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This was one of the greatest sporting events I have ever seen. Kobayashi going for a Lance Armstrong-like record - and being whupped by Chestnut with a screaming world record. This man truly is amazing. Hopefully performances like this will get the Olympics to recognise the IFOCE, along with other organisations recognising such gustatory feats, from the Commonwealth games to the Laureus foundation. Quite sublime.
Joey Chestnut - we salute you!

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Why in da hell is this in the sports section????

I swear,anytime u can make one of your own a hero even if its hopscotch,u boost them up as some kind of hero..

Its funny,but its typical...

Happy 4th everyone!!

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Uh, eating, just like poker, is a sport only in terms of marketing.

I love eating and I love poker and often at the same time and often while sitting down. I don't know of two other sports (with air quotes) that can be done sitting down simultaneously.

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Big BOO! Disgusting... Nothing but a blatant stunt for Nathan's and media is sucker enough to give it visibility

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you can arm wrestle while sitting down. that's a sport aint it?

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And, I'd hate to be Joey's toilet tonight.

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USA USA USA USA.... WE DID IT

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how pathetic of a nation are we? people are literally starving, and we're cheering clowns eating hotdogs? when and where did it go all wrong in the USA?

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to #8: Its the fourth of July, a time where we actually get to enjoy how awesome the nation is without people like you bitching at us because we made our country great but not everyone else's. Its not our job, now lets celebrate the freedom we have in America and gorge ourselves with what she offers.

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Hell yeah it's a sport! If smoking cigarettes and golfing is a sport than this certainly is. And aren't all sports just fodder for some dumb advertising?

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To quote Bill Maher, "Competitive eating isn't a sport -- it's one of the seven deadly sins".

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This one is for the ages - the greatest sport showdown since the 1938 Seabiscuit/War Admiral race. Years from now, those who saw the great Kobayashi stumbled before the finish line will tell their children and grandchildren about it.

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Idiots. Joey chesnut cheated. the counter stayed at 62 for the last 5 second. then they had to finish what was in their mouthes. they each had one hot dog in their mouths. it was a draw and they gave it to him, ruining a good match just to give the US back a belt. And it is a sport, for all u asses saying that it's not. It takes preparation and skill. YOU try to down just the qualifying 20 hot dogs and see. show some respect.

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Maybe competitive eating is not a sport, but it requires incredible mental strength, and therefore Chestnut's feat impresses me. America takes great pride in having the best football and basketball players -- a status acheived by endless physical training and mental determination. Just because he's eating food and not blocking defensive linemen doesn't mean we can't appreciate this victory.

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I hate this "sport".

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My grandfather was a NY cabbie, who often took Babe Ruth around, and one morning, in 1927, he stopped in the Bronx at a cart on White Plains Avenue and ate 78 hot dogs on a dare - and then invited the whole neighborhood to a ballgame that afternoon, on him. After he finished eating - he topped it off with a pitcher of beer. My grandfather was Big Joe Scimeca, and was known as The Wheelman in the Bronx, and Babe demanded he drive him to and from games, and all over town. He often told this one whenever we wanted a hot dog, and he would say we could never top The Babe, and he would give us a $10 gold coin the Babe gave him as a tip if we could eat half that amount. We often tried, but failed, and I inherited the coin and some other baseball memorabilia from Gramps. But I couldn't earn it the Babe Way. So whatever they ate at teh nathan's contest, hats off to them!

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