NEW YORK, July 4 (UPI) -- Defending Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest champion Joey Chestnut says he practiced hard to successfully retain his crown Saturday in New York.
PINELLAS PARK, Fla., May 31 (UPI) -- Hall Hunt of Jacksonville, Fla., says a stomach full of confidence and not much else helped him set a state hot dog eating record.
NEW YORK, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- The world's hot dog eating champ picked up a new title by winning the pizza eating competition in New York's Times Square.
NEW YORK, July 4 (UPI) -- The holder of the world record for hot dog eating has won his second consecutive title at a New York competition.
NEW YORK, July 4 (UPI) -- California native Joey Chestnut won the annual hot dog eating contest at New York's Nathan's Famous Wednesday, setting an event record with 66 hot dogs.
TEMPE, Ariz., June 3 (UPI) -- The world record for the most hot dogs eaten by one person in 12 minutes fell in Arizona this weekend.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Japan's Takeru Kobayashi has become the world's leading hamburger eater at the Krystal Square Off III World Hamburger Eating Contest in Chattanooga, Tenn.
MINNEAPOLIS, June 18 (UPI) -- A Minnesota qualifying round in the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest has yielded a finalist, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported Sunday.
CONEY ISLAND, N.Y., July 4 (UPI) -- Takeru Kobayashi of Japan won Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest on Coney Island, N.Y., Sunday.
ST. JOHNS, Antigua and Barbuda, July 1 (UPI) -- With the "Super Bowl of competitive eating" coming up, BetWWTS.com Tuesday released odds on the July 4 Nathan's Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest.
