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Competitors in ESPN's Mike & Mike show Thursday were, left to right, "Pretty Boy" Pete Davekos, "Eater X"(Tim Janus), show co-host Mike Golic and "Crazy Legs" (Jason) Conti. (MARYELLEN FILLO / May 1, 2008)
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May 2, 2008
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It as either a man's dream come true — a roomful of TVs featuring sporting events and tables with 25 pounds of chicken wings — or a nurse's nightmare as four guys stuffed handfuls of the boneless pieces of spicy bird into their mouths while trying not to gag.Welcome to Thursday's "Mike & Mike in the Morning" segment on ESPN Radio and ESPN2, "The Feast on the First."As they do every year, co-hosts Mike Golic and Mike Greenberg participated in an NCAA men's bracket pool. This year, Golic lost. So as part of the show from ESPN's Bristol studios, Greenberg's victory meant Golic was part of a competitive eating competition — wings at 8 a.m.And this was no amateur chowdown: also participating in the three-minute eat-off were professional competitive eaters Crazy Legs (Jason) Conti, Eater X (Tim Janus) and Pretty Boy Pete Davekos.
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"It is the first time I have ever been asked to do something like this," said ESPN nurse Nancy Mello, armed with a bucket in case anyone's wings should fly.Greenberg was also taking no chances. He wore a hazmat suit, in case Golic's gastro system let go.But the contest went without a hitch. Eater X won the trophy by downing 31 wings."This really wasn't that hard for me; our competitions are usually much longer than this," said Janus, whose other gastronomic successes include eating 43.5 Nathan's Famous Hot Dogs in 12 minutes. Crazy Legs, best known for downing 34 dozen oysters in three hours, came in at 23 wings. Pretty Boy, who once won a scallop-eating duel to win over a girl, swallowed 22 wings.Golic? A mere 15, but he got an extra "attaboy" for forcing the last four wings down his throat, even though the cameras had stopped."I'm OK; I'm proud of how many I finished," said Golic, who barely had time to burp after the feeding frenzy because he had to catch a plane for Louisville and the Kentucky Derby. "I'm ready for dessert."
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