ESPN3.com's live coverage will include the pregame show at 11:00am EDT / 8:00am PDT, followed by the women's event at 11:30am EDT / 8:30am PDT and the men's event at 12:00pm EDT / 9:00am PDT. ESPN/ESPN-HD will then later broadcast the men's event at 3:00pm EDT / 12:00pm PDT, at the conclusion of the preceding Wimbledon tennis coverage. Will Sonya Thomas maintain her grip on the Pepto Pink Belt she won last year? Will Joey Chestnut successfully defend the the Mustard Yellow International Belt for the sixth consecutive year? -G
Too bad that the Wimbledon coverage means the telecast will be on tape and not live at noon. When it actually takes place.
honestly. what percentage of the world's population cares whether it's live or on tape? now, if it were a dog show...
maybe i'm just some kind of Philistine, but i can't see how it would be important to see a hot dog eating contest live. now, if it were throwing the caber...
i haven't checked, but i'm thinking that more men want to see this woman hit a tennis ball than want to see Joey Chestnut eat hotdogs. just sayin'.
To be honest, I would prefer to see Joey Chestnut hit tennis balls and this woman eat hot dogs. Of course, I would be fine if she ate considerably slower than most in the competition. One dog in the allotted time would be sufficient.
Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas successfully retained the Pepto Pink Belt today by setting a new women's hot dog eating record of 45 hot dogs and buns in ten minutes, twelve more than her long-time fierce rival Juliette Lee and and about twenty more than third-place finisher Michelle Lesco. Joey Chestnut fended off Tim Janus, Patrick Bertoletti, newcomer Matt Stonie and other gastronomical gladiators to win the Mustard Yellow International Belt for a record-tying sixth-straight year (previously set by Takeru Kobayashi from 2001 to 2006) by equaling the world record set by himself in 2009 of 68 hot dogs and buns in ten minutes. -G
They've done a study on this nuttiness: Even more worrisome is the potential risk that a chronically dilated, flaccid stomach may eventually decompensate, so that it becomes an enormous sac incapable of shrinking to its original size and incapable of peristalsing or emptying solid food. If this happens, long-term competitive speed eaters ultimately could develop intractable nausea and vomiting, necessitating a partial or total gastrectomy to relieve their symptoms and restore their ability to eat. Thus, speed eating is a potentially self-destructive form of behavior that over time could lead to morbid obesity, intractable nausea and vomiting, and even the need for gastric surgery. For all these reasons, we believe the IFOCE should make it a high priority to follow up their athletes and former athletes to fully assess the long-term risks of competitive speed eating for its participants. http://www.ajronline.org/content/189/3/681.full
I rather see her anyplace else than on a tennis court. Her howling, I would not characterize it as a grunt, is truly a turnoff and extremely annoying.