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.
Tag: Contests and Prizes
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.