Uncommon Sportsman: An SB Nation Community

Navigation: Jump to content areas:


Pro Quality. Fan Perspective.
Login-facebook
New Blog: Along The Olentangy for Ohio State Fans!

News

Major League Eating Signs Two Sponsors

Slow goings in the uncommon sports world, the World Cup and Wimbledon are clogging up the news waves. I can't watch either of those events because, no offense to anyone, they're so dull. This is from someone who watches fishing and baseball, but not at the same time because that would be within Taepodong-2 range of entertaining. And not just any baseball, either; Padres baseball. 

That being said, I'm here with the kind of hard-hitting news you expect from Uncommon, and you know I don't mean the kind you just have to get up and tell someone else. I mean the kind you're ashamed to know and even more ashamed to relay; the kind that, when mentioned, gets you uninvited to birthdays and Twilight viewing parties. Major League Eating announced yesterday that they've signed two sponsors for the big event on July 4th.

Continue reading this post »

0 comments |

Kobayashi Could Miss Hot Dog Contest

Looks like we made it, boys and girls; Major League Eating has hit the big time. How do I know? Because Takeru Kobayashi is holding out over a contract dispute. That's right, there's money to be made, or potential money to be lost, depending on where you set your grubbin' chair, and the sport's arguably biggest name might not be present, which leaves the contest pretty much wide open for defending champion Joey Chestnut. 

What does the MLE lose if Kobayashi doesn't show? Well, they lose the name that everyone knows, but he hasn't even been the best. Hey, if he wants to go out like a loser because of hold outs, that's on him, but he'll be forever known as a loser who lost and didn't win ever again. I guess that's what he wants his legacy to be; the guy who was once freakishly good at eating hot dogs. 

MLE's president has issued a statement available after the jump.

Continue reading this post »

0 comments  |  1 recs |

Vuvuzelas banned from July 4th Hot Dog Eating Contest

This just in from International Federation of Competitive Eating Headquarters, vuvuzelas are officially banned from this year's Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Championship.

Continue reading this post »

2 comments |

Bees Protest Bee

In DC, even the Spelling Bee draws protesters

Do you hate children and reading? You are late for the Spelling Bee protest outside the Grand Hyatt Scripps National Spelling Bee. It's probably too late to get your bee suit, too. 

Four peaceful protesters, some dressed in full-length black and yellow bee costumes, represented the American Literacy Council and the London-based Spelling Society and stood outside the Grand Hyatt on Thursday, where the Scripps National Spelling Bee is being held. Their message was short: Simplify the way we spell words.

Continue reading this post »

0 comments |

Australians to Suck at a Professional Level

No, really. Major League Eating and 7-Eleven Australia have partnered to form Sports Slurping.

Later this month, Pat Bertoletti will appear at three officially sanctioned Sports Slurping Time Trials. Bertoletti, who is known as "The Ice Man" in Australia, will display his slurping skills in the cities of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

Why Australia and not the U.S.? Is Australian food so disgusting that you can't eat it fast?

Continue reading this post »

0 comments |

Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas wins Binga's Tender Bender Challenge

 

The woman is a machine; an eating machine. Last week it was catfish, this week it's chicken tenders. I'd run a train on some chicken tenders alright. I'd be the engineer and conductor of that train. The MLE website hasn't been updated with the results yet, they didn't post the prize money, so I'll have to add that once it's posted.

Results after the jump:

Continue reading this post »

1 comment |

Uncommon Snips - Not IPL or Paralympics Edition

"hang hoof, amigo" via reuters.com

"hang hoof, amigo" via reuters.com

I'm having trouble keeping up with the IPL T20 tournament. How are my Chargers doing? Someone come by and school me. 

The Paralympics are still going on in Vancouver, but I've turned a blind eye decided I'm not the guy to be covering that, but I will tell you that the U.S. Paralympic curling team is doing well, only they got beat by the Swedes today

In this edition: How blind people ski, an old article about the Jamaican musher from this year's Iditarod, a Greatest Moments slideshow from slate.com where most of the sports are uncommon, and a Peruvian man taught an Alpaca to surf. 

Continue reading this post »

2 comments |

Lance Mackey Wins 2010 Iditarod

Lance Mackey, the world's fastest dog-sledding pot smoker throat cancer survivor, won his 4th consecutive Iditarod with a total time of 8 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes, and 9 seconds; just a shade under 9 whole days. Just a dude and his dogs for nine whole days. Gosh, when I say it like that, Snow Dogs doesn't sound like such a bad idea.

The next closest guy, Hans Gatt, finished roughly an hour after Mackey, and the third place finisher, Jeff King, finished more than an hour after that. After Mackey finished, I would've gone inside to get warm. 

Listen to Iditablog's Live 2010 Finish podcast to hear it as it happened. Find it here.

2 comments |


User Tools

Welcome to the SB Nation blog about sports that don't get covered by other SB Nation blogs.
Start posting on Uncommon Sportsman »

Join SB Nation and dive into communities focused on all your favorite teams.

Connect_with_facebook

SBNation.com Recent Stories

Michigan head coach Rich Rodriguez, left, speaks with Connecticut head coach Randy Edsall, before an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010, in Ann Arbor, Mich. (AP Photo/Tony Ding) link

Michigan Takes Early Lead Over UConn, 7-0

FILE - This March 31, 2010, file photo shows Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly watching his team during practice, in South Bend, Ind.  The secret, if there is one, is this: Kelly is a smart and charismatic leader with an almost mystical ability to make any quarterback he touches play like an All-American. (AP Photo/Joe Raymond, File) link

In Progress: Notre Dame Hosts Purdue As Brian Kelly Era Begins

St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford warms up before the start of a preseason NFL football game between the St. Louis Rams and the Minnesota Vikings Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) link

Rams Pencil In Rookie Sam Bradford As Starting Quarterback

More from SBNation.com >


Uncommon Sportsmen

Crackerjackdex2_small Dex

Untitled_small jbox

Uncommon Sports Editor

Marcustee_small Axion

Uncommon Authors

Nerds_small thenerdhater

Img_3038_square_small Jonny Dub

Channel_4_yoda_small matthewverygood

Dsc01731_small royhobbs

Z_small TheThinGwynn