SHEBOYGAN – A brat-eating contest at Brat Days might have been a footnote to the city's history had former City Attorney Clarence "Bucky" Mertz persuaded enough people to stop the contest, which he ...

Somehow, the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest has become a popular thing to watch on the Fourth of July holiday, and it takes place at Coney Island in New York. Once again, this year, Joey Chestnut was ...

The famed contest began in 1972 and will continue as an Independence Day tradition.

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BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut -- The mother of a Connecticut college student who choked to death on pancakes during an eating contest on campus last year has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the ...

BENSONURST — Holy cannoli! The Santa Rosalia Feast hosted the third annual Cannoli Eating Contest outside Villabate Alba Bakery on Friday. Men and women competed in separate competitions where each ...

Clarence "Bucky" Mertz repeatedly tried to ban the Sheboygan Brat Days brat-eating contest, calling it "gluttonous" and "irreligious." Despite Mertz's efforts and public debate, including a "save the ...