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SBD/Issue 196/Sports Media
Blog Hound: Joey Chestnut Wins Coney Island Hot Dog Event
Published July 6, 2007
Joey Chestnut's last second victory at the Nathan's Int'l July Fourth Hot Dog Eating Contest, and ESPN's coverage of the event, are getting a decent amount of play in the blogosphere, as well as in the mainstream media.
| SportProjections.com Posted by: Lonnie |
| “Is there anything more American than this? Watching people stuff their faces with junk food as thousands cheer them on? This is a perfect event for July 4th. ... Hot dog eating could become our new national past time!” |
| Science
Buzz Posted by: JGordon |
| “This Fourth of July weekend, take a moment to think of one of our country’s newest heroes: Joey Chestnut. PS -- Civilizations of the future are going to think we were so cool.” |
| East
Coast Bias Posted by: Jeremy |
| “It's a good thing there's no Competitive Eater's Player's Union, or else there will definitely be Congressional hearings within the next 20 years over the long-term effects of competitive eating and how the Competitive Eating League does not care for it's now bloated, heart congested, and cholesterol ticking time bomb retired competitive eaters.” |
| Bullfight Posted by: dan_nt |
| “Since I laughed so hard, I can only conclude that some of the greatest comedy writing talent is behind the play-by-play script for the ESPN hot dog eating contest announcers.” |
| The
Pacman Jones Posted by: pacman |
| “This is going to sound sad, the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest was the best sporting event (if you want to call it that) I’ve watched since the Boise State-Oklahoma game.” |
BUILDING THE BUZZ: Sports Media Challenge's Sports Blog Index analyzed the buzz around the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest and tried to answer the question: Is competitive eating a sport? Click here for more analysis.Visit www.SportsBusinessDaily.com for more analysis.
- The topic measured 4 out of 10 on The Buzz, indicating a medium level of interest.
- While more bloggers felt that competitive eating was not a sport, there was a good percentage who think of it as a sport and enjoy watching it.
- Much of the negative sentiment criticizes ESPN's coverage as being too sensationalistic in its depiction of competitive eating as an important sporting event.
- The negative sentiment follows criticisms of ESPN in general for focusing more on entertainment rather than coverage and analysis of more traditional sports.
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