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In the Boston Globe, Crazy Legs Conti announces that he is not retiring from competitive eating.
Laura Leu wrote a column for Salon.com about training for the Queens Nathan's qualifier with Crazy Legs Conti and then competing in that event.
In an article on IFOCE.com, Brian Subich responds to Crazy Legs Conti's comments in a FoodRepublic post about the Concord Mills qualifier.
Food Republic has a post by Crazy Legs Conti (via comment) about the Concord Mills qualifier in which he compares his career to Shaquille O'Neal's and an interview with Pat Bertoletti. (Conti claims that the second best remunerated IFOCE member received $40,000 which would make the total earnings for the rest of the IFOCE besides Joey Chestnut ($218,000) $332,000 if George Shea's claim of $600K in total compensation is accurate.)
With one qualifier left, it appears that at least one Nathan's finals streak will be broken. Crazy Legs Conti has competed in the last nine Nathan's finals and I believe that Eric "Badlands" Booker has appeared in all Nathan's finals he has attempted to qualify for since 1997. (Booker took a hiatus in 2007.) The only way both Conti and Booker could reach the finals is if they both exceed 37 hot dogs in Saturday's qualifier in Fishkill, NY.
Crazy Legs Conti upsets Notorious B.O.B at Sweet Corn Fiesta
update Apr 19 Sun Sentinel has a gallery of the contest.
update Apr 18 Philly.com has an article about Bob Shoudt who developed a new corn-eating techique for the contest.
updated Results have been updated with values from the MLE facebook and Sean Brockert. Wellington Homes has a gallery.
3:34 George Shea has the top 3:
1) Crazy Legs Conti 33.5 ears of corn in 12 minutes
2) Bob Shoudt 32.5 ears
3) Hall Hunt 31 ears
4) Sean “Wrecking Ball” Brockert 25 ears
5) David Solomon 22 ears
Bruce Ollis 16 ears
Jimmy “Klepto†Altman 16 ears
Garret Elkins 15 ears
Jason “Value Meal Killa†Pennington 14 ears
Eric Liebl 11 ears
3:15 The contest has apparently started according to Jeff Gibbard
TMZ has a picture of Takeru Kobayashi, Tim Janus, Crazy Legs Conti and a giant bowl of artichoke dip, which was reportedly Kobayashi's Super Bowl Snack.
In the press conference announcing his signing with the Boston Celtics, Shaquille O'Neal stated he intends to compete against Glen "Big Baby" Davis in a chowder eating contest. NESN lists Crazy Legs Conti as another possible eating contest opponent for Shaq.
2010 Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest field
(Bumped & Modified originally posted June 27)
The following people won a slot in the 2010 Nathan’s finals by winning a qualifier. The second column is the number of hot dogs eaten in the qualifier (click on the names to see their contest history)
| 2010 May 6 | 29 | “Big” Ben Monson | Las Vegas, NV |
| 2010 May 8 | 38.5 | Eric “Badlands” Booker | Foxborough (Boston), MA |
| 2010 May 8 | 18 | Bryan “Big Sexy” Beard | San Jose, CA |
| 2010 May 15 | 23 | Peter “Pretty Boy” Davekos | East Hartford, CT |
| 2010 May 15 | 28 | Tim “Gravy” Brown | Newnan, GA |
| 2010 May 29 | 40 | “Notorious” Bob Shoudt | Atlantic City, NJ |
| 2010 Jun 5 | 29 | Erik “The Red” Denmark | Tempe, AZ |
| 2010 Jun 6 | 12 | Andrew Bosque | Virginia Beach, VA |
| 2010 Jun 12 | 34 | Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas | Norfolk, VA |
| 2010 Jun 13 | 23.5 | Sean “Flash” Gordon | Thackerville, OK |
| 2010 Jun 19 | 13 | Kristopher Adams | Fayetteville, NC |
| 2010 Jun 19 | 30 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti | Charlotte, NC |
| 2010 Jun 26 | 46 | Tim “Eater X” Janus | Queens, NY |
| 2010 Jun 26 | 25 | Crazy Legs Conti | Escondido, CA |
| 2010 Jun 26 | 28.25 | Juliet Lee | Fishkill, NY |
Allen Goldstein received a slot by leading the wild card standings. Here are the wild card standings according to results in the eatfeats datbase (qualifier winners not listed):
| 2010 May 8 | 28.75 | Allen “Shredder” Goldstein | Foxborough (Boston), MA |
| 2010 May 15 | 27 | “Jammin” Joe LaRue | Newnan, GA |
| 2010 May 29 | 25 | “Buffalo” Jim Reeves | Atlantic City, NJ |
| 2010 Jun 5 | 25 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan | Tempe, AZ |
| 2010 May 29 | 24.5 | Pat “from Moonachie” Philbin | Atlantic City, NJ |
| 2010 Jun 26 | 24 | Micah “Wing Kong” Collins | Fishkill, NY |
| 2010 Jun 5 | 22 | Damon “The Omen” Wells | Tempe, AZ |
| 2010 Jun 26 | 21 | Brian “Dud Light” Dudzinski | Queens, NY |
| 2010 May 29 | 20 | Dave “U. S. Male” Goldstein | Atlantic City, NJ |
Crazy Legs Conti wins Escondido Nathan’s qualifier
update July 1 The sports / athlete gossip blog Deadspin did a post about the controversy after receiving a tip from Dave Wagner “Sam” containing this quote from Rich Shea:
The officials at this particular qualifier reviewed Crazy Legs Conti’s eating area and determined a deduction should be made for detritus. After the deduction, Conti’s total was still enough to win the event. The ruling stands and Conti will compete in Coney Island on July 4th.
update June 30 Sammy Bee served as a contest judge and emailed a post contest picture of Conti’s plate & cups:
update June 29 Space Pirate Queen has a flickr gallery with videos of the contest
update June 28 pt 2 Runner-up Adrian Morgan has posted a comment.
update June 28 Dave Wagner has posted the uncut video to youtube Part 1 | Part 2
update #4 NC Times has an article
update #3 DL Wagner has a blog entry and video from the qualifier focusing on Crazy Legs Conti.
update #2 The OC Register has an article
update The MLE facebook has the top 5 (Part 1 | Part 2 )
1) Crazy Legs Conti 25
2T) Adrian Morgan 22
2T) Brian Subich 22
4) Damon Wells 21
5) Ron Koch 19
? Shawn Kirby 9
OCRegister has a preview of the Nathan’s qualifier in Escondido, California listing Shawn Kirby, Damon Wells, Crazy Legs Conti and Adrian Morgan as expected entrants.
Kevin Ross and Matt Cohen will also compete and did an interview on the Scott and BR show. (podcast)
Patrick Michels interviewed Crazy Legs Conti about his participation in the Thackerville, Oklahoma Nathan's qualifier on Sunday.
Perrynoid radio has podcasts containing interviews with Sonya Thomas (May 15, 18 minute mark) and Crazy Legs Conti (May 1, 45 minute mark).
Crazy Legs Conti appeared in a video produced by the Upright Citizens Brigade comedy group. (via Todd Bieber email)
The Faster Times has a diary of Crazy Leg's Conti's appearance in Rick the Manager's entourage in Wing Bowl 18.
Crazy Legs Conti's training tips have been translated by Wired of Japan.
Was Crazy Legs Conti's "Popcorn Sarcophagus" the inspiration for this Super Bowl Doritos commercial?
Crazy Legs Conti's advice to Wired on winning eating contests makes the list of recommended reading in the New York Times Idea of the Day Blog. The tips are now in wiki format, so others can add their contributions to the list.
The first MLE podcast is available at itunes. The inaugural guest is Crazy Legs Conti.
Crazy Legs Conti and Gerard Mullin, associate professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins, offer four tips on how to win an eating contest in wired.com
Buck Wolf has posted an AOL News video from September's cannoli eating contest at the Feast of San Gennaro won by Crazy Legs Conti.
ThatsFit.com has three questions with Crazy Legs Conti about his exercise and diet routines.
The Faster Times has an article about Crazy Legs Conti.
The Nashville Scene reports that Crazy Legs Conti will compete in Saturday's Krystal qualifier in Nashville. No other competitors are mentioned.
Wicked Local has an article about Crazy Legs Conti.
Digital City has an interview with Crazy Legs Conti, who calls a narrow loss to Don Lerman at a wing eating contest an Ohio Quaker Steak and Lube the one of the high (and low) points of his career.
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