The online newsletter for Andrews Air Force Base has the following item:

Beat the Black Widow

AAFES and Anthony’s Pizza are hosting a pizza eating contest today at 11:30 a.m. in the foodcourt of the base exchange. Sonya ‘‘Black Widow” Thomas, competitive eater, avid walker and Andrews Burger King manager, is slated to be on hand performing demonstrations and to serve as a judge for the contest. Prizes include AAFES gift cards. For more information call Anthony’s Pizza at 301-568-2200.

It is not clear whether the date of the contest is October 30 or 31.

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Digital Sports has an article about the undercard for the Three Brothers Pizza contest in which four person teams from De Matha and St. Vincent Pallotti high schools faced off. The DeMatha team won the contest 24 slices to 15.75. The top individual was Nick Rivers of DeMatha who ate 7 slices in 10 minutes.

There are several interviews at the bottom of the page, including an interview with Sonya Thomas. Sonya says she has done an eating contest in Korea.

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Pizza results from US Male via Steakbellie comment and IFOCE.com report:

Pat Bertoletti 20 (third straight victory in 3 brothers)
Tim Janus 16
Sonya Thomas 16
Bob Shoudt 16
Juliet Lee 13
Crazy Legs Conti 11
Pat Philbin 11
Sean Gordon 11
Dave US Male Goldstein 8.75

update Jill Stoler has a blog entry and some videos

Pat Philbin has uploaded some pictures to myspace

update #2 Beautiful Brian has a contest video and near complete results He is disappointed that some of the eaters did not pay sufficient respect to his performance of “Black and White”

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Pizza Marketing Quarterly has a press release about Saturday’s contest at Three Brothers Pizza in Greenbelt, Maryland. There will be no amateur competition this year; the undercard will consist of a contest between two local high schools. Pat Bertoletti, Tim Janus, Bob Shoudt, Sonya Thomas, Juliet Lee and 13 unnamed professionals are listed as expected entrants. There will also be an autograph session for eaters along with a pizza tossing exhibition.

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SuperSizedMeals.com has a gallery from the May 17 Bigger Mac Daddy Burger eating contest. The captions state that Ian Hickman was the winner.

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SupersizedMeals.com announces that a 19 pound “Bigger Mac Daddy Burger” eating contest will take place at the Burger Joint in Bethesda, Maryland on May 17. Prizes and other details are not listed. The restaurant has a burger listed at 15.4 pounds on its regular menu which is free if completed.

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The Baltimore Sun has an article about University of Maryland student Brian “Eatin'” Keaton. Like Sonya Thomas, Keaton was inspired to enter competitive eating after watching Kobayashi at the Nathan’s finals. Like Kevin Lipsitz, he has competed against a canine in an eating contest. Keaton might have debuted at the 2005 pizza eating contest in Camden, NJ:

Keaton, an agricultural economics major, got his start not long after his Kobayashi epiphany. He learned that the New Jersey state pizza-eating championship, an all-comers event, was to take place a few towns away. He entered, downed a large cheese pie in 10 minutes, and finished fourth, but ahead of several established pros.

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(From comment) The third 3 Brothers Pizza eating contest will take place in Greenbelt, Maryland on May 31. Registration will open on April 11. The previous two contests took place in August.

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The University of Maryland student newspaper has an article about Brian “Eatin'” Keaton, who will compete in the North American Collegiate Eating Championship in San Diego next month. Keaton’s major is food science.

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WJZ.com reports that Ian Hickman set a record at the annual pancake eating contest at Pete’s Grill in Baltimore by eating 20 pancakes in an hour.

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The gazette.net article about the Three Brothers pizza contest has been revised with more information about Juliet Lee and a picture of husband Joey competing in the amateur pizza eating contest.

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Muskogee Phoenix reports that Oklahoman Mike Yoss won a hot wing eating contest in Baltimore yesterday, defeating former NFL defensive lineman William “Refrigerator” Perry and three other qualifiers.

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Gazette.net has a writeup of the August 18 Three Brothers Pizza contest held in Greenbelt, MD. Jeff Blachly, of Gambrills, MD won the amateur contest with nine slices.

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WhiteLabelDub has two videos of Saturday’s Three Brothers Pizza eating contest at http://www.youtube.com/user/whitelabeldub

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The Three Brother’s Pizza contest preview in the Washington Post’s Sports “Bog” mention’s Liz K’s report from the 2006 contest.

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Brian Seiken has a report about his trip to Maryland to compete in the Three Brothers pizza eating contest on his Bits & Pieces page.

update There is a also a contest video on beautifulbrian.com

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DelawareOnline.com has a blog entry with a lot of pictures about last month’s waterless “Suicide” wing eating contest won by Ian Hickman held in Dewey Beach, DE.

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Today’s 3 Brothers Pizza results from SonyaTheBlackWidow.com and a Steakbellie comment

1: Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti: 22 Slices
2: Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas: 20
3: Tim “Eater X” Janus: 18
4: Chip Simpson – 17.5
5: Humble Bob Shoudt – 17
6: Pat Philbin – 12
7: Russ Keeler – 11
7: Juliet Lee – 11
9 Wing Kong – 10

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WBAL has a brief article about the 3 Brothers Pizza contest which claims that Sonya Thomas & Juliet Lee will compete.

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