Joey Chestnut, the 17-time Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest champion, has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery. The 42-year-old San Jose native was accused of striking an individual at an Indiana bar ...

Joey Chestnut, the 17-time Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest champion, has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery. The 42-year-old San Jose native was accused of striking an individual at an Indiana bar ...

Joey Chestnut won’t face the wrath of Major League Eating over the competitive eater’s battery charge for drunkenly slapping a man in March. The group runs the annual Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating ...

Competitive eater Joey Chestnut will compete in this year’s Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest despite recently pleading guilty to battery. Chestnut, a San Jose native and 17-time ...

Seventeen-time champion Joey Chestnut won't be banned from this summer's July 4 Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest for his recent guilty plea to a misdemeanor battery charge, according to a report ...

Major League Eating says the 17-time competitive eating champion did not violate its code of conduct ...

(Editor's note: This story has been updated and reflects Chestnut's statement that he does not have travel restrictions.) Joey Chestnut will compete at the annual Nathan's Famous Fourth of July Hot ...

Despite legal troubles, competitive eater Joey Chestnut is set to participate in the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest on July 4. Rock singer’s wife of 14 years reacts after he comes out as gay As Trump ...