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After Choking in Pizza Contest, Is Kobayashi Finished?

(Nov. 16) -- If you're a longtime fan of competitive eating legend Takeru Kobayashi, this news could be hard to swallow. In his first professional eating event on American soil since his controversial arrest this summer, the legendary glutton failed in his attempt to set the Guinness World Record for pizza eating --...

After a Day in Court, Former Hot Dog Champ Relishes His Freedom

(Aug. 5) -- Takeru Kobayashi is free to eat. After the famed competitive-eating champ got hit with criminal charges for rushing the stage at the Nathan's Famous International Hot Dog Eating Championship in Coney Island, a Brooklyn, N.Y., judge ruled his case adjourned in contemplation of dismissal. That means that...

Eating Champ Joey Chestnut Feeds on Competition

(July 21) -- Joey Chestnut is at the top of the competitive eating food chain, but it isn't as much because of a love for eating as it is a hunger to compete. "It's not about the food for me as much as the competition," he told AOL News. Chestnut holds six world records for competitive eating, including most hot dogs...

Kobayashi: I Would Have Won Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest

(July 21) -- Competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi didn't compete in this year's Nathan's Famous July Fourth International Hot Dog Eating Contest -- but he says he was hungry enough to win it. In an exclusive interview with AOL News after he was released from jail for rushing the stage at the July 4 eating contest, the...

Kobayashi: No Plan to Rush Stage at Hot Dog Contest

(July 8) -- Sometimes a competitive eater has to trust his gut. And that's exactly what embattled eater Takeru Kobayashi says he did when he rushed the stage at the Nathan's International Hot Dog Eating Contest on July 4. In an exclusive interview with AOL News, Kobayashi claims he didn't plan on jumping onto the stage...