Dan Mullen, football coach for Mississippi State, ate 24 wings in 5 minutes to win a wing eating contest held during his radio show last night.
Broward New Times has a blog entry about videos by "Furious" Pete Czerwinski and others that were inspired by Michael Phelps reported 12,000 calorie / day training diet. Matt Stonie has also produced a video where he tries to consume that amount.
NewsDay is running a poll asking whether certain sports should be added to the Olympics. Competitive eating is currently at 11% (171 votes) for / 89% (1359 votes) against.
"Furious" Pete Czerwinksi has uploaded a video of his attempt at a meal with 12,000 calories (Michael Phelps reported daily total).
Fourth Place Medal has a blog entry about the 3,360 calorie meal Olympic swimmer Ricky Berens ordered from McDonalds after his 4x200 freestyle relay team won the gold medal. (He was unable to finish the meal without assistance.)
Greg "The Floss" Moss appears in this week's episode of Asian (golf) Tour Highlights competing in a burger eating challenge against fellow golf professionals in Jakarta, Indonesia (picture)
NYPost reports that MarShon Brooks of the Brooklyn Nets will participate in the Nathan's finals (Stefan Bondy says he will judge). Brooks predicted that Sonya Thomas would upset Joey Chestnut even though they will not be competing in the same contest.
Quad City Times has an article about Jeremiah Foster, who runs FitVsFood.com documenting his eating challenges (youtube channel). Forster is the former bodybuilding champion of Ohio and manages the Gold's Gym in Davenport, IA.
MiddleEasy.com has a video of a burger eating contest between UFC lightweight Joe Lauzon and firearms enthusiast "FPS Russia".
TalesFromTheAmericanFootballLeague has a blog entry about the 1961 Golden West Eating Classic San Diego Chargers lineman Ernie Ladd competed in. Regis Philbin served as referee and Barron Hilton, grandfather of Paris Hilton, had the title of "Assistant Calorie Counter". The estimated attendance was 1,800.
Takeru Kobayashi announces that he will attend the NFL draft tonight. (It is ironic that a big advocate of competitors' freedom would endorse a mechanism that restricts the rights of performers.)
John Daly will certify wings for the Hooters World Wing-Eating Championship qualifier in Augusta, GA tomorrow at 1 pm. According to Wikipedia, the 1995 British Open champion lost his Hooters sponsorship in May 2009 after he was found drunk outside a North Carolina Hooters in 2008.
WWE.com has a gallery of the crab eating contest held during Wrestlemania last night. Mick Foley and Captain Keith Colburn of The Deadliest Catch competed.
ESPN New York reports that the Carnegie Deli has added the "Jetbow" sandwich to its menu in honor of Tim Tebow's trade to the New York Jets. The sandwich weighs 3.5 pounds and contains corned beef, pastrami, roast beef and American cheese and white bread. The Village Voice gave the new item a negative review. In 2010, the deli created a "Lebron MVP" sandwich to entice LeBron James to sign with the Knicks.
Texas Rangers outfielder David Murphy has a list of his largest meals.
IGoHardNow.com has a blog entry estimating the daily caloric consumption of Charlotte Bobcats forward Boris "Dizilla" Diaw. Three sets of analyses (assuming body weights of 245, 285 and 305 pounds) were done. A Boris "Dizilla" poster is available for sale.
A 1919 spaghetti eating contest between Yankees outfielder Ping Bodie and an ostrich billed by the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce as the world's greatest eater will appear in the upcoming book The Baseball Hall of Shame: The Best of Blooperstown book.
AL.com reports that offensive lineman Robert Leff attempted the Jubilee Challenge, consisting of 7.5 pounds of seafood, at The Complete Angler in Daphne, AL after signing a football scholarship to Auburn.
An eating contest will be held at the Easter Sunday Brunch at the Regina Inn in Saskatchewan on April 8. All competitors will be weighed before the contest and prizes will be awarded to the male and female who gain the most weight after the brunch. Bodybuilder Dorian Yates will speak at the brunch (it is not clear if he will participate in the contest).
Bub's, seen in the Indianapolis episode of Man vs. Food catered a post-practice meal for the New York Giants, but did not serve any one pound "Big Ugly" challenge burgers.
Former WWE wrestler Steve Austin claims he ate 36 pancakes, 3 pounds of of bacon, 2 pounds of cheese and a 50 egg omelet.
Shannon Sharpe, former NFL tight end and currently an analyst on CBS Sports' The NFL Today, announces he can beat Joey Chestnut & Sonya Thomas in an eating contest.
Someone claiming to be Buffalo Bills quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick is the most recent entry in the list of 72 ounce steak finishers at the Big Texan in Amarillo, TX.
Jared Lorenzen, a former backup quarterback for the New York Giants, will be competing in a pizza eating contest at Raniero's in Cold Spring, KY on Sunday with Kentucky high school player of the year Patrick Towles as his teammate. (The listed weight of the team is 565 pounds. Towles' weight is 235 pounds which would give Lorenzen a current weight of 330 pounds.) via SBNation
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