OTBKB turns to the Brooklyn Paper for its stellar coverage of yesterday's hot dog-eating contest at Nathan’s Famous in Coney
Island. Here's an excerpt. Go here for more.

America continued its dominance at that most-American of sporting
events — the world hot dog-eating contest at Nathan’s Famous in Coney
Island — as defending two-time champ Joey “Jaws” Chestnut stunned the
world by defeating former champ Takeru Kobayashi by a huge margin today.

When all the hot dogs, buns and dog/bun detritus was counted at the
end of the 10-minute contest, Chestnut had eaten an all-time record 68
HDBs to Kobayashi’s 64-1/2 HDBs.

The champion was his humble self.

“I have to credit my mom,” he said. “She helped me every night as I was training.”