Headbutts? How about Hot Dogs?

All the talk about soccer and head butts has pushed the real superathlete of the week right off the front page. On July 4, at Coney Island, Takeru Kobayashi ate 53 1/4 hot dogs, plus buns, in 12 minutes, thus retaining his crown as the World Champion of Hot Dog Eating. Here's how he looked as he finished...

...and here's how he looked when he came perilously close to disqualification, as one hot dog, plus bun, came flying out his nose. If that dog 'n bun had made contact with the ground, the record would have been quashed, but Kobayashi, the King of Competetive Eating, was able to snarfle the whole mess back up his nose -- think about that -- an entire hot dog and bun up your nose -- on purpose-- so he was allowed to continue, much to the consternation of his chief challenger, Chip Fathead from Somewhere, New Jersey.

By the way, the two dozen contestants at Coney Island were called the Axis of Eaters. You think the Great Plotnik is kidding. The Great Plotnik is not kidding. He saw it on ESPN.