Since Kobayashi entered the American eating stage (and more importantly, Nathan's 4^th of July hot dog eating contest), I've dedicated 12 minutes out of each year to watching the Japanese phenom scarf down as many hot dogs as he can.

As many know, this year he was uprooted as the American Joey Chestnut consumed 5.5 hot dogs (plus buns!) per minute (66 total). I'm not here to go on and on about the actual competition, but more so on how ESPN sent their worst reporters to cover the action. Somehow, the broadcasters had enough to talk about during the hour long event to make you feel interested.

Nothing was better than when the announcer, who's name escapes me, was screaming with about 1:00 left, " ... Chestnut is up by one dog, and if he can hold on, it will be the greatest upset in the history of American sports!"

Sure, Kobayashi had won 6 straight titles, but THE GREATEST UPSET IN AMERICAN SPORTS?

Seriously ESPN. Seriously. Maybe next time you have one of your workers open their mouth on national television, have them stop to think about that hockey game in 1980. Oh yeah, I heard that was in the middle of the Cold War ... no big deal.