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Joey Chestnut and Kobayashi stand tall in the world of competitive eating, but no one has allowed the “sport” to take a bigger bite out of the national consciousness than the Shea brothers of New York. Thanks to public relations experts George, 45, and Rich, 41, the Nathan’s hot dog eating contest today will draw a crowd of tens of thousands and an ESPN TV audience in the millions. George dons a straw hat and spews tall tales of gorging glory as the emcee, and Rich gives tongue-in-cheek comments for TV. “Blame them. Curse them. Relish them,” wrote John Branch of The New York Times.
