Joey Chestnut defends title, gobbles down record 72 hot dogs
Wednesday, July 5, 2017
NEW YORK -- Joey "Jaws" Chestnut gulped, chomped and powered his way to a 10th title Tuesday, continuing his record-setting reign as the chowing champion at the annual Nathan's Famous July Fourth hot dog eating contest.
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