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Takeru Kobayashi

Joey Chestnut talks about his rivalry with Kobayashi

ESPN - ‎1 hour ago‎
Before Chestnut came along, Takeru Kobayashi owned the sport of competitive eating. (Incidentally, anything televised on ESPN must be a sport -- "Magic The ...

Joey Chestnut Wins Fourth Hot Dog Eating Contest, Kobayashi Arrested

Gawker - ‎5 minutes ago‎
His arch-rival, and six-time champ, Takeru Kobayashi was arrested after the competition. "I came out and knew what I had to do," Chestnut told reporters ...

Gleason's Sporting World: Kobayashi hungers for better deal

Times Herald-Record - ‎12 hours ago‎
That's right, I'm talking about Japanese eating star Takeru Kobayashi. You can get all worked up over where LeBron James is headed.

Fireworks to highlight July Fourth celebrations

The Associated Press - Marc Beja - ‎32 minutes ago‎
Six-time champion Takeru Kobayashi, who has not signed a contract with Major League Eating to be free to compete in contests sanctioned by other groups, ...

Feds Grant Takeru Kobayashi Special Visa for “Extraordinary Ability”

CalorieLab Calorie Counter News - ‎Jul 3, 2010‎
Now here's a weird side story to the Takeru Kobayashi contract dispute: In February the United States Citizen and Immigration Services bureau of the ...

What to watch this week ...

Detroit Free Press - ‎10 hours ago‎
Three-time defending champ Joey Chestnut will attempt to defend his title but apparently not against rival Takeru Kobayashi, who's embroiled in a contract ...

NATHANS HOT DOG CONTEST 2011 ODDS SHOW CHESTNUT HEAVY FAVOURITE TO TOP KOBAYASHI

Betting Choice - A.J. Ryder - ‎6 minutes ago‎
His chief rival, international gourmand of processed pork parts Takeru Kobayashi, did not compete this year but was in attendance on Coney Island.

Commentary: Summer a bummer without continuation of Federer-Nadal rivalry

Temple Daily Telegram - Craig Meister - ‎13 hours ago‎
Takeru Kobayashi: At 11 am today on ESPN - Kobayashi first must sign an IFOCE contract to be eligible, which I'm optimistic he will - these two ...

Mets Say Mejia Has Tear in Throwing Arm

Wall Street Journal - Mike Sielski - ‎Jun 28, 2010‎
Takeru Kobayashi, a six-time winner of Nathan's Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest, won't compete in this year's iconic event at Coney Island.

A Fourth just for LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh

MiamiHerald.com - Greg Cote - ‎13 hours ago‎
But I meant not knowing if Takeru Kobayashi would compete or not in Sunday's Coney Island hot dog-eating contest. • In other NBA free agency news, ...

Weekend Fare

New York Times (blog) - Bao Ong - ‎Jul 2, 2010‎
Nathan's Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating contest is still taking place on Coney Island, but the six-time winner Takeru Kobayashi isn't expected to ...

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9&10 News - ‎Jul 2, 2010‎
TOKYO (AP) - Former world hot-dog eating sensation Takeru Kobayashi (tah-kah-roo koh-bee-yah-shee) may not be competing in the July Fourth contest on Coney ...

Report: Japan hot-dog king hungry for July 4 win

WSBT-TV - ‎Jul 2, 2010‎
AP Report In this July 2, 2009 file photo, former champion of the Nathan's Famous July 4th Hot Dog Eating Contest Takeru Kobayashi of Nagano, Japan, ...

Can Roddick Recover From Latest Flameout?

Wall Street Journal (blog) - David Roth - ‎Jun 29, 2010‎
It might be a giant stretch to call Major League Eating a sport, but it's no stretch to call Takeru Kobayashi a great champion.

Hoffman: One man's quest: better living through pizza

Houston Chronicle - Ken Hoffman - ‎Jun 30, 2010‎
International Federation of Competitive Eating officials have confirmed that legendary carnivore and six-time champ Takeru Kobayashi will not compete in the ...

2Day in the SCV: Saturday, July 3, 2010

Signal - ‎Jul 3, 2010‎
AP Odd News TOKYO (AP) - Former world hot-dog eating sensation Takeru Kobayashi of Japan wants to compete in this weekend's annual Fourth of July contest ...

'Ju Ju' Smith, it's your turn now

Fresno Bee - Marek Warszawski - ‎12 hours ago‎
*Takeru Kobayashi might not renew his annual grudge match with Joey Chestnut at today's hot dog-eating contest on Coney Island because of a contract dispute ...

Most Intriguing Person, July 2

CNN (blog) - ‎Jul 2, 2010‎
Takeru Kobayashi has won the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest six consecutive times (from 2001-2006).

Expect city-wide traffic and scorching temperatures for July 4th holiday weekend

New York Daily News - Erica Pearson - ‎Jul 2, 2010‎
... Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest is still sure to be a stomach-churning 12 minutes even though six-time champ Takeru Kobayashi isn't eating this year.

Bizarre News -- Couple Marries in Tree

ABC12.com - ‎Jun 29, 2010‎
Takeru Kobayashi isn't expected to be there. And that's considered a big deal - since he has won the competition six times.

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