Pat Bertoletti, Erik Denmark, Bob Shoudt and Joey Chestnut have the other four records.
Crazy Legs Conti and Andy B. Campbell will appear on Huffington Post Live at 5:47 eastern today to talk about how to become a competitive eating champion. (via Lauren Mikler) update June 14 A video of the appearance is available
The Village Voice has a preview of tomorrow's burger eating contest at Professor Thom's in Manhattan where teams of three will face off against Crazy Legs Conti.
Professor Thom's in NYC will hold a burger eating relay contest on May 28. Members of the top 3 teams will then face off against Crazy Legs Conti in a burger eating contest where Crazy Legs will receive a 20 patty burger and the other three will have a four patty burger.
Molly Schuyler will appear on today America Weekend radio show. Crazy Legs Conti and Yasir Salem are expected on Sunday's Eating Disorder show on Heritage Radio Networks. update May 4 A podcast of Molly's interview is available update May 9 A podcast of the Conti/Salem show is available
Crazy Legs Conti makes a cameo (at second 39) in the Bare Handed Bear Handlers entry for the jingle contest run by Dat Dog in New Orleans.
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