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He's getting paid to eat ballpark food

By Eric Angevine
Special to Page 2

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Adam Richman, host of the Travel Channel series "Man v. Food," grew up in Brooklyn idolizing athletes. In the first two seasons of his show, he has participated in eating challenges across the United States, including in college football hotbeds such as Austin, Texas, and Columbus, Ohio. He has run the food triathlon in Durham, N.C., with NFL star Dhani Jones as a teammate. And, in an episode that will air Wednesday, Richman indulges his passion for baseball by visiting three minor league ballpa ...

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