Joey Chestnut heading to Texas army base for July 4 hot dog contest after NYC split

NEW YORK (AP) — Competitive eater Joey “Jaws” Chestnut will take his hot dog-downing talents to an army base in Texas for America's Independence Day this year after a falling out with organizers of the event that made him famous, the annual 4th of July eating contest in Brooklyn's Coney Island.

Chestnut, of Indiana, will compete against soldiers in Fort Bliss, in El Paso, in a 5-minute hot dog eating contest. That's instead of the 10-minute Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest...