Now that was a tricky headline to come up with.
Takeru Kobayashi, infamous former champion of the Coney Island hot dog eating contests, crashed this year’s contest. Why “crash,” you say? Because he wasn’t even in the contest. In fact, an American won it this year. U-S-A, U-S-A, U-S-A!
But really, that’s not important. What is important are the word nuggets found in the article:
Competitive eater Joey “Jaws” Chestnut
Major League Eating — the fast food equivalent of the NFL
Kobayashi, wearing a black T-shirt that said “Free Kobi,”
According to local lore, immigrants arguing about who was most patriotic settled their dispute by testing who could eat more franks.
“New York is a jewel built on the dream of greatness, and that same dream is driving every competitive eater.”
America-F Yeah.