The women are set to come out and a bunch of Jersey Shore-looking meatheads are hyping up the crowd at Surf and Stillwell with Super Soakers. Happy 4th of July, y’all.
Before the dogs
The greatest spectacle in sports is upon us. The Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest is here.
The annual hour-long tribute to athleticism, perseverance, and, uh, gluttony will capture the world’s attention Wednesday afternoon after the World Cup saw it coming up on the schedule and wisely decided to suspend games for July 4 and then July 5 as well to allow fans across the globe a full day to recover from the battle between legends Joey Chestnut, Matt “Megatoad” Stonie, and Carmen Cincotti on the corner of Surf and Stillwell Avenues.
Chestnut, with no exaggeration, is the greatest American athlete to grace the face of the earth. His dominance on his sport’s brightest stage includes 10 of the last 11 titles at Nathan’s, the Super Bowl of the Major League Eating contest. In the last 11 years, LeBron James has only won three NBA titles. Serena Williams only has five Wimbledon championships. The New England Patriots have hoisted the Lombardi Trophy just twice.
But while those overhyped failures have hogged the spotlight too long. Chestnut has toiled away, mastering his craft in relative anonymity after winning back the yellow mustard belt from Takeru Kobayashi and putting the U-S-A back in “hot dog.” Er, “weiner.”
No, wait. “Frankfurters.” Can’t spell “frankfurters” without U-S-A. Nailed it.
Chestnut’s reign has only been challenged by California upstart Stonie, the YouTubing millennial here to challenge the old guard of competitive eating with his livestreams and emojis and hatred of Applebee’s. Stonie claimed the crown in 2015 by downing 62 dogs, enough to light a fire under a complacent Chestnut. The veteran came back strong after the defeat, shattering his own records with 71 hot dogs and buns (HDB) in 2016 and then 72 HDB in 2017 to set a new standard for American accomplishment.
Stonie fell to third last year, supplanted by Cincotti. Can Cincotti, the world’s No. 2 competitive eater, make his name on July 4? Or will America celebrate its independence once again my watching our unofficial president Joey Chestnut wear the mustard yellow belt once more?
How to watch
The annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest will take place on Tuesday at Coney Island in New York City. The contest will be televised on ESPN family networks, starting with the women’s championship followed by the men’s.
Chestnut and Miki Sudo, 2017 winners, will return to defend their hot dog eating title. Chestnut consumed 72 hot dogs in last year’s contest. Chestnut was close to beating his personal and all-time record of 73.5 hot dogs, which is a record he set in 2016.
Sudo, who has won four straight Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, ate 41 hot dogs last year. She was close to beating the all-time record of 45 hot dogs, which is held by Sonya Thomas.
Watch the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest
Date: Wednesday, July 4
Location: Nathan’s Famous Corporation, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Women’s event:
Time: 10:50 a.m. ET
Online Streaming: WatchESPN, ESPN App
Men’s event:
Time: 12 p.m. ET
TV: ESPN2
Online Streaming: WatchESPN, ESPN App
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