The Fourth of July wouldn't be complete without the annual Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest. Luckily, the eating tradition will continue Saturday. For more than 50 years, Coney Island has been the host ...

It wouldn't be Independence Day without cookouts, fireworks and dominance from Joey Chestnut. With Fourth of July weekend came the 2026 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, one of the ultimate events in ...

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If you want to back Joey Chestnut to win the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest this Independence Day, you're not alone. The king of competitive eating has a 95% win probability at Kalshi, equating to ...

Fireworks, friends and the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest. That's how the United States celebrates the July 4 holiday, with Joey Chestnut and Miki Sudo becoming seminal figures of Independence Day ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Live from the corner of Surf and Stillwell Avenues on Coney Island, Jeremy Schaap and Major League Eating President Rich Shea return to host Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog ...

On the 240th anniversary of his country's independence, American Joey Chestnut ate 70 hot dogs in 10 minutes. A new record. "Jaws," as Chestnut is known, put down a summer's worth of cased meats at ...

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There is no July 4 tradition like the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest on Coney Island. Some may see Joey Chestnut devouring hot dogs at never-before-seen paces and find it grotesque, but I'm always ...