AZstarnet has an article about Tuscon High offensive lineman Ben Cannon, who reportedly ate the Quadruple Bypass Burger from the Heart Attack Grill in about three minutes.
Boxer Manny Pacquiao reportedly eats 7,000 calories a day while training according to a New York Times article.
Derek Jeter & Will Ferrell film movie at Nathan’s
The New York Post has a gallery of Derek Jeter filming the Will Ferrell movie “The Other Guys” at Nathan’s Famous in Coney Island yesterday. The movie has the following plot summary:
In the comedy, Ferrell and notorious Red Sox fan Mark Wahlberg play cops who spend their careers as desk jockeys. The two are permanently benched after Wahlberg’s character wrongly shoots Jeter in the leg after seeing him walking around with a bat, sources said.
The scene shot at Nathan’s takes place years later, when a down-on-his-luck Jeter — wearing a filthy hobo’s jacket and sporting stringy gray hair — encounters the crime-fighting duo.
Go! Go! Curry, site of a curry eating contest, is mentioned in The New York Times restaurant blog and a WCBS segment due to the owner's devotion to World Series MVP Hideki Matsui.
Asylum.com has a blog entry about UFC fighter Tom Lawlor, who bills himself as "Central Florida's Number One Eater" after winning a pie and a wing eating contest
(from Brian Subich) WWE.com has a clip from the 1985 Halloween Special of a pie eating contest between King Kong Bundy and Captain Lou Albano, who passed away today.
The Freakonomics blog has an entry comparing Usain Bolt's track records with Takeru Kobayashi doubling the Nathan's record in 2001.
JaxDailyRecord reports that bodybuilder Chuck Jensen, winner of a rib eating contest at Woody's, can eat 13 chickens when he gets the all you can eat chicken special.
THE_REAL_SHAQ on Kobayashi
The most recent twitter update by THE_REAL_SHAQ:
How does tok a roo ko by ashi eat all dat dam food geeeez
(Apparently the Glutton Bowl was just rerun on Fox Reality). Shaquille O’Neal will be starring in Shaq vs. later this summer in which he will face off against star athletes in sports other than basketball. Perhaps competitive eating could be one of the events.
The Southtown Star reports that Pat Bertoletti, Tim Brown and former Green Bay Packer defensive lineman John Jurkovic will compete in the IFOCE taco contest on August 1.
The Denver Post has an article about 6'8" 390 pound strongman competitor Brian Shaw who eats 10,000 calories a day and is reluctant to go to restaurants for fear of breaking their chairs.
Joel Stein has a column for ESPN.com's Page 2 about his attempt to consume 9,000 calories in a day as Tour de France competitors do.
Philly.com reports that Bill "El Wingador" Simmons will face off against Jose Conseco in a boxing match on July 24.
The NY Boxing examiner has an article listing Takeru Kobayashi and Filipino boxing champion Manny Pacquiao as the only candidates for the title of Greatest Asian Athlete.
NewsObserver.com has a report on the Doughman "quadrathlon" held in Durham, NC. Adam Richman's team finished 18th.
NewsObserver.com has a preview of tomorrow's Durham, NC quadrathlon (triathlon + eating). Adam Richman of Man vs. Food is expected to participate.
New baseball burger challenges
BottomLineSox announces that the 1 pound 9 ounce McGreevy’s Beckett Burger will debut at McGreevy’s this afternoon. Josh Beckett will be present at the restaurant until 3 pm today and award Red Sox tickets. The burger weight was selected to honor of Josh Beckett’s #19 uniform number. The burger price is $30 and a portion of the cost will go to the Josh Beckett Foundation. All purchasers will receive one of two T shirts which will announce whether they succeeded or failed in the challenge.
The Trenton Thunder have also started the Thunder Burger Challenge which consists of three grilled cheese sandwiches separated by half pound burger patties. The burger is free if it is finished in under 30 minutes and all finishers will be invited to a contest on August 28. (Will this bring central New Jersey’s most famous burger eater out of retirement?)
I Love Las Vegas Magazine has a picture of Joey Chestnut and boxer Ricky Hatton taken at a Hooters restaurant on Sunday after Hatton was defeated by Manny Pacquiao.
Former NBA star Dennis Rodman and other participants in the Gumball 3000 transcontinental race stopped at the Big Texan. No racer attempted the 72 ounce steak.
Charles Barkley attempts Chris Webber’s bread challenge
A video of Charles Barkley attempting to eat a slice of bread without water in under 30 seconds after being challenged by Chris Webber is available.
Previous eatfeats posts about the former NBA stars:
- Chris Webber promotes the 44 ounce burger at his restaurant
- Charles Barkley comments on Kate Stelnick completing the 96er burger
Vincent Jackson of the San Diego Chargers will compete in a wing eating contest on Sunday to benefit the Make-a-Wish Foundation.
The Standard reports that Jodie Dumouchel, a bodybuilder from Sudbury, Ontario, won a 72 ounce steak eating contest with a time of about 40 minutes.
Runner to attempt breakfast taco record after 200 mile run
The200MileRun.com announces a non-stop run by Christopher Huang which will begin in Houston on Thursday, March 19 and end in Austin on Saturday. After completing the run, an attempt will be made to break the breakfast taco record at Juan in a Million, which is currently 7 by the “Hong Kong Hero”. The goal of the run is to raise money for Space12, a community center in East Austin.
WSJ on athletes calories / pounds / day
An article in the Wall Street Journal says that Iditarod sled dogs might be the world’s greatest athletes due to their high calorie consumption per pound of bodyweight ratio. A 50 pound dog will expend about 10,000 calories a day while it is running the race.
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