WDPH has an article about Nick Wehry completing the challenge at Pizza Mia while Miki Sudo watched. The challenge weighs 14 pounds and consists of a garlic knot pizza, 12 Buffalo wings, a giant order of fried dough and 2 liters of soda.
Guy Sliwinski drew a picture of a Scooby Doo / MLE crossover episode in which Matt Stonie and Joey Chestnut faced off against Shaggy and Scooby in a hot dog eating contest.
Kyle Gibson ate 30 doughnuts in 7:45 to win Friday's British Eating League contest, edging out Max Stanford, who needed 8:16. Max ate 50 chicken nuggets in 2:01 to win yesterday's qualifier.
PWInsider has a report on yesterday's Reel Rumble at the Mahoning Drive In in Lehighton, PA in which "Megabyte" Ronnie Hartman made his pro wrestling debut. Ronnie and his teammate Faye Jackson defeated Rex Lawless and Dominic Garrini.
The Jerusalem Post reports that Nathan's Famous will start producing halal hot dogs in partnership with a United Arab Emirates subsidiary of Mezzan Holding KSC for sale in the Persian Gulf region.
In his latest video, Erik "The Electric" Lamkin attempts to eat and burn through exercise 10,000 calories over 24 hours.
In their latest podcast, Fink Beats the Stomach interviews Mike Golic Jr. about covering the 2020 Nathan's hot dog eating contest.
Chinese social media platforms to depreciate big eating videos
update Aug 15 China Digital Times has posted what they claim is a leak of the mandate from the government to streaming platforms to terminate big eating videos.
Global Times reports that Chinese social media platforms will depreciate big eating videos in an effort to reduce food waste:
A spokesperson from the public relations department of short-video platform Douyin told the Global Times on Thursday that the platform has taken measures to rectify livestreaming eating shows.
The spokesperson said that when users search for key terms such as “eating show” or “competitive eater”, they will be informed to value food, and the platform will penalize those behind such videos.
Other video platforms including Kuaishou and Douyu made similar statements, promising to strengthen content reviews.
CommercialAppeal.com has an article about Randy Santel attempting the New Wing Order Mouth Melter Challenge in Memphis, a challenge consisting of three large menu items.
The British Eating League will hold a doughnut eating contest at The George in Stockton on Tees tomorrow awarding 100 pounds to the winner. It will hold its second qualifier for it chicken nugget championship Saturday.
Bite the Bullet video game clip
update Aug 15 Official game home page. Mega Cat Studios posted a twitter thread of all the competitive eater characters, which also include Naader Reda, Nick Wehry and Yasir Salem. Steve Hammond uploaded a video of his gameplay. More reviews: TheGamer | XBoxHub | Screen Rant | MonsterVine. Destructiod is awarding a prize pack including a game worn Crazy Legs Conti jersey.
Lord Shmup posted a clip from the upcoming video game “Bite the Bullet” of Miki Sudo’s characters. Other competitive eaters appearing in the game include Bob Shoudt, Crazy Legs Conti, Jesse Pynnönen, LA Beast and Matt Stonie. 
update TechRaptor.net has a review of the game with the following description:
The setup is thus: you are a mercenary working for the not-at-all-sinister DarwinCorp, which wants to catalog all the creatures on a now-ruined Earth. Unfortunately, said planet is now infested by a plague of rabid ghouls. Thankfully, you’re equipped with modified biology that allows you to eat literally anything you want, including the stunned, still-alive bodies of your enemies. All this translates to a run-and-gun side-scrolling shooter in which consuming everything in sight is the order of the day. Will Bite the Bullet take its place on the a la carte menu, or is it a recipe for disaster?
Eddie Eats America, a series in which British strongman Eddie Hall toured the United States and dined at food challenge restaurants, will make its American premier tonight on The Cooking Channel at 10pm eastern.
The Big Ten college athletics conference will reportedly cancel its 2020 football season. The World Famous St. Elmo Shrimp Cocktail-Eating Championship has been held at the Big Ten football championship game in Indianapolis in early December for the past 7 years.
Before They Were Famous has a video about Eric "Badlands" Booker. Carmen Cincotti is credited with suggesting that Booker upload more chugging videos.
Julie Sephi and her boyfriend attempted the Toren van Balen burger tower challenge at Broodjeshoek in Balen, Belgium.
The Carolina Panthers held a bunless hot dog eating contest for team members at Bank of America stadium today. The rookie defensive linemen were victorious.
The first qualifier for the British Eating League chicken nugget eating contest that will award 1000 pounds will take place tomorrow at The George in Stockton on Tees.
Mashed.com has a list titled "Professional eating champions who were seriously injured" which includes Takeru Kobayashi, Sonya Thomas, Ed "Cookie" Jarvis, and Wayne Algenio. The article does not mention Dana Hutchings passing away after choking in a taco eating contest in Fresno last year or any other competitive eating fatality.
The original host of Man v Food, Adam Richman, appeared on First We Feast's "Hot Ones" youtube series in which guests eat spicy wings.
CTVNews.ca has an article about Joel Hansen and Scott Watkins attempting the Diabolical Burger challenge at Talayah's Southern Grill in Saskatoon, SK.
Michael Dietz announced that he has retired from competitive eating and will focus on slapfighting. He is the second currently ranked member of the MLE top 50 to announce his retirement after Ronnie Hartman.
Italian food challenger Thomas Hungry attempted 10,0000 calories in 10 minutes.
A 1961 cartoon in which Popeye and Wimpy face off in a burger eating contest to win the affection of Olive Oyl has been uploaded to youtube.
Mashed.com has an article titled "The untold truth of competitive eater Miki Sudo". The opening section discusses her absence from the 2013 Nathan's Famous hot dog eating finals.
The LadBible twitter posted a video of a butter eating contest held in Botswana.
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