Joey Chestnut, the Man behind Nathan's Hot Dogs

Joey Chestnut has won his fourth consecutive victory at the world famous Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Competition 2009, beating other favorite Takeru Kobayashi for another year. Chestnut ate 68 hot dogs in 10 minutes,...

Kobayashi beats and outeats Chestnut in pizza-eating rematch

Takeru Kobayashi has beaten Joey Chestnut in a pizza eating contest. The event took place at Stage 15 at Sony Studios with Kobayashi swallowing down 5 and 3/4 one-pound P'zones in six minutes while Chestnut wolfed...

Who's the top dog muncher? Joey "Jaws" Chestnut is.

UPDATE: Joe Chestnut just won the 92nd Coney Island Nathan's Hot Dogs, hot-dog eating championship. Chestnut ate 66 hot dogs, as opposed to Kobayashi's 63.  The Gothamist liveblogged it.  Wow.. Who...

As government pushes for whaling, young Japanese losing interest

Though determined as ever, the Japanese government's fight to keep this nation's whaling fleet afloat despite overwhelming opposition around the world is facing a serious threat at home -- a lack of interest among...

Kobayashi wins again, but there is a challenger

"Kobayashi wins the world speed hot dog eating contest again, but finally there is a real challenger. American Joey Chestnut (W) , a 22 civil engineering student from San Jose managed 52 to Kobayashi's (W) 53.75 dogs."

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