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This Week in iReport: Georgia floods, going car-free

This week in iReport, heavy rains saturated the Atlanta,Georgia, area and iReporters show the flooding and damage in their neighborhoods. All across the nation, iReporters tried to conserve energy by ditching their cars for a day. And grown men shoveled down grits for a world championship title. Check out the video here, or get a better idea of the stories below.

Chestnut chows down 68 hot dogs; sets record

Setting a world record, Joey Chestnut won Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest on Saturday, solidifying himself to many as the greatest gustatory athlete of all time.

Speed eaters gain weight, clog arteries but have few regrets

Don Lerman set a record by eating seven sticks of salted butter in five minutes. During six years of competitive eating, he gained 100 pounds.

Hot dog heavyweights weigh in

Reigning hot dog-guzzling champ Joey Chestnut and nemesis Takeru Kobayashi of Japan attempted to psych each other out Thursday at the weigh-in for the 94th annual Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest.

Time.com: A Brief History Of Competitive Eating

How a fairground staple became a Fourth of July spectacle

SI.com: My Sportsman: Joey Chestnut

Sports Illustrated will announce its choice for Sportsman of the Year on Dec. 3. Here's one of the nominations for that honor by an SI writer. For more essays, click here. It was like wondering about a basketball while interviewing LeBron James or foraging for boxing gloves in front of Cassius Clay. Yet at that rooftop bar on July 3, 2006, here's how I saw it: Joey Chestnut seemed to be a rather normal 22-year-old, there needed to be free hot dogs somewhere at this press event, and I -- at the time, a starving SI intern -- still hadn't eaten lunch.

'Black Widow' is Buffalo's newest wing-eating champ

When it comes to wolfing wings, Sonya Thomas is a wiz.

Politics, flames, doggie doppelgangers: I-Report highlights

It's the end of the week again, and we get the feeling the days just flew by. We heard your views on important political issues, saw your photos and video from explosions in Dallas, Texas, and received all kinds of reports of fires and waterspouts around the country. You also sent us a sweet tribute to Tammy Faye Messner, who passed away Friday.

Time.com: Requiem for a Samurai of Hot Dogs

The unthinkable happens: Kobayashi loses the Nathan's hot dog eating contest. The belt is back in America!

People.com: Joey Chestnut Wins Hot Dog Eating Contest

Hot dog history was made this Fourth of July, with Joey Chestnut of San Jose, Calif., shattering records - including his own - and winning the Yellow Mustard Belt at the 2007 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island, Brooklyn.

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