New York (CNN)-- A Japanese former hot dog eating champion walked out of a New York courtroom Thursday essentially a free man, provided he stays out of trouble for six months. Takeru Kobayashi was ...

Takeru Kobayashi was arrested at Coney Island after his rival, Joey Chestnut, won the annual Nathan's International Hot Dog Eating Contest. The six-time champion of the contest was trying to make ...

Former hot-dog-eating champion Takeru Kobayashi, 31, was arrested today after his rival, Joey Chestnut, won the annual Nathan’s International Hot Dog Eating Contest by consuming 54 hot dogs in ...

It’s gonna be a real dog fight. Only one man has beaten Joey Chestnut in the last 17 years of the July 4th Nathan’s Hot ... Japanese power eater Takeru Kobayashi – who has been off the US ...

Six-time hot-dog eating champion Takeru Kobayashi explains why he won't be at the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest on Coney Island, this fourth of July. Chris Hardesty reports on the dispute ...