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Stan Friedman is the king of couch potatoes. The Manhattan man has won his second couch potato contest. Friedman, a 47-year-old research librarian, needed 18 hours, 48 minutes and 17 seconds of sports-watching time to outlast the competition at the second annual ESPN Zone Ultimate Couch Potato Competition in New York. The participants, sitting in recliners in front of dozens of televisions, weren’t allowed to sleep or leave their recliners except for restroom breaks once every eight hours. Friedman improved on his time — last year he needed 29 hours to win. The Associated Press
