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AT Marketing reports that Natsuko "Gal" Sone will appear at the Royal Hawaiian Center on February 17 to record a program for TV Tokyo. The recording will be open to the public and start at 3pm.
The Arena Tavern in Duluth Georgia (North Atlanta area) will hold a the Yuengling Wing Bowl tomorrow.

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

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“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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985TheSportsHub has some galleries of tonight's Boston area Wing Bowl held at the Saugus Hooters. The winner is not listed.
The finals for the Washington, DC area Wing Bowl have been postponed to February 12 due to an expected Mid-Atlantic snowstorm.
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.
The Daily Breeze reports that 13 year old Noah Akers died choking on a hot dog topped with whipped cream at a fundraiser for Haiti at the Boys and Girls Club of San Pedro, California. The event was not an eating competition; all finishers of one hot dog would receive candy regardless of their time.

Dave “Megamunch” Shoffner is Man v. Food picture finalist

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Dave “Megamunch” Shoffner, who has a competitive eating website at http://megamunch.blogspot.com/, is one of the three finalists for the Man vs. Food photo contest. Text A to 66789 to vote for Dave.

You can also vote
by tweeting A, B or c to twitter.com/manvfood

update Here is the blog entry on megamunch where the picture of the 120 ounce steak at Gregory’s in Allentown, PA was taken.

update #2 Will Millender at Chick & Ruth’s Delly in Annapolis is #4 in the list of Fan v. Food Photo Contest winners.

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In a bodybuilding.com forum thread, Ben Monson reports he completed the Big Foot Challenge at I Love Big Al's in Vancouver, Washington and received a prize package containing a 46 inch TV, a home theater system and a Playstation 3

Behind the scenes of MvF live episode

Youtube has a video about the construction of the set for tonight’s live episode of Man vs. Food. The show’s facebook page lists what will be involved in the program:

300 guests, 150 crew members, 120 minutes of MvF fun, 68 degrees (tonight’s forecast), 48oz Porterhouse, 16in Cuban sandwiches, 10lb hamburgers, 8 hi-def cameras, 6 NFL players taking spicy hot wings challenge (including Dhani Jones), 5 food stations for guests, 1 giant Man v Food Live scoreboard.

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AnnArbor.com has a report by John Moors of EpicPortions.com about his attempt to set the Double Dagwood sandwich record at Doby's Dagwoods.
An Orange County Wing Bowl will be held at the Lake Forest, California Hooters on Friday and award a year's supply of wings and Bon Jovi tickets to the winner.
Crawfish noted that the 2010 Deep Fried Asparagus Championship at the Stockton Asparagus Festival will take place on April 24.
Wing Bowl 18 previews: Philly.com | PhillyBurbs | Courier-Post

Man vs. Food February 3 (live from Miami) episode links

Travel Channel Episode Home Page | Episode Guide | Slideshow | Fan v. Food photo contest

Babe v Food promo videos: Nori (milkshakes) | Jen (chili cheese fries)

Restaurants

411Mania interviews Adam Richman about the episode

list of Miami area eating challenges
in the eatfeats database

updated Feb 11 Episode writeups: Slashfood | Sun-Sentinel

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IFOCE.com reports that registration for the March 17 World Corned Beef Eating Championship at TooJay's in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida will open Wednesday. The contest purse will be $10,000.
The second Maki Madness sushi eating tournament will take place at the RA Sushi in Baltimore on March 21.
The Trentonian has an interview with Charles Plohn, who has competed in the previous 10 Oyster Bowls. Oyster Bowl XI will be held in Princeton, New Jersey on Sunday.
Andrew "A-Bomb" Lane has a blog entry about his attempt at the Peanut Butter Burger Challenge at the Rock Rest Lodge in Golden, Colorado.
SheboyganPress.com has a report on Legend Larry's Wing Eating Championship held in Sheboygan yesterday. Scott Seal won after Justin Francken had a reversal at the end of the contest after out-eating the rest of the competitors by more than a pound.
Takeru Kobayashi's most recent blog entry praises the city where he won six Nathan's hot dog eating championships.
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