This Year's Top Dog

Who will win Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest, 2006? Stay tuned to find out. Here's the post from last year:

Originally posted on Tuesday, 5 July 2005.
Well, another July 4th has come and gone. The highlights? Takeru Kobayashi of Japan wins for the 5th year in a row at Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest.

"Competitive Eating" as a sport is surreal. ESPN covering it live? Equally surreal. Kobayashi won last year with 53 hot dogs in 12 minutes. This year, he's down to 49. So sad to see the World's Great Champs on the downhill slide.
As George Jones sang, Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes?