Molly Schuyler eats record 363 wings in Wing Bowl 22
update Feb 11 Rake & Herald have a statement from the contest organizers standing by the results
update Feb 5
- Articles: Angelo Cataldi column | Time.com | Trentonian on college winner Daily Penn article | Daily Penn pro-WB column | Daily Penn anti-WB column | Philly.com column claiming the Wing Bowl needs to be licensed as a strip club
- Galleries: Gallery of promotional products
- WIP videos: Final minute | Molly Schuyler | Pat Bertoletti | Jon Squibb
- Other videos: Google Glass video recorded by Jason Kelce | PhillyMag video of spectator fight |Â AOL on | Philly Social
- Blog entries: Yahoo Daily Buzz | Strange Music on sponsorship of Molly Schuyler
update Feb 1
- Articles: Daily Local on “Moe Train” | Reading Eagle on entourage winner Wingatron | Daily Mail UK | Metro.co.uk | News.com.au | Philly.com critical column
- Galleries: NJ.com | PennLive.com | NBC Philadephia | PhillyMag | 700 Level
- Videos: Huffington Post | Ruptly TV | 6 ABC | CBSPhilly | Ukraine Train Courier Times video | Video of spectator fights
- Blog entries: Rake & Herald | Yahoo Shutdown Corner | Bleacher Report | Sportsgrid | Joonbug | UProxx | GQ.com | Des Moines Register on Molly’s weekend events in Iowa
Wing Bowl official final top 6
363 Molly Schuyler, new record
356 Pat Bertoletti, breaks Kobayashi previous record
304 Jamie McDonald
252 Jon Squibb, local winner
210 Dave “US Male” Goldstein
208 Uncle Rico
update 1:35 pm Both Pat Bertoletti and Jamie McDonald have issues with Molly Schuyler’s victory
Articles: ESPN | Philly.com | CBSLocal | NJ.com
Galleries: CBSLocal | Philly.com | Courier Post | MCall
Videos: MyFoxPhilly
9:54 Joey Chestnut is not impressed with MLE’s just-released new wing techniques
Joseph McDonald says Bertoletti was robbed
Jan 29 Wing Bowl 22 links
- Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce ate 5 wings in 51 seconds to qualify for Wing Bowl 22. PhiladelphiaEagles.com has a slideshow of his training session at the team practice facility.
- CBSLocal.com has an article about Jon Squibb, whose goal is 300 wings. (Blog entry about Squibb’s training secrets)
- Courier Times article about Dimitry “Ukraine Train” Shchupak
- Courier Post article about female fans of Wing Bowl
- The weigh-in will be tomorrow at 5pm at Chickie’s & Pete’s in South Philadelphia.
- Philly.com article about the two Vegan Wing Bowls on Saturday
- Philebrity calls for “slob-shaming” Wing Bowl participants
Jamie McDonald wins Wing Bowl 21, US Male top local
10:01 NJ.com reports that Bill “El Wingador” Simmons is considering a comeback for Wing Bowl 22.
9:49 CBSLocal.com report
9:27 Philly.com has a contest report
8:59 Final top 4 results
1) Jamie “The Bear” McDonald 287 wings
2) Jon “Super” Squibb 282
3) Dave “US Male” Goldstein 266
4) Skin & Bones
8:53 Tiger Wings has been DQed
8:49 The top 5 with the 2 minute final round left
1) Jamie McDonald 265
2) Jon Squibb 252
3) Dave US Male 247
4) Dave “Tiger Wings & Things” 220
5) Skin & Bones 202
8:42 The second round is over
8:36 US Male’s 148 wings is not a first half record; Kobayashi ate 165 last year
8:24 First Round totals (via CSN live blog)
Dave US Male 148
Jon Squibb 138
Jamie McDonald 130
Tiger Wings & Thing 128
Skin & Bones 126
Not Rich Razzi 102
Uncle Rico 97
Snack Jack Diamon 92
Ukraine Train 87
Wayney Wonder Algenio 81
8:18 3 of the national eaters will advance to the second round, 7 locals will move on
8:06 The first half is over. Jamie McDonald is reportedly behind Jon Squibb and Dave “US Male” Goldstein is among the leaders. The Dallas representative Jordan Avalos, reversed eight minutes into the contest, which is not surprising since he was selected on “trash talking” instead of eating ability. “US Male” has won best entourage
7:50 The contest has started
7:44 New Eagles coach is on site and currently being interviewed
7:34 The “World” eaters are entering and the crowd is throwing debris at the out of towners
Wing Bowl 21 Coverage
- Philly.com live blog
- CNS Philly live blog
- ABC Local live blog
- Courier Post gallery
- ESPN Playbook article about Wing Bowl
- Philly.com Wing Bowl Q & A
- Philly.com column critical of Wing Bowl
Competitor Profiles
- CBS Local article about Jamie McDonald
- LancasterOnline article about “Snack Jack” Diamond.
- Philly Burbs article about “South Jersey” Keith Carman
- Video about “South Jersey” Keith Carman
- NJ.com article about substitute competitor “Rob the Slob” Peachey Jr.
Jon Squibb threepeats Wing Bowl with new record
Wing Bowl 19 top 5 (official scorecard picture)
1) 255 Jon Squibb, breaks Joey Chesnut’s 2008 record of 241
2) 254 Bill “El Wingador” Simmons
3T) 211 “Not Rich” Rich Razzi, third top 5 finish (also 2009 & 2010)
3T) 211 Dave “US Male” Goldstein, third top 5 finish (also 2007 & 2008)
5) 195 “Furious” Pete Czerwinski, early leader
update Feb 9 12:03
- Philadelphia City Paper review
- Philly2Night gallery
- University of Pennsylvania student paper article, gallery & video
- On The Bandwagon blog entry and gallery
- The Waster gallery
- BFvsGF video
- Off the Bench blog entry Part 2
- Phils Fever gallery
- Furious Pete gallery
- BeautifulBrian.com has commentary about Brad Sciullo’s no-show and other Wing Bowl topics
update Feb 5 12:21
- Courier Post article with three gallerys
- The Trentonian praises El Wingador and has a list of 10 crazy things
- MyPHL17 has 6 galleries
- Philly.com article incorrectly claiming that Kobayashi has never competed in an eating contest with food containing bones
- NBC Philadelphia has an article & video
- The Patch on El Wingador & John “The Bulldog” DelVechio
- Philadelphia Weekly produced a video
- Yahoo News has a gallery
- AOL Weird News has an article
- Crossing Broad has a gallery (The DeLorean is supposed to be a time machine bringing back Phillies world series trophies from the future)
- Off the Bench blog entry about Wing Bowl 19
- Video of Jon Squibb
- Video and gallery of Dave “US Male” Goldstein’s entourage (a picture of his “IFOCE Contract” banner)
- Video of “Furious” Pete Czerwinski expressing his dislike of Brad Sciullo at the weigh-in (via crawfish)
- Picture of Takeru Kobayashi & Ron Jeremy, two genetic anomalies
- A picture of the top 5 scorecard for Wing Bowl 19 can be viewed after the jump
update Feb 4 10:44
- http://wingbowl.cbslocal.com/ has galleries and videos
- Philly.com also has galleries and videos
Courier Post has all the announced results - WPBI has a gallery
- MyFoxPhilly has a gallery and a clip of Takeru Kobayashi & Ron Jeremy on Good Day
- NBCPhiladelphia gallery
- The 700 Level has a flickr gallery
- A picture of the winning “Mound Rushmore” float
- Dave “US Male” Goldstein is still listed at #19 in the IFOCE rankings, we will see how long he remains and who moves into #50 (via comment)
9:16 WPVI has a video of Kobayashi’s cheesesteak exhibition
The rest of the liveblog can be viewed after the jump
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