If he were born in the USA circa 1937, there is a good chance we would call him “Tak”, but he wasn’t, so we call him Takeru Kobayashi. For the 6th straight year, Kobayashi has taken the Nathan’s Hot Dog eating contest, held annually at Coney Island on the Fourth of July. While the result was no different than it has been in years past, this year, he only narrowly attained his goal. Squeaking by jingoistic-fan-favorite Joey Chestnut by about one hot dog, Kobayashi proves he is equal to Michael Jordan… if only in the number of titles he has won. You heard it hear first: Kobayashi will now retire to pursue his lifelong dream of playing professional baseball very poorly.
All stupid comparisons aside, I don’t think Michael Jordan ever had something like this written about him:

In 2004, he triumphed again by eating 53 1/2 hot dogs in 12 minutes, beating his old record. There was a small conflict over this result, as some fellow competitors accused him of expelling vomit during the 12-minute competition. Vomiting is not prohibited per se, but the vomit is not allowed to leave the mouth of a contestant. [via wikipedia]

I’ve seen my share of vomit in sports (Beckham I’m looking at you), but no instance that has ever broken any rules of the game.