The Houston Chronicle reports that members of the Rice football team attempted (and failed) the Kookamonga burger challenge while in Memphis for the Liberty Bowl.
Stanford wins 2013 Lawry’s Beef Bowl
update Dec 30
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Stanford has been announced as the winner of the 2013 Beef Bowl, outeating Michigan State by 15 pounds of prime rib at Lawry’s in Beverly Hills. Patch.com has a history of the pre-Rose Bowl event, which was called the Beef Scrimmage from 1970 to 1972. Michigan State lost despite having a twitter devoted to its “Meat Squad”.
Last night, former NFL lineman Kyle Turley announced he would attempt the 72 ounce steak challenge at the Big Texan in Amarillo. He actually ordered a 24 ounce steak, citing too many rules as his reason for declining the challenge.
The Mountain West Conference has a video of yesterday's pie eating contest where members of the Fresno State football team defeated USC Trojans as part of pre-game festivities for the Las Vegas Bowl.
The Plymouth Herald reports that Adrian Morgan from Plymouth, England, a former commonwealth gold medalist in judo, ate a food challenge at the Prince of Wales in Princetown, Devon with a total weight of 18 pounds in 26 minutes.
Former MLB pitcher Steve Blass will host a pierogie eating contest at the Pittsburgh Pirates fan festival on Sunday. After an All Star season in 1972, Blass totally lost control of his pitches in 1973 without any discernible reason, which became known as "Steve Blass Disease".
Fox Soccer has modified a picture of Takeru Kobayashi's July 4, 2011 hot dog exhibition to replace his face with that of Shinji Kagawa of Manchester United, who reportedly had to have his stomach pumped after overeating, causing him to miss yesterday's game.
Kyle "The Hammer" Hanner won today's fruitcake eating contest at Santa's Candy Castle in Santa Claus, IN. Wrestler Mick Foley was 4th. update Dec 9 Full results have been posted. update Dec 10 News 14 has a contest report. Kyle Hanner has a video.
TMZ has a video interview with Los Angeles Lakers center Robert Sacre, who says he only ate about 75% of the five pound burrito challenge at El Tepeyac. (He donned the T-shirt awarded to finishers anyway.)
Yoshinoya in Los Angles will hold an eating contest between Yamamotoyama, the largest Sumo wrestler in history, and Byamba, a four time World Sumo Champion as part of its grand opening celebration on Wednesday. update Dec 5 A video of the contest is available.
TWCSportnet has a video of LA Lakers center Robert Sacre attempting the 5 pound burrito at El Tepeyac.
There was a Thanksgiving leftover eating contest on last night's episode of WWE Smackdown won by Titus O'Neil resulting in two on-stage reversals after he was forced to enter the ring after his victory. (Post match reaction | episode recap)
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has praise for the video of Matt Stonie eating one of the WWE star's "legendary cheat meals".
OC Weekly has a blog entry about Los Angeles Laker center Robert Sacre finishing the five pound burrito at Manuel's Original El Tepeyac.
Matt Stonie has produced a video where he eats the "Legendary Cheat Meal" of pro wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.
IllPumpYouUp.com has produced a video of three bodybuilders attempting an 8 pound burger challenge at Shack's Island & Grill in Clearwater, FL.
Philly.com has an article about the house burger record at Jim's Lunch in Milville, NJ. MLB phenom Mike Trout has reportedly eaten 6 burgers (the top mark is 15.)
HockeySverige.se has a blog entry (in Swedish) about Robert Petterson finishing the 72 ounce steak challenge at the Big Texan in Amarillo, TX.
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski ate 2 pounds of Eat Smart and 2 tubs of Bio-Gro in 3:45 to defeat Marc Lobliner at the Olympia Fitness and Performance Weekend in Las Vegas. (video)
In a response to Aaron Osthoff, pro wrestler Mick Foley ("Mankind") announces that he will be competing in the International Fruitcake Eating Competition in Santa Claus, Indiana on December 7. Competitors can win a spot in that contest by finishing the Fire & Ice challenge in under 38 minutes. update Sept 10 14News reports that defending champion Joe LaRue and Rick "The Manager" Russo have been invited to compete. A qualifier will be held on October 5.
MASNSports.com has video of a donut eating contest where Baltimore Oriole outfielder faced off against a fan who submitted won a contest after submitting a challenge idea. update Sept 9 The Suffolk News Herald has an article about the contest.
Former pro wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson claims he eats 17,945 calories on "cheat" days.
Fans will be able to compete against Denver Broncos offensive linemen in a pancake eating contest as part of a Pancake Breakfast to benefit Brent’s Place on September 8.
The cheerleaders from Sonora High defeated the football team from La Habra High at the La Habra (CA) Corn Festival today. The cheerleaders and football teams from the schools were to have faced off, but the Sonora High football team did not show up.
Keith Hernandez will MC the Brooklyn Burger eating contest before Saturday's Mets game. The winner will get to watch the game from a suite.
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