The Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Is a 4th of July Tradition and Spectacle The returning men’s and women’s champions, Joey Chestnut and Miki Sudo, are expected to defend their titles, but the spectacle is more about the journey than the victor.
World’s Ugliest Dog Winner Is Crowned “In the cutest way possible, he kind of reminds me of a hairy hippopotamus,” said Catherine Liang, a judge in the competition.
The Sunday Read: ‘The High-Risk Feat of Bringing “American Born Chinese” to TV’ For years, Gene Luen Yang was convinced a single character in his groundbreaking graphic novel would doom any attempt at an adaptation. What changed?
College Basketball’s Perfect Bracket Is an Impossible Allure College basketball fans are on the hunt for the perfect bracket every year. The odds are not in their favor.
Keep the Dunk Contest Weird It’s a campy celebration of basketball’s pugnacious spirit, and a jolt to the predictable pageantry of the N.B.A.