'That Stomach Is Going to Make You Money Someday
NYTimes.com > Magazine Aug 31
Superstars like the 144-pound Takeru Kobayashi, a 25-year-old from Japan who holds the world record of 50 1/2 hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes. Kobayashi is said to make more than $150,000 a year between the American and Japanese circuits.
...It's always 'sport'; it's always 'reversal of fortune''' -- a federation-approved euphemism for vomiting....
.....in his record run of 50 1/2 hot dogs at Nathan's, Kobayashi consumed 15,600 calories and more than 1,000 grams of fat in 12 minutes. ....