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...contest had been billed as that of a maimed six-time champion against a younger record-holding upstart - and as a championship long out of American hands suddenly within U.S. reach again. And when the competition actually took place, the hobbled champion surprised the crowd by taking it to the limit - until he couldn't keep it inside...
...exuberance was missing. The injury had prohibited him from eating a hot dog in more than two weeks, which clearly affected his confidence. But his traditional Beckham-like penchant for hair flair - last year he dyed his thinly cropped head mustard yellow to match the color of the championship belt - was also nowhere to be seen...
...July 4, he quickly caught up to Chestnut and, were it not for the upchuck at the end, might well have tied for the championship. Chestnut, 23, a California college student nicknamed "Jaws," has also trained rigorously since eating just 20.5 hot dogs in a 2005 Nathan's qualifier. Last month he obliterated Kobayashi's world record of 53.75 franks by nearly six whole hot dogs. He politely calls Kobayashi an "animal" but it was clear that Chestnut was unafraid of his elder...
...months every two years, passing an incentive package this spring was considered vital. But supporters didn't take into account the lingering resentment of the movie Glory Road, the inspirational tale of the Texas Western Miners, the first all-black college basketball team to win a national championship. In one of the movie's game scenes, the Miners played East Texas University, now Texas A&M-Commerce, and Aggies were enraged at their depiction as racist. While the Miners were derided and experienced racism during their rise to glory, the depiction of Aggie fans as racist was historically inaccurate, critics...
It’s an athletic department that does have experience fielding competitive women’s lacrosse teams. Started in 1976, the Crimson has won the Ivy League 12 times, has appeared in the NCAA Championship nine times and won the title...