Wing Bowl 2008
Revisionist history on Super Bowl XL
It isn't a crime to take too much credit for the success of any endeavor, however big or small. It isn't against the law to exaggerate one's role in that project.Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is guilty of a fudging a little about his input in bringing Super Bowl XL to Detroit in 2006, and that's OK. It's not a federal offense.
Kilpatrick's comments, made in the current issue of the Don Diva magazine, were wedged between more inflammatory statements and hardly raised an eyebrow.
Kilpatrick railed against the judicial system and the Detroit media, and said he hasn't gotten enough credit for the good things he did during his reign of error as mayor of Detroit.
Among those accomplishments, Kilpatrick claimed, was helping bring Super Bowl XL to Detroit.
For starters, Kilpatrick has paid the penalty for getting caught lying where it counts — in court, for example. He is due to be paroled late next month from his second prison term in the past three years — both stemming from not telling the truth about an affair he had with former aide Christine Beatty during his term as mayor of Detroit.
Kilpatrick did 99 days in the Wayne County slammer on the conviction. On May 25 of last year, Kilpatrick was sentenced to 18 months to five years for violating terms of his probation, which included paying $1 million in restitution to the city of Detroit.
Kilpatrick's Super Bowl comments got little attention by the metro Detroit media outlets, which got advance copies of the Don Diva interview. His Super Bowl quotes were paraphrased as opposed to direct quotes.
Kilpatrick's legion of critics don't want to hear this: He did a lot of good things as mayor that made the city more livable, but helping to bring Super Bowl XL to Detroit was not one of them.
As a reporter for The Detroit News (and Detroit resident), I was one many in the media who covered the process that landed Super Bowl XL in Detroit. It's hard to recall any impact Kilpatrick had in that process.
The time line of events that led to the awarding Super Bowl XL to Detroit is hard evidence.
On Nov. 1, 2000, the NFL owners voted unanimously to award Detroit its second Super Bowl. Previously, Super Bowl XVI was played at the Pontiac Silverdome. At the time, Kilpatrick was a state representative. On Jan. 1, 2002, 14 months after the vote on Super Bowl XLV, Kilpatrick was sworn in as mayor of Detroit.
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It seems like every city has a tradition to get amped up and ready for the Super Bowl. But whether the Philadelphia Eagles make it to the Super Bowl or not, Philly has a tradition that trumps all of them. for the past 17 years competitive and amateur eaters alike have gathered on the Friday morning before the Super Bowl to see who can eat the most chicken wings. And it has brought elaborate entrances, drunken crowd antics, and lovely Wingettes along with it. And right before Super Bowl XLIV hits Miami, Wing Bowl is set to return for it’s 18th year on February 5th.
Wing Bowl is an annual eating contest founded in 1993 by Philadelphia talk-radio hosts Al Morganti and Angelo Cataldi as a celebration of gluttony. The contest was first broadcast on WIP (AM).
About 150 people attended Wing Bowl I (held in a hotel) in 1993 to see a competition between two contestants. The event pits competitive eaters in a chicken wing eating contest. The Wing Bowl is traditionally held on the Friday preceding the Super Bowl. The event, which began as a radio promotion, has grown to encompass television, the Internet, and a contest for women who are termed “the Wingettes.”
It is currently held at Philadelphia’s Wachovia Center, where it is still broadcast live on WIP. There are currently no television deals to broadcast the event live; however, a replay is usually shown on WPSG, Comcast SportsNet, or one of the other local stations within the following week. The Wing Bowl now draws crowds of 20,000 or more.
Wing Bowl was the brainchild of WIP radio host Al Morganti, who came up with the idea when it became apparent the Philadelphia Eagles were not going to make the Super Bowl anytime soon. It is also suggested that Morganti was fed up with the Buffalo Bills going to the Super Bowl and not winning. The first Wing Bowl was held in the lobby of the Wyndham Franklin Plaza Hotel in Center City. Carmen Codero walked away with the inaugural title, receiving a hibachi as his prize.
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Since then, media coverage has grown to the point where every one of the major Philadelphia television stations has covered the event. The ABC, CBS and Fox affiliates all aired live reports from the event during their morning news. Features on the event have appeared in The Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News as well as a host of newspapers in the surrounding counties. The event has been featured on ESPN and the syndicated television shows Real TV and The Montel Williams Show. Segments on Wing Bowl have appeared on TV newscasts in cities throughout the country. Several Wing Bowl contestants, including “El Wingador,” competed in Fox’s “Glutton Bowl” in the spring of 2002. The 2007 Wing Bowl was carried on Comcast Cable’s On Demand channel.
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