Hot Dog Drama: Japanese Champ Will Compete with Injury to Honor His Mother

gothamist.com — Kobayashi says that, despite mourning the loss of his mother in March and a serious injury to his jaw, he still wants to defend his title on July 4th in Coney Island, "I want to be the pride of my mother." It won't be easy because his #1 rival swallowed 59 1/2 hot dogs in the qualifier. Jun 25, 2007 View in Crawl 4