Via the Associated Press & The New York Times from New York - "Joey (Jaws) Chestnut reclaimed the top spot at the annual hot dog eating contest in Coney Island on Friday after first tying with arch rival Takeru Kobayashi in a 10-minute chow-down and then beating him in a five-dog eat-off. The men tied at 59 frankfurters in 10 minutes, before being made to gobble another five dogs in a last-minute tiebreaker. They consumed 64 hot dogs total and were looking quite peaked after the competition."You will notice that Mr. Chestnut is remarkably not overweight. His other records are numerous and impressive. For example, he managed to consume 78 matzoh balls at the World Matzoh Ball Eating Championship in Houston, TX on 3/2/08, 241 chicken wings at Wing Bowl XVI in Philadelphia, PA on 2 1/08 and 103 Krystal Hamburgers in 8 minutes at the Krystal Square Off Finals in Chattanooga, TN on 10/28/07. You can learn more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Chestnut The credit for the photo is http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9G_bF6xzW5IuXYBCGOjzbkF/SIG=125gafqi1/EXP=1215307569/**http%3A//www.flickr.com/photos/misscharo/722160207/ however, the original photo was edited by V. Grumpy on Adobe Photoshop.
