Joey Chestnut

Mike Bloomberg On Chick-Fil-A: Banning Soda Is OK. Banning Homophobic Chicken Peddlers Is Un-American

For a guy who's hell-bent on imposing his will on just about everyone, New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg has taken a rather uncharacteristic stance in the ongoing flap over the outrage stemming from homophobic comments made by Chick-Fil-A CEO Dan Cathy -- especially for a guy who claims to be a sta ... More >>

Gun Bully Mike Bloomberg To Host Fundraiser For NRA Darling Scott Brown

New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg has made it explicitly clear that he hates guns. For example, he recently urged cops across the country to go on strike in protest of the nation's lax gun laws. Additionally, he founded the organization Mayors Against Illegal Guns in an effort to get rid of loophol ... More >>

Mike Bloomberg Doesn't Find "Big Gulp" March Very Funny (Even Though It Is)

New Yorkers opposed to Mayor Mike Bloomberg's proposed ban on big-boy sodas marched in front of City Hall yesterday in what's been dubbed the "Million Big-Gulp March."The title, obviously, is a play on the 1995 "Million Man March" on Washington D.C., and is a pretty funny idea considering the less-t ... More >>

Mike Bloomberg's Hot Dog Puns: So, Who Actually "Writes This Shit?"

Mayor Mike Bloomberg apparently found his pun-packed speech at the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest weigh-in on Tuesday a bit too pun-y -- he interrupted his prepared statement to ask "who writes this shit?"

Mike "Everything In Moderation" Bloomberg To Preside Over Hot Dog Contest Weigh-In

What was that thing Mayor Mike Bloomberg said about eating in "moderation?" If we're not mistaken, it went a little something like this: the mayor's proposed ban on big-boy cups for sugary drinks like soda is just "encouragement to do things in moderation."That said, food-bully Bloomberg this mornin ... More >>

Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest

Joey Chestnut Consumed an Ungodly Amount of Preservatives Yesterday

​We're guessing that cancer-linked preservatives weren't on Joey Chestnut's mind when he scarfed down 62 hot dogs to win the annual Nathan's International Hot Dog Eating Contest yesterday. But even if he was remotely concerned about the amount of nitrites he was consuming, the labels on Nathan ... More >>

Hot Dog! Nathan's Consents to Hot Dog-Eating Contest Grand Prize Equality for Women

Equal pay for equal scarfing​Following an onslaught of criticism, Nathan's Famous has raised the grand prize amount for the women's portion of its annual hot-dog-eating contest to $10,000 from $2,500, making it equal to the men's prize.

Kobayashi Cleared: Charges Against Hot Dog Eating Champ Dropped

​The government of the people, by the people, and for the people has proven itself adept to knowing the people's will, as charges against The People's Hero -- some tiny Japanese guy who could eat an entire fraternity for lunch -- have been dropped as of today, according to the New York Daily N ... More >>

Takeru Kobayashi Released from Jail After Hot Dog Contest Craziness

​In case you were doing something other than hanging at Coney Island or, um, watching the news yesterday, there was a bit of a fracas down at Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest. When Joey Chestnut won his fourth consecutive title by eating 54 hot dogs in 10 minutes, his nemesis Takeru Kobayashi, ... More >>

Kobayashi Released After Arrest at Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, Still Hungry

New York Daily News/Keh​Associated Press reports that Japanese competitive eater champ Takeru Kobayashi has been released by a Brooklyn judge this morning, following an arrest at the Nathan's hot dog eating contest on Sunday. He still had on the t-shirt he wore when he jumped up on stage dur ... More >>

Kobayashi Is Out of This Year's Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest

When Nathan's stages its 95th-annual hot dog eating contest on July 4, it will do so without the participation of Takeru Kobayashi, the 160-pound six-time hot dog eating champion.

Tammany Hall and Joseph Mitchell Rejoice! A Look Forward at the Brooklyn Beefsteak.

tvol/flickrIt's what's for dinner.​Andrew Dermont and Derek Silverman, the two twentysomethings behind the Brooklyn Beefsteak, are scarcely old enough to remember Beefsteak Charlie's, let alone the 19th- and early 20th-century meatstravaganzas that inspired the beef-and-beer blowout being held ... More >>

BATTLE OF THE BULGE

Competitors gorge for glory at Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest

DRAGONBOAT Z

Fire-breathing fun in Queens

High Drama at Coney Island

The (Hungry) Odd Couple of the Nathan's Hot-Dog-Eating Contest

Training for July 4 with Eater X and Crazy Legs

RELISHING THE MOMENT

Never come between a man and his dogs