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ESPN Bans Kobayashi Puke

Jul 5, 2007 – 9:12 AM
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Michael David Smith

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If you want to watch Takeru Kobayashi regurgitate at yesterday's Hot Dog Eating Contest, you'd better watch it here:

Because you won't see it on ESPN.

On ESPN Radio this morning, Doug Gottlieb said management at the Worldwide Leader has ordered the staff not to show replays of Kobayashi throwing up at the end of the competition.

"There was an edict last night to stop showing the regurgitation," said Gottlieb, filling in for Mike Greenberg on Mike and Mike in the Morning.

Co-host Mike Golic asked, "We can't show that?" and Gottlieb replied, "We can't show the puke."

Golic said, "I've got an issue with that." So do I. Vomiting is a part of competitive eating just as concussions are a part of football, and ESPN shouldn't sugarcoat the truth.
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