Crazy Legs Conti has posted his account of the controversial Nathan’s qualifier he won two weeks ago in Sunrise, Florida, along with recollections of other notable contests from his career, on his website.

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from http://urbanhonking.com/digest

1. Sonya Thomas 46
2. Chip Simpson 39
3. “Humble” Bob Shoudt 38
4. Tim “Eater X” Janus 37
5. Jim Reeves29 1/2
6. David “Brickhouse” Braunstein

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ifoce.com reports that a new series for InHD will be filmed starting on May 6 at a buffet in Islandia, NY. In the series, an individual eater will attempt to break an established mark. In the first episode, Don “Moses” Lerman will attempt to break Allan Goldstein’s bologna record of 2.41 pounds of bologna in 6 minutes.

beautifulbrian.com has more information about the series. Other eaters who will attempt to break records are Crazy Legs Conti, Charles Hardy, Joe LaRue, Sonya Thomas & Tim Janus. There will be profiles of non-competing eaters like the LeFevres and Joey Chestnut.

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The Rutgers University student paper reports that Christine Ma won a pizza eating contest by eating almost an entire pizza in an unspecified period of time.

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The website for the Baltimore Waterfront Festival has a full list of expected entrants for tomorrow’s crabcake eating contest. Bob Shoudt said on The Buffet that he will compete despite not being listed.

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The Princeton University student newspaper has a pro competitive eating column which promotes a hot dog eating contest to be held May 2. The column does not mention Kate Stelnick, the Princeton region’s most famous competitive eater, or the June 23 Nathan’s qualifier in greater Princeton (Molly Pitcher Travel Plaza) in which Charles Hardy Jr. will make his debut.

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The Sun Sentinel has a preview of Sunday’s sweet corn eating contest at the Sweet Corn Fiesta in Palm Beach, Florida.

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A party to celebrate the release of “Eat This Book” by Ryan Nerz will be held on May 3 from 7pm-9pm at the Delancey Rooftop (168 Delancey Street) in the Lower East Side New York City. Admission is free and cupcakes will be served.

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Liz has posted Claudine Ko’s article about her participation in the Krystal Square Off finals and Sonya Thomas at http://www.urbanhonking.com/digest/archives/2006/04/sonya_thomas_in.html A photo album of the pictures in the article is also available.

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Erik Denmark has a blog entry and Joey Chestnut has a photo gallery of Saturday’s asparagus contest.

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Liz (without Krista who is currently in China) will cover Saturday’s crabcake contest in Baltimore for Urban Honking’s Digest. Liz also has a photo gallery of Ryan Nerz’s reading at Barnes & Noble.

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newtimesbpb.com has an article about the controversy at the end of the Nathan’s qualifier in Sunrise, FL on April 15. Runner-up Joe LaRue’s still plans to compete in Sunday’s sweet corn contest despite being very upset about the judging.

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(Thanks Loren “Bubba” Yarbrough & Tube Sock Destroyer) The May issue of Jane Magazine (page 140) has an article (not available online) about Sonya Thomas which also includes an account of reporter Claudine Ko’s training for and participation in the Krystal Square Off finals (via a sponsor’s exemption). The article has a picture of “Sister X” wearing her brother’s trademark makeup.

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TCPalm has details about Sunday’s sweet corn eating competition in West Palm Beach, Florida.

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The Baltimore Sun has a preview of Saturday’s crabcake eating contest containing interviews with Marylanders Ken “Mongo” Federighi and David “Brickhouse” Braunstein.

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Tim “Eater X” Janus and “Humble” Bob Shoudt both have road trip reports about their trip south to Myrtle Beach this weekend.

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According to sport-touring.net, a motorcycle rally to Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub in Clearfield, PA will take place this weekend. Currently 75 bikes from 6 states are expected. Could this be the start of the next big gathering of bikers?

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(Thanks Pat Bertoletti) A photo gallery of Saturday’s deep fried asparagus contest taken by the family of one of the local contestants can be seen at http://www.flickr.com/photos/clickfarmer/sets/72057594114394990/

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(Thanks Loren “Bubba” Yarbrough) myrtlebeachonline.com has a good writeup of Saturday’s speed eating tournament at Broadway at the Beach won by Bob Shoudt.

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from ifoce.com Stockton, CA Asparagus Festival, deep fried asparagus
1. Joey Chestnut (beat Sonya by 2 oz in overtime)
2. Sonya Thomas
3. Rich LeFevre
4. Pat Bertoletti
5. Erik “the Red” Denmark

another down to the wire match between Sonya and Joey, next week Sonya will have the home region advantage which Joey enjoyed today.

There should be some video clips available tomorrow since Sacramento television is covering the festival.

Taste of Broadway Ultimate Eating Festival, Myrtle Beach, SC
1. Bob Shoudt
2. Loren Yarbrough
3?. Tim “Eater X” Janus

Shoudt and Janus make an unexpected trip south.

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The foods in the four rounds of Saturday’s speed eating tournament in Myrtle Beach are listed as chicken wings, hot dogs, ice cream and shrimp by event coordinater Michael Castelalano at the end of this article about the Tucson jalapeno popper contest.

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With the Acme oyster contest cancelled due to Katrina, the most lucrative oyster contest held this spring will apparently be held at the Washington Platform restaurant in Cincinatti on Friday. The winner will receive $1,000 in gift certificates.

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MyrtleBeachOnline has a short preview of Saturday’s speed eating tournament at Broadway at the Beach. Larry McNeil and Loren Yarbrough are listed as expected entrants.

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The Philadelphia Daily News has a short article about “Horsemen of the Esophagus” author Jason Fagone.

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Erik “the Red” Denmark has a detailed writeup of Saturday’s Nathan’s hot dog qualifier at Sunrise FL with the top 8 finishers. If the 3rd place finisher was Bryan Miller, he also had strong performances at Krystal qualifiers in Savannah and Jacksonville last fall. I am curious if there was any PETA presence at the contest.

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