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Posted 06/09/2007 at 04:43 PM
Its pretty amazing watching Tiger Woods drive a golf ball, LeBron James soar for a dunk or A Rod hit a home run. But some feats of physical magnitude are almost beyond description. Ladies and gentlemen, competitive eating. From the Associated Press this week (6/2):
Joey Chestnut broke the world record for hot dog eating at Saturday’s Southwest Regional Hot Dog Eating Championship in Tempe. Chestnut ate 59½ hot dogs in 12 minutes, topping Takeru Kobayashi’s record of 53¾, which was set last year. Major League Eating Media Manager Ryan Nerz: “I always thought there was a limit – a limit to the human stomach and a limit to human willpower – but I guess not”
Now I don't know what you consider impressive, but close to 60 hot dogs in just over 10 minutes? I don't think "impressed" is the word for my reaction to that. More like stunned, or sickened. Maybe both. </p>
In other, more traditional sports news. I noticed this quote out of the Dolphins mini-camp and was again stunned.
“You'd think picking [QB Brady] Quinn would've been a no-brainer. I mean, the setup was perfect. It's hard enough to get the fans (in South Florida) to come to the games, and now you piss them off?” – Dolphins DT Vonnie Holliday, on the team selecting WR Ted Ginn Jr. with the No. 9 pick in the NFL Draft
I gotta give Holliday credit for having the balls to criticize Dolphins management like that but I wouldn't recommend that type of quote for players that want to stick around their team for very long.
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