(WXIN/WTTV) — Being banned from America’s most famous eating competition isn’t stopping Joey Chestnut from staying in the news. Streaming giant Netflix announced on Wednesday that Chestnut, the number ...

Joey Chestnut, defending champion of the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest, left, works to outpace former champion Takeru Kobayashi, right, July 4, 2009, in New York. Chestnut, a ...

After eating 74 hot dogs and buns last year, Joey Chestnut has his sights set on breaking his own world record this Independence Day at the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island in New York.

Joey Chestnut is not ready to say goodbye to Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest. When asked whether he would consider returning to the competition, Chestnut, 40, exclusively told Us Weekly he "absolutely ...