Winner’s Circle Sports Grille has the only active Philadelphia (Edgemont & Easton locations) area burger challenge I am aware of. The challenge will award a free T shirt and mug to a diner who can complete a 1.5 pound burger and 1 pound of fries in under 20 minutes. The challenge has been available since April according to the online Wall of Fame.

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The full version of the 2005 Wing Bowl documentary Swallow Your Pride can be viewed on sling.com for free. The previous version was missing the last 20 minutes.

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(From indiewire) The first 66 minutes of the 2005 Wing Bowl documentary, Swallow Your Pride, can be viewed for free at http://beta.sling.com/video/show/121148/58/Swallow-Your-Pride The video is billed as the full version of the movie even though the last 20 minutes are missing.

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Dan Gross’ column on philly.com mentions George Shea’s appearance on 610 WIP last week and says that the proposed contest in which 4 IFOCE members would face off against 4 Philly-area eaters would take place in Wing Bowl 18 next year if it occurs.

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Angelo Cataldi’s most recent blog entry reports that the return of IFOCE eaters to the Wing Bowl in 2010 is not a certainty:

The big question now is whether to open the event back up to the professional eaters next year. I may not have to make that decision since my contract runs out before the next Wing Bowl, but my inclination right now is to keep them out. The pros contribute very little to the actual event. They rarely bother to prepare a procession, they have little or no personality, and they detract from the original intent of Wing Bowl, which is to turn an average Joe into Rocky Balboa for a day. Any input from the listeners and Wing Bowl patrons is welcome here.

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The PhillyDeal$ blog reports that philly.com received 4.1 million online readers on the day of Wing Bowl 17, more than twice the normal amount. The only other event to produce more traffic to the website was the Phillies recent World Series victory.

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Pictures in galleries may not be safe for work:

• Philly.com’s Wing Bowl page has a new gallery
• Action Sports Pics has a gallery (from comment)
• Flickr galleries: Candyman | S. A. Margulies | freshhooker | damncoolpictures (from wire services)
• PASpider’s picasa gallery
• Picture of “Sloth”‘s reversal in Wing Bowl 9 on the video screen

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(From Brian Dwyer comment) The Wing Bowl 13 documentary Swallow Your Pride is for sale on amazon.com at a price of $19.99. Angelo Cataldi, Al Morganti and Bill Simmons are listed as the stars.

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• NJ.com journal focusing on South Jersey entrants
• ABC News video
• Wing Bowl 17 videos on youtube
• Picture of Sloth’s reversal in Wing Bowl 9 on the video screen
• Competitor articles: Chicken Caesar | The Eating Machine | Caddilac Corrigan

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A list of DelawareOnline’s 8 most intriguing people of 2008 details the thwarting of Jeff “The Natural” Olson’s plans to compete in Wing Bowl 17:

At this year’s WIP Wingbowl, Jeff planned on qualifying with his stunt of eating three pounds of cottage cheese in three minutes. WIP rejected the stunt, however, saying it was a drinking stunt and not an eating stunt. (I’m not sure how the people at WIP consume their cottage cheese, but I certainly consider that a food.)

Apparently WIP had no such problems with the brand of cottage cheese Jon Squibb used, as he qualified by eating 6 pounds in 3 minutes after failing at his initial attempt

Other Wing Bowl links
NBCPhiladelphia credits the small size of the wings with the high total and has some additional Wing Bowl content

Yahoo has 2 videos and 15 photos, including a picture of Frank DeFraud’s disqualification

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update #2Philly.com has video – CBS3 has a slideshow and an interview with boxer Bernard Hopkins and El Wingador along with some soundless footage

Google Trends currently has “Wing Bowl 2009” as #10 in the list of hot trends and “Angelo Cataldi” and “610 WIP” are also in the top 20.

update CourierPostOnline.com has the official top 5:

Jon “Super” Squibb – 203 wings – his facebook page
Not Rich 180
Hank the Tank 153
Da Disposal 153
Cadillac Corrigan 132

Other 5 semi-finalists (results are from end of first round)
Officer Beast 90
Frank de Fraud 87
Stormin Norman 83
Obi Wing 83 (disqualified for vomiting in the second round)
Gluteus Maximus 79

The live blog of the radio feed follows after the jump:
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A list of the Wing Bowl 17 field along with their performances in previous Wing Bowls from the eatfeats database is available after the jump:

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• Article about South Jersey Wing Bowl competitors
• Brian “Cadillac” Corrigan – the article incorrectly claims that Corrigan is the youngest Wing Bowl finalist ever. Alex “Lord of the Wings” Friedman was 15 when he competed in Wing Bowl 10. Friedman held the Jim’s Steaks record from 2001 to 2007 and retains the amateur record.
• Blog entry about Cadillac Corrigan
• Mike “The Eating Machine” Berger
• Nick “Chicken Caesar” Ventresca
• Richard “Cheesecake Beefcake” Souders
• “Gentleman” Jerry Coughlan

Philly.com has galleries of Wing Bowls 11 through 16

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The South Philly location of Chickie’s & Pete’s Crab House & Sports Bar will host the Wing Bowl weigh in at 5 pm today. The restaurant will also have a post Wing Bowl party at 9 am tomorrow.

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610WIP.com has updated its Wing Bowl 17 page with the full list of competitors along with their odds. Damaging Doug is the favorite at 2-1 and Doug “Obi Wing” Petock is the long shot at ∞-1 odds. Damaging Doug is also the heaviest competitor with a listed weight of 504 pounds. Larry “Blow Me” Norris is the lightest at 160 lbs.

Dan Gross’ Wing Bowl column mentions the odds and catches up with Joey Chestnut’s former wingette, Tiffany Heller, who will sit out Wing Bowl 17. She says that she was secretly rooting for the underdog while she was assisting Joey Chestnut.

Gross also reports that Gentleman Jerry (listed odds: 3-1) says that this will be his final eating contest. The column says that Coughlan’s margin of defeat to Joey Chestnut in Wing Bowl 16 was 15 wings, which was the difference in Wing Bowl 15. The margin of defeat in last year’s Wing Bowl was over 100 wings

Tailgating information is provided at the end of the column:

The Wachovia Center has announced that parking lots open at 4 a.m. Friday and that tickets will be checked at the parking gates. Those without Wing Bowl tix will be turned away. FDR Park, across Broad Street from the sports complex, will be closed to tailgating, as will surrounding lots.

All patrons will be searched for contraband, and no outside food or beverages are permitted inside the Wachovia Center. Comcast-Spectacor has also asked that no fires be set in the parking lot.

The DelcoTimes has an article about “Gentleman Jerry” Coughlan and the PhillyBurbs blog has an entry about Nick “Chicken Caesar” Ventresca

Nittanydelphia has a preview of the Wing Bowl

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