Last week, we reported that the Fourth of July would be cancelled if Takeru Kobayashi didn’t compete in this year’s Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest.

Well, our worst fears came true, and the 32-year-old Japanese competitive eater didn’t participate in the event. But, for some reason, the holiday still went off without a hit...

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Ah, competitive eating, the only sport where gluttony and overindulgence are signs of a professional athlete in training.

For the uninitiated, the most popular event in the sport takes place on the Fourth of July: the Nathans Hot Dog Eating contest. It’s the World Cup of competitive eating as the yearly tradition typically boils down to the sa...

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