Joey Chestnut, Miki Sudo return to defend titles at Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest

Source: New York Post

The Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest marks the United States’ 250th birthday with chomp and circumstance Saturday after an eventful year for the annual wiener showdown and one of its stars. Contest sponsor Nathan’s Famous was sold in January to packaged meat giant Smithfield Foods. A few months later, reigning men’s champ and record-holder Joey Chestnut was accused of slapping a man in an Indiana bar and pleaded guilty in April to a misdemeanor battery charge.