Nathan's hot dog contest 2012

• Joey Chestnut ate 68 hot dogs in 10 minutes, tying his own record, to win the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island, Brooklyn, for the sixth consecutive time. Chestnut, 28, won $10,000 and the bejeweled mustard-yellow belt.
(Bloomberg)
• One of the most exciting Fourth of July events is the Nathans Hot Dog Eating Contest that takes place every year in Coney Island in New York. Lets look at why you should make room in your holiday schedule to watch this competition.
(Bleacherreport.com)
• My technique is I dunk two hot dogs in the water cup and then eat, she said. The contest started nearly 100 years ago as a sideshow on the notorious boardwalk in Coney Island.
(CNN)
• Happy 4th of July everyone! Is there any better way to celebrate our independence than with a little good, old-fashioned gluttony and and American excess? If there is I dont know what it could be.
(Bleacherreport.com)
• Chestnut won his sixth straight Coney Island hot dog eating contest, scarfing 68 hot dogs to tie the all-time record in the annual Nathans contest.
(ABC 27)
• Kobayashi did not compete. Sonya Thomas of Alexandria, Va., downed 45 hot dogs to win the womens competition. The Nathans Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest has been a city tradition for 97 years.
(USA Today)
• It is a City Hall tradition that the mayor oversee the ceremonial weigh-in for the Nathan's Famous hot-dog-eating contest in Coney Island, perhaps the most beloved of this city's many Fourth of July rituals.
(New York Times Blogs)
• Jul 4, 2012 - NEW YORK – Its 90 degrees in late June In the three years since hes appeared at Nathans Famous hot dog-eating contest, the ill will and bad feelings since the fallout have only intensified for Kobayashi.
(SBNation.com)
• On July 4, 2007, Chestnut won the 92nd Annual Nathans Hot Dog Eating Contest, beating six-time defending champion Takeru Tsunami Kobayashi by consuming 66 hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes, which set a new world record.
(Worldnews.com)
• New York:Hours before all eyes turn to the sky for fireworks, the focus was on the top contenders in the Nathans Famous hot dog eating contest on the boardwalk at New Yorks Coney Island.
(msnbc.com)