America's Champion

By bobbyjim45, Section Journals
Posted on Wed Jul 05 2006 at 10:46 AM EST
More on: Competitive Eating (all tags)

In the only sport which we can truly claim to be 100% American, it is a tiny little Japanese man who claims the throne.  Takeru Kobayashi has become the Jordan of professional eating; mainly the annual Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest.  Yes, hot dog eating is our main claim to fame as an American public.  It doesn't hurt that bad when we lose a soccer match on the world stage, but to lose at this, Americans everywhere are feeling the sting.  And really, we didn't just lose; we got obliterated... 6 years in a row.

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