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Wednesday, April 19, 2006 12:00 AM

The gagging and the glory

Ryan Nerz spent a year on the competitive eating circuit -- land of therapeutic vomiting, esophagus control and "meat sweats."
By Sarah Goldstein

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  • Wednesday, April 19, 2006 07:22 AM

    Appearance on The Daily Show

    Anyone else catch this author's appearance Tuesday night on The Daily Show? He clearly bristled at Jon Stewart's (gentle) mockery of the entire notion that this "sport" is anything but a middle finger flipped at rationality.

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