Hot Dog Hysterics

SPORTING GOODS

Demonstrating that the world of competitive eating is every bit as crazy as the World Cup, six-time Nathan's hot dog eating champ

Takeru Kobayashi went on stage and police grabbed him. He tried to hold onto barricades as he was taken away.

All of this occurred after

competitive eater Joey Chestnut ... held on to his title at the annual July Fourth hot dog eating contest at New York’s Coney Island ...

Chestnut chomped down on 54 hot dogs in 10 minutes on Sunday to win the annual Nathan’s International Hot Dog Eating Contest for the fourth year in a row.

This story, which is sure to have legs, might not be quite as exciting as, say, the recent Nigeria World Cup excitement, but it's not far behind.