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The Nathan's 4th of July Hot Dog Eating Contest Is America
Is there anything more distinctly American than celebrating our independence by holding a contest to see who could consume the most processed meat? Photographer Erin Siegal and I ventured out to Coney Island to take it all in. More »
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Beijing Olympics 2008
The Thing I Do Can Be Related to Current Events So Look At Me!
Below, you will see what it takes for a man to excrete success. Frosted Flakes Gold is not involved, despite what our television just told us. More »
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Competitive Eating
Down Goes Chestnut! Down Goes Chestnut!
I speak for many when I say that my faith in the order of the universe was restored on July 4, 2007 when Joey Chestnut, the heralded eater from San Jose State, traveled into the lion's den that is Coney Island and dethroned the Japanese powers that had created a gastro-intestinal stronghold there. By eating 66 hot dogs in 12 minutes, Chestnut climbed to the top of the eating world, where he would remain to this day, virtually unblemished. Until now. More »
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By Josh ZerkleComment by Where is Ron Mercer!!: Dewey works for Yardbarker...somehow I am forgetting his title over there. more » | Other threads
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Support Competitive Eating As An Olympic Sport!
We know, we know: None of you care about competitive eating as much as we do. That still doesn't make this plea to make competitive eating an Olympic sport any less inspired. More »
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Look Deep Into The Gullet Of Joey Chestnut
The gang over at Yardbarker have signed up a bunch of professional athletes to blog for them. (You're welcome for the news flash.) Some are entertaining, some not so much. But we wholeheartedly and full-throatedly endorse Joey Chestnut's new blog. More » -
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Kentucky Boasts Top Eater, Fulmer Fumes
It's been a disappointing year for Kentucky fans, but now they can cheer on the top-ranked collegiate eater in the country. More »
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By KOGODComment by The Diesel: @Forced Entry: Unless CBS promises to mention Ashley Judd is there 15 times, she won't come. She's such a phony.... more » | Other threads
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By LeitchComment by skeleton69: Meh, its basically just Burgertime 2, can't beat the original. Actually, come to think of it, that can be said... more » | Other threads
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erotic corndogs
Competitive Eating Anyone Can Love
As we've gotten older, we've attempted to eat a little healthier; we're turning 32 next week, and the body doesn't quite bounce back the way it used to. But we remain a sucker for the corndog. It's a hot dog dipped in lard; what's not to like? (In Mattoon, we call them "pronto pups," by the way. It's a Central Illinois thing.) More » -
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Pat Bertoletti brings the world grits eating championship back home where it belongs ... to, um, Chicago. [iWon.news]
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By rickchandComment by PurduePaul: Since I kinda know Pat, I'm glad he won, however the cubs still aren't going to win the world series more » | Other threads
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take the canoli
Many Burritos Died To Bring You This Information
When it comes to masked vigilantes and their burritos, consider Deadspin your No. 1 news source. Eater X, otherwise known as Tim Janus of New York City, is your new world burrito-eating champion. Defeating foes such as Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas, "Crazy Legs" Conti and Tim "Gravy" Brown, Janus consumed 10 3/4 burritos in 12 minutes Saturday to claim the $3,000 first prize at the Costa Vida Wolrd Burrito Eating Championship. Or, as Berman calls it, "lunch." More »
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By rickchandComment by Boom Roasted: Nico's or Guero Canelo. Everything else is trash. more » | Other threads
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Gentlemen (And Ladies), Start Your Burritos
Since the burrito is the official food of Deadspin, we couldn't end the day without reporting on this. The Costa Vida World Burrito Eating Championship is set for Saturday in Portland, Maine, and you do not want to miss this classic faceoff. The colorful stars of burrito eating tend to put their hot dog counterparts to shame. More » -
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Coors Light Hates America
Coors Light has a new ad campaign with ... a competitive eater. Unfortunately, it's Kobayashi, proving that unerring sense of timing. We're hoping that the Guinness or Red Stripe guys sign up thre great American that is Joey Chestnut. Brilliant! -
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Our Visit To The Hot Dog Eating Championships
As mentioned yesterday, we headed to Coney Island for the epic Kobayashi-Chestnut duel. We can't imagine a better way to spend our Fourth of July. A confession: For the first time since we started the site, we accepted a press pass for the event. It was a tough call, but, frankly, we feel rather comfortable that our association with The International Federation Of Competitive Eating is not something that will force us to compromise our integrity in the future. More » -
we have no desire to eat a hot dog for a while, but we're happy
Today, A Victory For America
We just returned from Joey Chestnut's world record breaking performance at the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Championship, and, to be entirely honest with you, we're not sure when we've had more fun at a sporting event. Full report tomorrow ... but as for now ... USA! USA! USA! Nobody eats like us! More »
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By LeitchComment by ReversalofFortune: The tens of thousands of U.S Automaker employees that are jobless are the real victors here. Japan may sell... more » | Other threads
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It's Kobayashi Vs. Chestnut, For All The Folic Acid
After months of speculation and anticipation, tomorrow, the day finally arrives: It's Kobayashi vs. Chestnut, for the Coney Island Hot Dog Eating Championship. More »
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maintaining healthy jaws
Bad News For You, Hot Dogs
And bad news for you, too, fans of American sports heroes. Your precious Joey Chestnut's going to have a fight on his hands come July 4th. Kobayashi's going to be in Coney Island, his jaw is going to be healthy and lubricated, and he's going to destroy every nitrate- and sodium-filled pork byproduct you put in front of him. More »
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Sixty Hot Dogs In 10 Minutes Will Do Wonders On Your Jaw
It's a sad day in the world of competitive eating — and when isn't it a sad day in the world of competitive eating? — because the Babe Ruth of the ingestion of pig lips and assholes, Takeru Kobayashi, is gonna miss the July 4 Coney Island Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest. His injury certainly makes a bit of sense. More » -
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An End Of An Era In Coney Island?
Longtime readers know of our fascination with competitive eating and, specifically, Takeru Kobayashi, who is the closest thing to a Babe Ruth that we've had in any competition in 80 years. (You know, since Babe Ruth.) Not only did he destroy all hot dog eating records, he legitimized — well, "legitimized" — the whole enterprise, setting a training standard that everyone now follows. And he's never been beaten in the hot dog competition. More »
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By LeitchComment by WithMalice: He'll be there. A Nathan's 4th of July without Kobayashi would be like Christmas with no Santa! more » | Other threads
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The Chestnut Vs. Kobayashi Rivalry Heats Up
LeBron James wasn't the only world-class athlete who made a significant breakthrough yesterday. Joey Chestnut sucked down 59 and 1/2 hot dogs in 12 minutes, breaking Takeru Kobayashi's previous record of 54 and 1/4. The feat was accomplished, as so many notable athletic feats are, at the Arizona Mills Mall in Tempe. More »
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By mjdeadspinComment by Trackback: Why's that you ask? Because there will be no Kobayashi/Chestnut Showdown on Coney Island this year. In... more » | Other threads
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Dog Day Afternoon
We don't see how this was any different than the Fouth of July barbeque at Warren Sapp's house, but everyone's making a big deal out of it. We kid, of course; you know how much we love the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest. Takeru Kobayashi of Japan ate 53 3/4 hot dogs in 12 minutes to win the title on Tuesday for the sixth consecutive year, though controversy stalked the competition this time, as Kobayashi at one point seemd to regurgitate a portion of his meal, drawing muffled howls of protest from second-place finisher Joey Chestnut of San Jose, Calif. It all resulted in the following quote from official judge Gersh Kuntzman, which may be the finest quote anytime, anywhere: More »
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Kobayashi Stands Triumphant Again
In an amazing display of intestinal fortitude and the fending off of challenge, Takeru Kobayashi won his sixth consecutive Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest yesterday, downing a world-record 53 1/2 dogs. It was the first time Kobayashi had faced any real competition since he took the event hostage six years ago; upstart Joey Chestnut came just 1 1/2 hot dogs short of taking down Kobayashi, who is still undefeated. More »
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By LeitchComment by Kelly Leak: Barnacle, I have bootleg video of George Bush slamming 37 fireworks in Crawford this Fourth of July, then vomiting profusely all... more » | Other threads
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The Dogs Of War
OK, so the U.S. isn't the absolute hands-down best at basketball anymore. We're dealing with that. Same as baseball, as we watched the championship game of the World Baseball Classic on TV, and noticed that of the two teams playing, one of them wasn't us. Eh. We'll get over it. More » -
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Record For Stuffing Face With Pig Ass In Jeopardy
You're probably going to make fun of us here, but we consider competitive eating a sport. We do. We never had until we worked with writer Larry Getlen on his story "The Champions Of Consumption" for The Black Table, our old stomping grounds. The two-part series looked at the history of competitive eating, how it started as a whim and sideshow, until Takeru Kobayashi showed up at the year Nathan's Coney Island hot-dog-eating contest five years ago and obliterated the all-time record and firmly establishing himself as the sport's Babe Ruth. Afterwards, everyone started to take everything much more seriously, training, trying out new techniques, working in a newly legitimized medium. But still no one has beaten Kobayashi, the measuring stick. More »
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