Nathan’s July 4 hot dog eating contest at Coney Island is anyone’s game after Joey Chestnut ban
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This year’s Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island will be “neck and neck” in perennial winner Joey “Jaws” Chestnut’s absence — leaving a seat open for the next generation of Mustard Yellow Belt winners, host George Shea said at Wednesday’s weigh-in.