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PhillyChitChat has a report on yesterday's Shank (kosher wing) Bowl. Ben Jablonski defeated defending champ Adam "Hungry Hungry Hebrew" Taxin to win $990.
CityPaper on “Swallow Your Pride” screening
The Philadelphia City Paper has an interview with Bill “El Wingador” Simmons who will attend Monday’s screening of the Wing Bowl documentary “Swallow Your Pride” at National Mechanics in Philadelphia. Simmons believes he should have defeated Sonya Thomas in the 2004 Wing Bowl.
A youtube page has been set up with clips from Swallow Your Pride
Art Mann (HD.Net) at Wing Bowl 2010
Youtube has an episode of HD.Net’s Art Mann Presents recorded at the 2010 Wing Bowl NOT SAFE FOR WORK Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 A promo clip of a reversal.
An episode of Art Mann Presents set at the Krispy Kreme Challenge will debut today.
NBCPhiladelphia announces the Shank (Kosher Wing) Bowl will take place at Finnegan's Wake in Philadelphia on March 11.
Philly.com reports that an eating contest might be held in conjunction with a March 8 screening of the Wing Bowl documentary Swallow Your Pride
The Phoenixville News reports that "Wild" Bill Myers was the first to complete the 4 pound "Annihilator" roast beef sandwich challenge yesterday after it debuted yesterday at Tony's Family Restaurant. update Amy Strauss has a longer blog entry with pictures about the challenge attempts.
The Phoenixville News reports that the "Annihilator" 5.5 lb. roast beef sandwich challenge will debut Saturday at Tony's Family Restaurant in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania.
Jon Squibb misses Wing Bowl record by 3 wings
Wing Bowl 18 Final 5
1 238 Jon Squibb, 3 off Joey Chestnut’s Wing Bowl record
2 145 Not Rich, 2nd runner-up in a row
3 138 Cheesecake Beefcake
4 132 Hot Pockets
DQ Lights Out, reversed between second & final round
Other second round qualifiers and their first round amounts:
Tiger Wing 98 wings
Farmer Bob 85 wings
Obi Wing & Big Bambino 81 wings
Snack Jack & Freak of Nature, 80 wings
update #4 Feb 11 Serious Eats report | Daily Pennsylvanian writeup
update #3 Feb 6 Courier-Post article | Morning Call column mentioning “Wild” Bill Myers | DelCo Times article | PhillyBurbs article #1 | article #2 | video of a fight between a Wing Bowl fan and a security guard
Philly.com reports that pros will be allowed in Wing Bowl 19, but it was originally announced that pros would compete in Wing Bowl 18.
update #2 More links: MyPhl17 article & gallery | PhillyBurbs gallery | DelCo Times article | Deadspin blog entry | Philebrity slideshow
update 12:28 Wing Bowl 18 coverage: 610WIP galleries & videos | Philly.com galleries & videos | CBS3 article & video | 6 ABC gallery | Deadspin gallery (NSFW)
Bill “El Wingador” Simmons mentioned he just started a new facebook fan page. Simmons noted that Squibb’s 93 wing margin was greater than the total amount of 90 wings “Tollman Joe” Paul ate to win Wing Bowl 8.
djms200 has a video of Snooki flipping the bird live on Fox 29 after being booed.
The live blog is available after the jump. Philly.com | 6ABC | csnphilly and BustedCoverage also have live blogs
“Throw up on the Ground” Wing Bowl parody video
The Bad Rapper has produced a parody video of “Pants on the Ground” for Wing Bowl 18 called “Throw up on the Ground” featuring footage of famous Wing Bowl reversals including “Sloth”‘s regurgitation inundation from Wing Bowl 9. Captures of “Sloth” can be viewed after the jump.
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The odds for Wing Bowl 18 have been added to the list of competitors. Defending champion John Squibb is the favorite at 2-1. The Wing Bowl weigh-in will take place at Chickie & Pete's starting at 5 pm this evening.
Metro.US has an article about Adam "Hungry, Hungry, Hebrew" Taxin's Noah's ark themed float. Taxin will dress as Noah and Susan Finkelstein, arrested for allegedly offering sex in exchange for World Series tickets, will be one of his entourage members dressed as an animal. update The Jewish Exponent has an article about Taxin.
A Wing Bowl at Molly Maguire's in Phoenixville, PA on February 4 will award a foosball table and a $100 gift card to the winner. Free wings for a year will also be awarded for the best costume.
Philly.com has another column about the Wing Bowl appearances of "Snooki" and Mary Carey, who can be a wingette if she calls Angelo Cataldi's show. There has been no coverage of Wing Bowl competitors in Philly.com in 2010 according to Google News.
Philly.com has a column about Mary Carey being prevented form being a wingette.
610WIP's Wing Bowl 18 page reports that Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi of MTV's Jersey Shore will appear at Wing Bowl 18. See also philly.com | City Paper
(Via Philadelphia City Paper) "Gluttonous Maximus" is a new youtube series about big Philadelphia area meals. Their first video is about the five pound burrito at the Tortilla Press in Collingswood, New Jersey.
Dan Gross' philly.com column reports that porn star / California gubernatorial recall candidate Mary Carey will serve as a Wingette at Wing Bowl 18 on February 5.
610WIP's page for Wing Bowl 18 has been updated with the current list of qualifiers.
Tickets for Wing Bowl 18 can still be purchased on ComcastTix one month after they went on sale on December 15. All previous Wing Bowls (14-17) requiring tickets sold out in three days at most.
Steakbellie will be in the WIP studio this morning around 8 am to provide commentary for Rick the Managers Wing Bowl qualification stunt.
Jenny Drumgoole's documentary about Sonya Thomas defending her title at Wing Bowl 13 is part of the Nexus Foundation's Supergirl exhibition about video superheroines. (via philly.com)
Three Wing Off qualifiers and a list of the current field have been added to the Wing Bowl 18 page on 610WIP.com.
Five "Wing Off" qualifiers are listed on 610WIP's Wing Bowl 18 page. The first "Wing Off" is January 7 at PJ Whelihan's in Haddonfield, NJ.
Wing Bowl 18 tickets remain on sale
Eight days after going on sale, tickets for Wing Bowl 18 remain available according to ComcastTix.com. This is the longest time tickets have remained available since tickets were required for Wing Bowl 14:
- Wing Bowl 17, 3 days to sell out
- Wing Bowl 16, 45 minutes to sell out
- Wing Bowl 15, 24 hours to sell out
- Wing Bowl 14, a little more than 24 hours
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