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Crazy Legs Conti wins 2014 Sweet Corn Fiesta
update May 5 Michelle Lesco confirms she got 5th place w//3
Miki Sudo has a contest report
Crazy Legs Conti says Sudo & Shoudt got the original 2nd place money despite the tie and Erik Denmark got the 3rd place money despite finishing 4h
update April 30 In Crazy Legs Conti’s Huffington Post contest report claims Bob had a “Mt. Everest” of uneaten kernels which did not result in a deduction and compares himself to a sports dynasty after winning the contest for the 4th time in the past 7 years.
Merly at Mr. Food has a blog entry, a video of the end of the pro contest end and a video of the amateur contest
update 8:50 The Palm Beach Post has an article which does not mention the controversy or near-fight
update April 30 Cra
update 6:55 Bob Shoudt has posted the post-contest ears of two unnamed competitors: Eater 1 | Eater 2
update 4:20 George Shea has the top 3
1) Crazy Legs Conti 43 ears 46 pre-deduction
2T) Miki Sudo 42 47 pre-deduction
2T) Bob Shoudt 42 44 pre-deduction reportedly almost came to blows w/Conti
4) Erik Denmark 40 (via twitter) 43 pre-deduction
5?) Michelle Lesco 32? (results 5-7 from Josh Miller)
6?) Josh Miller 31?
7T?) Adrian Morgan 30?
7T?) Badlands Booker 30?
update 3:50 Crazy Legs Conti has been announced as the winner with 43 ears in 12 minutes.
update 3:30 The contest has started
The festival facebook has the full field for the contest. The Sun-Sentinel has a preview
While in New Orleans for the crawfish eating contest, Crazy Legs Conti appeared in a music video promoting Dat Dog's jingle contest.
Tim Janus (without makeup) and Crazy Legs Conti competed in a pizza eating contest on Mike & Mike on ESPN2/ESPN Radio this morning against Mike Greenberg. They (and Pete Davekos) also competed in a wing eating contest on the program against Mike Golic in 2008.
PBS NewsHour has an article about competitive eating focusing on Juliet Lee. Crazy Legs Conti and Tim Janus are also quoted.
Huffington Post has a video of a contest between competitive eaters representing Colorado and Washington to predict the Super Bowl overseen by Richard Shea and Crazy Legs Conti.
The New York Daily News has an article about Crazy Legs Conti's chicken wing eating techniques.
The Cooking Channel has a youtube video where Crazy Legs Conti offers advice on chicken wing eating techniques. (via Kissing Suzy Kolber)
Crazy Legs Conti partipcated in a Kelly's Roast Beef eating contest as part of a New Year's Eve Three Stooges marathon on TV 38 in Boston. His total of 13 sandwiches in 5 minutes was announced as a MLE record.
The Rake & Herald has an interview with Crazy Legs Conti, who says that the Major League Eating: The Game app was a MLE highlight for 2013 (it was ported to the iPhone/iPad last year) and hopes for a return of the CP Biggest Eater circuit (cpbiggesteater.com now brings up an empty page). He advises novice competitive eaters to limit their travel expenses.
The turkey eating contest between Badlands Booker and Crazy Legs Conti held on yesterday's episode of Crowd Goes Wild on Fox Sports One can be viewed online.
ABC News has six tips from Crazy Legs Conti on how to make Thanksgiving dining healthier.
The Milligan Stampede has an article about Will Major, author of a paper on the competitive eating philosophy of Crazy Legs Conti. Major's goal is to unify "the two dialogues of the local food movement and the world of competitive eating".
The Tailgate Fan blog has an entry about MLE personalities focusing on Joey Chestnut and Crazy Legs Conti.
2013 San Gennaro cannoli contest
update Sept 15 Tania Fuentez has a flickr gallery
update Sept 13-2 Gothamist has a gallery with full results.
update Sept 13 The NY Daily News has a report.
update Joe Depace has a video
Crazy Legs Conti has a preview for the Huffington Post that was posted after the contest was finished according to the timestamp.
Demotix has a gallery
The Top 3
1) Yasir Salem 31.75, 1st non-qualifier victory
2) Marcos Owens 31
3) Eric “Badlands” Booker 28
4) Crazy Legs Conti 20
NPR has a podcast of Eric “Badlands” Booker and Crazy Legs Conti appearing on Ask Me Another.
NJ.com reports that Crazy Legs Conti will compete in the Nathan's qualifier at State Fair Meadowlands on June 29. An unnamed competitor capable of 40+ hot dogs is also mentioned. update June 22 Atlanta runner-up Ronnie Hartman will also be competing and he has made a video about the qualifier.
Badlands Booker and Crazy Legs Conti will be competing in NPR's Ask Me Another trivia show tonight. Tickets to the live taping at the Bell House in Brooklyn are $10.
Crazy Legs Conti offers advice on competitive eating training and techniques in the new episode of Mansome on screen.yahoo.com.
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.
Crazy Legs Conti has a two part series about the Hooters qualifier in Panama City, FL. Part 1 | Part 2. He also has a report on the ice cream eating contest in Orlando.
Crazy Legs Conti has a report for Huffington Post about spectating at the Coney Island Boardwalk Nathan's qualifier and Edward Leavy Jr. has some pictures from that event (page 1 | page 2) (It is interesting that none of the approximately 10 million in greater NYC wanted and/or received a berth in the qualifier)
Crazy Legs has a recap of his competitive eating career in the Huffington Post titled "I Eat for America".
Gizmodo has Thanksgiving Day eating advice from "Notorious B.O.B." Bob Shoudt, Crazy Legs Conti and Eric "Steakbellie" Livingston.
A clip from The Sopranos of a cannoli eating contest has been uploaded to youtube. Crazy Legs Conti is one of the competitors.
New York Magazine's Grub Street blog has an entry about Crazy Legs Conti's attempt to eat as much of the menu at Guy Fieri's American Kitchen and Bar as possible.
The facebook for the US Naval Base in Guam has pictures of a slider eating contest. Crazy Legs Conti, Eric "Steakbellie" Livingston and Sean Gordon were participants.
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