competitive-eating Stories - Uncommon Sportsman
Sonya "Black Widow" Thomas Defends World Oyster Eating Title
The Acme Oyster House in New Orleans, LA held the 2010 World Oyster Eating Championship today. I think I could've handled some oyster eating, those slimy little wads of flesh slide down real easy. Gra...
Subway Cheesesteak Eating World Championship
Results are in from today's Cheesesteak World Championships at Dorney Park in Allentown, PA. Joey Chestnut, the world's number one ranked competitive eater, cleaned up the competition. The champ crush...
Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas Wins World Catfish Eating Championship
We fell behind on eating contests, I bet you're hungry. Saturday, the 100 lb. Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas scarfed 6.75 lbs. of catfish fillets at the Rhythm City Casino in Davenport, Iowa...
Joey Chestnut wins TooJay's Corned Beef Title
Last week, TooJay's held their first ever Corned Beef Eating Championship on St. Patrick's Day. World Champion Joey Chestnut took down 15.5 half-pound corned beef sandwiches to claim the $5,000 grand ...
Survivor 19: Samwalkingonthinicoa - Week 5
Previously on.... UNCOMMON SURVIVOR! Foa Foa won its first immunity challenge, and Galu got all scared to vote out Yasmin because Dread Russell liked her best. He soft-spokenly threatened to kick so...
Oy vey! That's alotta latkes!
Canadian body builder Pete Czerwinski consumed 41 pounds of latkes in 8 minutes to be crowned National Potato Latke Eating Champion of 2008. Pete ate 46 latkes in all, with second place being awarded ...
Confessions of a Krispy Kreme Challenger: Part 1
We told you earlier about the Krispy Kreme Challenge. Well, we've found a competitor who's willing to give us a peek into his life as he aims to complete the Krispey Kreme Challenge in under an hour. ...
How much money do competitive eaters make?
According to Eat Feat's listing of the top moneymakers from 2007... not much. Granted, while Joey Chestnut's $63k is nothing to sneeze at, it's not something that I'm giving up the Uncommon Sportsjob ...
Krispy Kreme Challenge is a guaranteed pukefest
If competitive eating and long distance running have one thing in common, it's that the greatest meltdowns involve competitors puking. This is true. From Eat Feats, we learn that the NC State Krispy K...
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