On Excess And Exiles: Deadspin's Coverage Of Competitive Eating Melodrama
The Lonesome Independence Day Of Kobayashi
He has to decide, the promoter said, "whether he's the Che Guevara of gurgitation or the Kenny Powers of power eating." At home with Kobayashi, eater in exile. READ »
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