The Alt Games TV Schedule
2009 The Alt Games TV Schedule
5/9/09 2009 Alt Games Preview Show
5/16/09 The Alt Games: College Action Sports Championships (**on CBS) 2:00 PM
5/17/09 Freeskiing Finals, Wakeboarding
5/18/09 Snowboard Finals, Wakeboarding, Flowboarding
5/21/09 Wakeboard Finals, Beach Vball Semi #1, Eating Championship
5/25/09 Wakeboard Team Finals, Beach Vball Semi #2, Flowboarding
5/28/09 Beach Volleyball: Go Pro Go Home
5/28/09 Flowboarding Finals, Beach Vball Finals
6/4/09 Beach Volleyball: Go Pro Go Home (30 mins.)
6/4/09 Alt Games: Beach Volleyball
6/8/09 Alt Games: Snowboarding and Freeskiing
6/11/09 Alt Games: Flowboarding & Eating Championship
6/13/09 Alt Games: Wakeboarding
All shows are on CBS College Sports Network unless otherwise noted
All shows are one hour long unless otherwise noted
All shows air in Primetime (EST) unless otherwise noted (check your local listings
COMPETITIVE EATING: Mac and Cheese Photo Finish
By Roy M. Wallack
“Oh my god!” the crowd gasped.
The large man in the red football shirt and blue ski cap flings his basket up in the air, turns it over, and pumps his fist. The crowd at the Alt Games 2009 College Competitive Eating Championships at Wave House at San Diego’s Mission Beach roars with amazement and wonder. The basket is empty. In less than two minutes on the afternoon of April 18, twenty—yes, 20!—1.25-ounce breaded and fried macaroni and cheese balls are gone, evaporated down the throat of six-foot-2, 380-pound William “The Champ” Millender.
At that moment, feeling the energy of the crowd but insulated from it by the throbbing beats of 50 Cent, Eminem, Outkast, Linkin Park, and Ghostface Killah pounding through his earphones, Millender is proving right his nickname, that he is indeed the champ. In the zone, in perfect, syncopated rhythm, the 28-year-old liberal arts major from Brooklyn’s Kingsborough Community College grabs his second basket of mac and cheese balls and doesn’t miss a beat. Shove a ball in; take five large, chomping bites; take a sip of water; shove another ball in, take five more chomps. Bobbing his head, he looked like an automated factory—but a factory that replaces output with input.
In fact, Millender is so automated that he’s worked it out to where he barely swallows at all. “To save time, I’ve worked it so that the second ball just pushes down the first,” explained Big Cay on the Bay (his other nickname) when it was over. “The only trouble is that deep-fried crust; it’s real hard on the inside of your throat... Soon I could feel myself slowing down.”
That’s exactly what Kevin “The Lion” Kordalski was counting on. The clean-cut, 20-year-old communications major from Ohio’s College at Wooster, ranked #2 going in, stood to the right of Millender and scarfed away as usual. He was light-years behind when The Champ finished his first basket, by a count of 20 to 14 balls. It didn’t look good. But the Lion was not worried.
“I try to keep it quiet, fly under the radar,” says the 6-foot, 210-pounder, who works out and run 5- miles a day. “When I saw him lift the basket, it was immaterial. I’m where I want to be. I didn’t let what he was doing upset me. I keep my pace no matter what, and counting on him to slow.”
At the end of the table, 18-year-old Rich “Big Rig” Brooking, the #3 ranked eater, wasn’t feeling as self assured. “I had to pee so bad,” complained the 6-foot, 230-pound biology/environmental studies major from Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, North Carolina. “I tried to ignore it, but it was distracting me, getting me off my game.” His chances for victory were going down the toilet.
By the middle of his second basket, The Champ was off his game, too. He stopped for several seconds, stood up, looked skyward, and jumped up and down several times, as if he was trying to pack his food down, compress the gunk in his stomach. And that wasn’t far from the truth.
“I was trying to burst a gas pocket,’ he said. “It was ruining my capacity. Finally, the jumps burped up a belch bubble. But I couldn’t pick it up after that. I thought I could still get my goal of 50, which I figured would be enough to win. I kept an eye on Kevin, when I saw him catching up, I kept the hammer down.”
But Kevin was on a roll. “I saw him slowing and turned it up a notch,” he said. “I heard people calling “Lion,” “Lion,” “Lion,” and the adrenalin kicked in. In the middle of the second basket, I turned it on. It was mac and cheese balls to the wall!”
When it was over, the Lion shook his head. “If I’d had one more minute it’d have been VERY close,” It couldn’t have been much closer. The Lion had eaten 50 balls in seven minutes—one less than The Champ.
Millender took home $1,000 for his efforts—the biggest payday of his eating career. He’s eaten 4 pounds of mac and cheese balls, and was thrilled. “That’s half of what I won last year, and a fifth of what my goal is for this year. Life is good.”
And so it is for Arnie Chapman, the CEO and self-styled Chief Lunatic of All Pro Eating Promotions, who served as the rousing emcee and organizer of the event. “This was a great contest— a fantastic food fight,” he said. “I knew it wasn’t going to be a runaway, because Will always gets a big lead and the Lion keeps his cool. He has an inner strength that I’ve seen in all the greats, and it bodes well for him and the sport of competitive eating.”
As he finished talking, someone came up and congratulated Chapman on the contest and his wild enthusiasm at the microphone. The guiding force of competitive eating seemed deeply touched. “I’m coming from a place of love, intensity, and passion,” he said. “This sport brings me back to the sixth grade, the greatest time of my life.”
Alt Games 2009 College Competitive Eating Championships
Official Results
Food: Fried and breaded 1.25-oz. Mac and Cheese Balls
1. Will “The Champ” Millender: 51
2. Kevin “The Lion” Kordalski: 50
3. Rich “Big Rig” Brooking: 44
4. Trevor Lozon: 29
5. Peter “Loco” Lococo: 22
6. Raul Perez: 21
The Alt Games TV Schedule
2009 The Alt Games TV Schedule
5/9/09 2009 Alt Games Preview Show
5/16/09 The Alt Games: College Action Sports Championships (**on CBS) 2:00 PM
5/17/09 Freeskiing Finals, Wakeboarding
5/18/09 Snowboard Finals, Wakeboarding, Flowboarding
5/21/09 Wakeboard Finals, Beach Vball Semi #1, Eating Championship
5/25/09 Wakeboard Team Finals, Beach Vball Semi #2, Flowboarding
5/28/09 Beach Volleyball: Go Pro Go Home
5/28/09 Flowboarding Finals, Beach Vball Finals
6/4/09 Beach Volleyball: Go Pro Go Home (30 mins.)
6/4/09 Alt Games: Beach Volleyball
6/8/09 Alt Games: Snowboarding and Freeskiing
6/11/09 Alt Games: Flowboarding & Eating Championship
6/13/09 Alt Games: Wakeboarding
All shows are on CBS College Sports Network unless otherwise noted
All shows are one hour long unless otherwise noted
All shows air in Primetime (EST) unless otherwise noted (check your local listings
COMPETITIVE EATING: Mac and Cheese Photo Finish
By Roy M. Wallack
“Oh my god!” the crowd gasped.
The large man in the red football shirt and blue ski cap flings his basket up in the air, turns it over, and pumps his fist. The crowd at the Alt Games 2009 College Competitive Eating Championships at Wave House at San Diego’s Mission Beach roars with amazement and wonder. The basket is empty. In less than two minutes on the afternoon of April 18, twenty—yes, 20!—1.25-ounce breaded and fried macaroni and cheese balls are gone, evaporated down the throat of six-foot-2, 380-pound William “The Champ” Millender.
At that moment, feeling the energy of the crowd but insulated from it by the throbbing beats of 50 Cent, Eminem, Outkast, Linkin Park, and Ghostface Killah pounding through his earphones, Millender is proving right his nickname, that he is indeed the champ. In the zone, in perfect, syncopated rhythm, the 28-year-old liberal arts major from Brooklyn’s Kingsborough Community College grabs his second basket of mac and cheese balls and doesn’t miss a beat. Shove a ball in; take five large, chomping bites; take a sip of water; shove another ball in, take five more chomps. Bobbing his head, he looked like an automated factory—but a factory that replaces output with input.
In fact, Millender is so automated that he’s worked it out to where he barely swallows at all. “To save time, I’ve worked it so that the second ball just pushes down the first,” explained Big Cay on the Bay (his other nickname) when it was over. “The only trouble is that deep-fried crust; it’s real hard on the inside of your throat... Soon I could feel myself slowing down.”
That’s exactly what Kevin “The Lion” Kordalski was counting on. The clean-cut, 20-year-old communications major from Ohio’s College at Wooster, ranked #2 going in, stood to the right of Millender and scarfed away as usual. He was light-years behind when The Champ finished his first basket, by a count of 20 to 14 balls. It didn’t look good. But the Lion was not worried.
“I try to keep it quiet, fly under the radar,” says the 6-foot, 210-pounder, who works out and run 5- miles a day. “When I saw him lift the basket, it was immaterial. I’m where I want to be. I didn’t let what he was doing upset me. I keep my pace no matter what, and counting on him to slow.”
At the end of the table, 18-year-old Rich “Big Rig” Brooking, the #3 ranked eater, wasn’t feeling as self assured. “I had to pee so bad,” complained the 6-foot, 230-pound biology/environmental studies major from Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, North Carolina. “I tried to ignore it, but it was distracting me, getting me off my game.” His chances for victory were going down the toilet.
By the middle of his second basket, The Champ was off his game, too. He stopped for several seconds, stood up, looked skyward, and jumped up and down several times, as if he was trying to pack his food down, compress the gunk in his stomach. And that wasn’t far from the truth.
“I was trying to burst a gas pocket,’ he said. “It was ruining my capacity. Finally, the jumps burped up a belch bubble. But I couldn’t pick it up after that. I thought I could still get my goal of 50, which I figured would be enough to win. I kept an eye on Kevin, when I saw him catching up, I kept the hammer down.”
But Kevin was on a roll. “I saw him slowing and turned it up a notch,” he said. “I heard people calling “Lion,” “Lion,” “Lion,” and the adrenalin kicked in. In the middle of the second basket, I turned it on. It was mac and cheese balls to the wall!”
When it was over, the Lion shook his head. “If I’d had one more minute it’d have been VERY close,” It couldn’t have been much closer. The Lion had eaten 50 balls in seven minutes—one less than The Champ.
Millender took home $1,000 for his efforts—the biggest payday of his eating career. He’s eaten 4 pounds of mac and cheese balls, and was thrilled. “That’s half of what I won last year, and a fifth of what my goal is for this year. Life is good.”
And so it is for Arnie Chapman, the CEO and self-styled Chief Lunatic of All Pro Eating Promotions, who served as the rousing emcee and organizer of the event. “This was a great contest— a fantastic food fight,” he said. “I knew it wasn’t going to be a runaway, because Will always gets a big lead and the Lion keeps his cool. He has an inner strength that I’ve seen in all the greats, and it bodes well for him and the sport of competitive eating.”
As he finished talking, someone came up and congratulated Chapman on the contest and his wild enthusiasm at the microphone. The guiding force of competitive eating seemed deeply touched. “I’m coming from a place of love, intensity, and passion,” he said. “This sport brings me back to the sixth grade, the greatest time of my life.”
Alt Games 2009 College Competitive Eating Championships
Official Results
Food: Fried and breaded 1.25-oz. Mac and Cheese Balls
1. Will “The Champ” Millender: 51
2. Kevin “The Lion” Kordalski: 50
3. Rich “Big Rig” Brooking: 44
4. Trevor Lozon: 29
5. Peter “Loco” Lococo: 22
6. Raul Perez: 21
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