Joey Chestnut

Today could be Joey Chestnut's flu game. That's what everyone on social media is saying, anyway, as the legendary Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest champion ...

Chestnut will be on crutches this afternoon, as he injured something in his leg. This could be Joey Chestnut's "flu game." Today could be Joey Chestnut's flu game.

Joey "Jaws" Chestnut, who will be eating on crutches due to a ruptured tendon, seeks his record 15th Mustard Belt, and his 15th in 16 years, while aiming to ...

The 2022 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Content returns to Coney Island on Monday, and two of competitive eating's all-time greats will aim to extend their records. Visit SportsLine now to find out, all from the former Vegas bookmakers who has been all over multiple winners in this event. Miki Sudo was on maternity leave last year but will be back for Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest 2022 to try for her record eighth title and to top her all-time mark of 48.5 HDBs set in 2020. A former Vegas bookmaker who follows the hot dog competition closely, Roberts knows value when he sees it in any line. Michelle Lesco ate 30.75 dogs last year, so Sudo isn't likely to be pushed too hard, and her best was 41 before her record-setting 2020 performance. Joey "Jaws" Chestnut, who will be eating on crutches due to a ruptured tendon, seeks his record 15th Mustard Belt, and his 15th in 16 years, while aiming to break the mark of 76 hot dogs and buns (HDBs) he set last year.

Joey Chestnut is one of the most famous -- or infamous -- competitive eaters in the world. While he competes in all manner of competitions, ...

Chestnut won both the hot dog competition and a worldwide pumpkin pie eating contest in Jacksonville in 2021. Chestnut set a new record for most hot dogs eaten in 10 minutes at the 2021 Nathan's contest, housing 76 in total. That year, Chestnut qualified for his first Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest and ate 32 hot dogs. He has his record up to 76 hot dogs in 10 minutes, set in 2021 after eating 75 in 2020. That year, he won his fifth straight Mustard Belt, awarded to the winner of the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest. While he competes in all manner of competitions, July 4's Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest is his Groundhog Day. It's the day competitive eating takes center stage, and Chestnut never disappoints.

The contest will feature 16 men and 12 women, but when it comes to eating hot dogs only two names matter: Joey Chestnut and Miki Sudo. Oddsmakers aren't ...

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American competitive eater Joey Chestnut ignited the smoke stacks before the game between New York City Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports. The man that has ...

Fortunately for Jules, he won't have to endure any injury disappointment on the Fourth of July.

Whether or not the injury impacts Chestnut as he goes for his seventh straight title and his 15th overall crown remains to be seen. With the annual Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest upon us yet again, the legendary Joey Chestnut will be playing with his right foot in a cast. BOSTON -- Last week, Julian Edelman made some headlines for his comments about how he and some Patriots teammates were upset with Jimmy Garoppolo for not playing through some pain early in the 2016 season.

Three minutes into the contest, Chestnut ate 29 hot dogs and buns and raced out to a lead of eight over the likes of Geoffrey Esper and James Webb. Despite ...

Sudo missed the 2021 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest due to her pregnancy. Seeing a huge live crowd in attendance for the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest is phenomenal. Chestnut is dealing with a ruptured tendon in his leg and is currently on crutches. On the women's side, Miki Sudo won with 40 hot dogs and buns. Joey Chestnut is absolutely obliterating the competition. For the 15th time in his career, Joey Chestnut has captured the Mustard Belt on Fourth of July weekend.

Hot dog eating champion Joey Chestnut will once again be competing in Nathan's Hot Dog Contest on the Fourth of July, hoping to beat his incredible 2021 ...

They competed in a hot dog eat-off that involved eating five HDBs in the fastest amount of time, with Chestnut taking the winning title. After that, you can sign up for $35 per month. Joey Chestnut's hot dog record is 76 in 10 minutes. For the female competitors, they are awarded a bejeweled pink belt. In 2015, he lost Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest to Matt Stonie. In 2016, he defeated Stonie by eating 70 HDBs, and in 2017 he won again by eating 72. He made the impressive world record at the 2021 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest and will be back to defend and potentially beat his record this year.

Joey Chestnut chomped his way to the top of Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest again Monday, winning a record-setting 15th victory at the annual Fourth of July ...

Chestnut shocked the competitive eating world on Friday when he showed up to his official weigh-in on crutches. “I would always come to Coney Island every Fourth of July for this competition so being back in person as we emerge from the pandemic feels great because I didn’t think the world would get back to normal,” he said. Monday’s victory for Chestnut marked his 15th at the competition.

Currently on crutches, legendary competitive eater Joey Chestnut won for the seventh year in a row and 15th time in 16 years.

The annual hot dog eating contest has still been held – rain or shine – every year since 1916. The 36-year-old, despite sporting a wrist injury, ate 40 hot dogs and was just short of her own personal-best of 48.5 franks. Despite falling short of his own record of 76 dogs eaten last year, Chestnut put on another clinic to claim the Mustard Belt, out-eating second-place finisher Geoffrey Esper (47½ hot dogs).

Joey Chestnut has won the Nathan's hot dog eating contest in 14 of the past 15 years, and set a record last year by consuming 76 hot dogs in 10 minutes.

Defending women’s champion Michelle Lesco ate 30.75 hot dogs last year to claim the title with Sudo absent. Sudo wound up finishing 40 hot dogs to reclaim her title on Monday, falling short of her record 48.5 eaten in the 2020 contest. Caesars set the over/under for Sudo today at 44.5 hot dogs eaten, compared to just 29.5 for Lesco. Caesars had set the over/under on Chestnut’s performance today at 76.5 hot dogs eaten, but he fell far short of threatening his 2021 record. Chestnut, from Westfield, Ind., last year set a record by wolfing down 76 hot dogs in the contest. He won the contest for the 15th time in the past 16 years by consuming 63 hot dogs and buns before the 10-minute time limit expired.

Joey Chestnut's victory was briefly paused by an apparent protester who bumped the dude mid-competition, and paid for it dearly.

Ya gotta wonder if it actually affected the number of sausages he was ultimately able to inhale. This year, he did it again ... downing 63 franks, far ahead of the competition. Joey Chestnut Wins Hot Dog Eating Contest Again ... Despite Vader Interruption We got video of the aftermath ... namely, this poor sap being dragged away to be dealt with -- but it's insane that Joey still won the race even with this major interruption. Joey Chestnut Wins Hot Dog Eating Contest Again, Despite Interruption The reigning Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest champ successfully defended his title Monday in Coney Island, where year after year he comes back to devour dozens of dogs in a matter of 10 minutes.

NEW YORK — (AP) — Frankfurter-munching phenom Joey “Jaws” Chestnut gobbled his way to a 15th win Monday at the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating ...

Sudo, of Tampa, Florida, set the women's record at 48 1/2 weiners and buns in 2020, before taking last year off while expecting. “It hurts, but I was in the zone for a little bit. Monday also marked the contest's return to its traditional location outside Nathan’s flagship shop in Brooklyn’s Coney Island neighborhood.

Frankfurter-munching phenom Joey 'Jaws' Chestnut gobbled his way to a 15th career win at the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest.

Sudo, of Tampa, Florida, set the women’s record at 48 and a half weiners and buns in 2020, before taking last year off while expecting. “It hurts, but I was in the zone for a little bit. Monday also marked the contest’s return to its traditional location outside Nathan’s flagship shop in Brooklyn’s Coney Island neighborhood.

Joey Chestnut downed 63 hot dogs and buns to win his 15th title in the last 16 years. Miki Sudo won the women's championship.

Sudo holds the women’s record with 48½ hot dogs devoured in 2020, when she captured her seventh consecutive title. “New York is amazing and there’s no place like it in the world.” Japan’s Takeru Kobayashi has won the next most Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating titles with six straight from 2001 to 2006. Chestnut put the interloper in a brief chokehold before returning his attention to the hot dogs on the table in front of him. Chestnut opened an 11 hot dog lead three minutes into Monday’s event and cruised to his seventh straight title since he was upset by Matt Stonie in 2015. Chestnut, who arrived at Monday’s annual event on crutches with his lower right leg in a cast, downed 63 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes.

Joey Chestnut may not have broken his own world record at the 2022 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating contest, but he might have proven himself to be the biggest ...

Joey went on to win easily by devouring 66 hot dogs and buns, but we will probably never ever see a mid-contest fight again, especially one involving the greatest eater of all time. Happy 4th folks, it’s shaping up to be a weird one. A man dressed like Darth Vader rushed the stage at Chestnut’s 17th dog with a sign reading “EXPOSE SMITHFIELD DEATHSTAR,” which appears to be an animal rights issue in Utah. Regardless of the meaning behind the protest, it didn’t sit well with Chestnut, who didn’t know what was going on outside of a stranger bumping into him mid contest — so he choked Vader, before security dragged the man off the stage.

Joey Chestnut took matters into his own hands during the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, putting a protestor into a chokehold until security arrived.

Chestnut was well off his best Monday despite handily winning the Mustard Belt for the seventh time in a row by devouring 63 frankfurters. As security rushed to remove the protestor, Chestnut briefly took matters into his own hands – literally. A bizarre incident unfolded Monday early on in the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest when a protestor rushed the stage and bumped into 15-time champion Joey Chestnut.

Joey Chestnut is likely the greatest competitive eater in history, but he'll have a bit of a challenge when he takes the stage on Coney Island on Monday.

Chestnut could break his own record during Monday’s event. Chestnut arrived to the event’s official weigh-in on crutches Friday, though he insists the injury won’t impact his performance. “I’m gonna eat like a madman,” Chestnut told Fox News Digital. “It’s all right.

Competitive eating legends Miki Sudo and Joey Chestnut emerged victorious in the 2022 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest. Here's how many hot dogs they ate.

Women and men competed in the same contest prior to 2011. Michelle Lesco, the No. 2-ranked eater among women and No. 9 overall, won in Sudo's absence but didn't come close to a repeat. Sudo, meanwhile, reclaimed the Mustard Belt in her return to the women's competition. As Chestnut was eating his 18th HDB, multiple protesters rushed the stage and one of them bumped into the six-time reigning champion. "It hurts, but I was in the zone for a little bit," Chestnut told ESPN when asked about his leg following the win. Chestnut, who bested his own world record in 2021 by eating 76 HDBs, downed 63 HDBs in 10 minutes as he cruised to victory.

Frankfurter-munching phenom Joey "Jaws" Chestnut has gobbled his way to a 15th win Monday at the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest.

Sudo, of Tampa, Florida, set the women's record at 48 1/2 weiners and buns in 2020, before taking last year off while expecting. "It hurts, but I was in the zone for a little bit. Monday also marked the contest's return to its traditional location outside Nathan's flagship shop in Brooklyn's Coney Island neighborhood.

Chestnut took his 15th win at Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest, and Sudo made a decisive comeback to win the women's title.

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En route to his 15th career win at the famous Fourth of July event, Chestnut had to contend with a protestor while chowing down.

He eventually finished the day with 63 hot dogs downed. Shortly after downing his 17th dog, protestors stormed the platform dressed in Star Wars garb and holding signs reading “Expose Smithfield’s Death Star,” an apparent protest against pork producer Smithfield Foods. Chestnut was uninterested in being thrown off his stride. Chestnut put the protestor in a headlock and quickly threw him aside before carrying on with the hot dog eating procedures.

Joey Chestnut helped take down a protester who rushed the stage as he was competing in the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest. Watch the incident here.

He finished 15.5 hot dogs ahead of second-place Geoffrey Esper, the No. 2-ranked eater. One of the protesters -- wearing a Darth Vader mask and holding a sign that read "Expose Smithfield Deathstar" -- bumped Chestnut out of position as he was downing his 18th hot dog. While the competitive-eating legend was in the midst of winning the 2022 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest for the 15th time on Sunday in Brooklyn, protesters rushed the stage.

One of the most anticipated events of the 4th of July saw hot-dogging at its most American on Monday. Joey “Jaws” Chestnut, 38, scarfed down 63 hot dogs and ...

In the clip, three protesters dressed in Darth Vader and Storm Trooper costumes shove their way onto the stage. Competitive eater Miki Sudo, 36, also took home a win at the event for the women’s division of the competition. The footage, which went unaired by ESPN, made the rounds on social media.

Joey Chestnut helped take down a protester who rushed the stage as he was competing in the 2022 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest. Watch the incident here.

He finished 15.5 hot dogs ahead of second-place Geoffrey Esper, the No. 2-ranked eater. One of the protesters -- wearing a Darth Vader mask and holding a sign that read "Expose Smithfield Deathstar" -- bumped Chestnut out of position as he was downing his 18th hot dog. While the competitive-eating legend was in the midst of winning the 2022 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest for the 15th time on Sunday in Brooklyn, protesters rushed the stage.

The reigning champion showed up injured to the annual event and still managed to take down a protester that interrupted the competition.

Similar to Chestnut, Sudo fell short of breaking her previous women's record of 48.5 hot dogs set in 2020. ESPN reported the breach inhibited the event to the point that gambling sites including FanDuel and DraftKings gave refunds on over/under bets, which had been set at 74.5 hot dogs. But he was only able to choke down 63 dogs this year (still beating second place finisher Geoffrey Esper by 15.5 dogs) and was hindered by two setbacks: one before the event and one during.

In an interview the day after he inhaled 63 hot dogs at the annual Fourth of July competition, the winner recalled feeling "confused" when he spotted the ...

“After he got out of the way, I was thinking about my rhythm, and if I could get into eating fast, and I was able to. I was able to keep going.” “I didn’t know what he was doing,” he continued. I think it was a total of like, four seconds.” “When he got in front of me … I didn’t know if he was gonna attack me. “I was just confused.

I'm talking, of course, about Joey Chestnut. The hot dog GOAT. The 38-year-old competitive eater went into yesterday's Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest as the ...

Oh, you need more proof that the hot dog king is an athlete? You can’t teach that stuff. You can’t coach that stuff. There were no excuses. This competition aired on ESPN (well, technically ESPNNews, which is apparently still a thing) and that network is a sports network that only airs sports. If your event is shown on ESPN then it’s a sport.

Joey Chestnut won his seventh consecutive Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest title and 15th overall with a ridiculous 63 hot dogs and buns eaten in 10 minutes. The ...

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Joey Chestnut took down an animal activist who rushed the stage wearing a Darth Vader mask.

I was ignoring it," he said. "When he got in front of me … I didn't know if he was gonna attack me. "I was just confused.

An American sports icon keeps the crown despite delay from activist.

While he easily outpaced every other schmuck in the competition, he didn’t come close to beating his own personal record of 76 dogs in 10 minutes, delayed by his self-defense maneuver. Chestnut hasn’t had a real rival since the early retirement of Takeru Kobayashi, whose story we also told this weekend in our coverage of the greatest sport that the Fourth of July has to offer (jumping out of the way of the fireworks your uncle brought to the backyard came in at a close second). Just as the Founding Fathers would have wanted, Joey Chestnut maintained his title as America’s Hot Dog King this weekend, capturing his 15th title at Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest on Monday. But he hasn’t let his continued success make him lazy or entitled — no, his instincts are sharp as ever as he multitasked his way through scarfing down 63 hot dogs in front of an adoring crowd, taking down a stage-stormer while he did it.