ESPN Zone competitors poised to flop into comfy chairs
On New Year's Eve, 1980, I was in Times Square with a group of college friends. After midnight we realized one of us was missing. We were concerned, as he was a bumpkin from western Massachusetts who was unfamiliar with the ways of the big city.
We never did find him until late the next morning.
If that happens to you and you have nothing else to do at 11 a.m. Tuesday, feel free to stop by the ESPN Zone to observe its "Ultimate Couch Potato" event.
The object of the game is to see who can watch the most continuous hours of sports from a comfy chair and perhaps break the world record of 69 hours, 48 minutes.
Contestants can order unlimited food and beverages, but sleeping is not allowed, and only one restroom break is permitted every EIGHT hours. So basically these people are doing for fun what I do every day for my job, except I get more frequent bathroom breaks.
The finalists are Lindsay Wagenblast, 20, of Edison, N.J., hometown of Newsday baseball columnist Ken Davidoff; Nate Lopez, 28, of Queens, N.Y., hometown of Tony Bennett; Peter Beljakovic, 37, of Brooklyn, N.Y., hometown of Joe Paterno; and Stan Friedman, 46, of Manhattan, N.Y., hometown of Lou Gehrig.
(Update: Just got an e-mail from the aforementioned bumpkin, who is alive and well and living in Wisconsin, I believe. He claims he was a "survivor" who had things under control all the while.)
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I go to Knicks games with Lindsey's brother. Trust me, she's learned from the best (no pun intended).
Jon,
Do you know if Lindsey's brother's mother is a spanish teacher?....We know one with the same last name in her hometown.
Not sure... Neil, What's with all the Newsday sports writers coming from NJ???? I have to ask Davidoff what High School he went to in Edison (JP, Edison High or one of the crummy Catholic schools)
Yes, she is a spanish teacher.
Jon: JP
Wow, so did me, the aforementioned ESPN Couch competitor and her brother. Small world.
Nate has got this, I can just picture his eyes after this one.
BTW . . . Lindsey dropped out at 1:44 a.m. Wednesday morning.
Any updates on who is still in it?
Stan Friedman of Manhattan won at 4 p.m. Wednesday.
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