Vice.com has a video of Takeru Kobayashi displaying his hot dog eating techniques to former boxer Eric Kelly. Kobayashi tells TMZ that he would easily defeat Chestnut if he faced off in a hot dog eating contest.
Yasir Salem has an interview for Muscle & Fitness about his training regimens for both competitive eating and marathons / triathlons.
Flashback: Before starting a run of three Stanley Cup championships in six years, members of the Chicago Blackhawks including Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews competed in a pppsicle eating contest in March 2010.
Bleacher Report has a video of Tommy Kraemer attempting a five pound Reuben sandwich at Izzy's in Cincinnati. Another incoming Notre Dame offensive lineman, Dillan Gibbons, won a coney dog eating contest earlier this month.
Don Shula, the coach with the most wins in NFL history, served as referee for a Shark Attack Burger eating contest held at his steakhouse in Delray Beach, FL.
Professional skateboarder Nick Dompierre posted a video of his attempt at a 20,000 calorie eating challenge.
An instagram page for Australian pro wrestlers' eating challenges has been set up at https://instagram.com/team.eat/. Shazza McKenzie attempted to join the team by eating a 15 patty burger (she finished 8)
Complex has a video of Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo answering questions while eating hot wings. The wings became spicier as the questions got more challenging.
Bud Light Canada has a video of former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Chuck Liddell facing a fan in a hot wing eating contest held in Montreal.
On an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live in March, wrestler John Cena talked about how he saved money on food by doing pizza eating challenges while he worked as a bouncer.
In Matt Stonie's latest video, he eats 7,000 calories in honor of boxer Manny Pacquiao's daily training diet.
MMA fighter Chuck Liddell competed in a wing eating contest at MacLeans Pub In Montreal tonight.
ESPN has a blog entry about University of Virginia football players competing in the Munchin for Memory hot dog eating contest on Sunday to benefit Alzheimer's research. Fullback Vincent Croce was the runner up with 11 hot dogs.
The Chicago White Sox are promoting pitcher Carlos Rodon to the major league baseball club. Last year, the left-hander did a podcast about his competitive eating fandom for the Cespedes Family Barbecast where he discussed which baseball players would have the best chance against Joey Chestnut.
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.
Bodybuilders Rich Piana and Jenaya Hofer attempted the 30 inch pizza challenge at Santa Lucia Pizza in Winnipeg.
Former Clayton State University basketball player will compete in the Nathan's qualifier at the Dogwood Festival in Atlanta on April 12. Ronnie Hartman will also participate.
The Carolina Panthers held an ice cream eating contest as part of a "Fuel Up to Play 60" event held at Southside Middle School in Florence, SC. Linebacker Thomas Davis was in attendance (but did not compete).
On Saturday, high school offensive lineman Dillan Gibbon ate 14 Coney dogs in 12 minutes to win a contest at Skyline Chili in Clearwater, FL. This week he is making recruiting visits to Ohio State and Notre Dame.
University of Wisconsin basketball player Nigel Hayes competed in a cheesecake eating contest for United Cerebral Palsy of Dane County last month. (via Q106)
In his latest video, "Furious" Pete Czerwinski faces off against bodybuilder Rich Piana in a Ben & Jerry's ice cream eating contest.
Chess.com has an interview titled "What If Death Match 31 Were Competitive Eating?" asking grandmasters Sam Shankland and Georg Meier what their preferred competitive eating food would be.
The Springfield News Leader has a video interview with Heisman Trophy winner Billy Sims which concludes with him participating in a rib eating contest.
A Sports Illustrated article about the Vermont Frost Heaves of the ABA mentions Ed "Cookie" Jarvis playing for the Strong Island franchise in 2006.
Vice.com's Munchies Youtube channel has a video about the diet of strongman Robert Oberst which consists of 15,000 to 20,000 calories a day. (via SportsGrid)
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