Chicago man smashes eating record

PHILADELPHIA: A man from Chicago devoured 444 chicken wings in 30 minutes at the 23rd annual Wing Bowl in Philadelphia, shattering the record of 363 wings set last year.
Patrick Bertoletti narrowly beat prior record-holder Molly Schuyler, who gobbled 440 wings in front of some 20,000 fans at the Wells Fargo Center, where the Philadelphia 76ers plays.
Bertoletti ate 50 wings in the last two minutes of the contest, ripping the meat from the bone and stuffing it in his mouth, a technique that left him chewing for more than two minutes after the final buzzer rang.
The new record shocked Angelo Cataldi, the sports talk radio broadcaster who conceived of the contest as a consolation to Philadelphia sports fans, who have seen their Eagles football team make it only twice to the Super Bowl, which they have never won.
Professional wrestling star Mick Foley was ejected from the eating contest after stuffing uneaten chicken wings into a fanny pack in an attempt to increase his total.
People following Friday's event on social media dubbed Foley's antics "inflate gate," a play on the Super Bowl-bound New England Patriots' deflated football controversy.