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J. Cole‘s own sideline story is finally coming full circle on the court — the guy just made his professional debut as a basketball player … and he did it in none other than Africa! The rapper — who’s fresh off a fire sixth studio album — put on his hooping shoes this weekend not

Play video content TMZSports.com Braun Strowman is one of the most physically imposing men on the planet … but the 6’8,” 345-lb WWE Superstar tells TMZ Sports he still deals with perceived flaws in his appearance after totally transforming his body. “I used to struggle and I still do struggle with body dysmorphia,” Strowman says.

Play video content TMZSports.com Good news, bad news for NY Giants fans … The good — Saquon Barkley‘s recovery from a nasty ACL injury is going well!! The bad — the Giants’ co-owner, Jon Tisch, is not sure if the star running back will be able to suit up in Week 1. TMZ Sports spoke

Play video content ESPN Incredible moment from Vanessa Bryant … who just delivered an emotional speech as her husband Kobe Bryant was inducted into the the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame — and there wasn’t a dry eye in the house. Vanessa — flanked by Michael Jordan — talked about KB’s incredible accomplishments on

Play video content Jake Paul is under investigation … this time by officials in Puerto Rico for riding a motorized vehicle on a protected beach. To use a bullfighting metaphor … Jake waived the proverbial red flag in front of a bull by posting a video of him and some friends tooling around a beach

Play video content TMZSports.com No bad blood between Robert Kraft and Tom Brady — in fact, the Patriots owner tells TMZ Sports he can’t wait to welcome the QB back to New England! “Excited to have him,” Kraft told us Friday afternoon in Beverly Hills … “He’s a great guy and he did so much

Floyd Mayweather says the Logan Paul fight was supposed to go down in Dubai — but the org. he teamed up with to put on the event dropped the ball … and now his company is suing for more than $120 MILLION!! TMZ Sports obtained the lawsuit, filed by Mayweather Promotions, alleging a company called

Alex Rodriguez seemingly had an ulterior motive in sharing a nice photo of himself having dinner with his daughters — sending a not-so-subtle signal to Jennifer Lopez. A-Rod posted the pic Thursday night — a pretty delicious-looking dinner spread with his teenage daughters, Tasha and Ella, and captioned it … “Din din with my girls!

Play video content TMZSports.com Jake Paul is just a clout chaser going after easy fights to look cool … so says ex-UFC champ Tyron Woodley, who tells TMZ Sports he’s more than happy to put the YouTube superstar in his place with a violent beatdown!!! Of course, The Chosen One is super tight with Paul’s

Logan Paul DISMANTLED the entire Gronkowski family — in front of their dad — and the violence was all captured on video! As we previously reported, Logan invited Rob and his 4 bros to a training session as he gears up for his big June 6 match against Floyd Mayweather. The bros — Glenn, Dan,

Play video content Radio Andy/SiriusXM Janet Jackson‘s brothers are thanking Justin Timberlake for stepping up and taking responsibility for his role in the infamous Super Bowl Halftime wardrobe malfunction, and hanging their sister out to dry. Tito, Marlon and Jackie Jackson appeared on Andy Cohen‘s SiriusXM radio show Wednesday and opened up for the first

Play video content TMZSports.com Jaguars legend Jimmy Smith says his former squad should NOT have given Colin Kaepernick the same opportunity it gave Tim Tebow … telling TMZ Sports, “We don’t need Colin Kaepernick on our team.” Smith says his reasoning is simple … telling us he has a fear that Kaepernick could “divide our

Play video content A U.S. Senator is accusing LeBron James of promoting extreme violence in America — the NBA superstar’s controversial “You’re Next” post was a hot button issue Wednesday in a Senate hearing. Sen. John Kennedy called out LeBron during the hearing on domestic violence extremism, referencing his infamous tweet about the cop who

Conor McGregor wasn’t stopped by COVID or a Dustin Poirier loss, ’cause the UFC superstar was the world’s highest-earning athlete in 2020 … reportedly raking in $180 MILLION!! The 32-year-old earned a whopping $22 million for his UFC 252 2nd-round TKO loss to Diamond, but according to Forbes annual list of the World’s Highest-Paid Athletes

Play video content Lamar Odom is looking GOOOOOOOD … new sparring footage obtained by TMZ Sports shows the ex-NBA star is really getting the hang of boxing ahead of his bout with Aaron Carter. The 41-year-old has been training like a mad man for his June 11 tilt against the pop singer at the Showboat

Urban Meyer says Tim Tebow looked SO good during his recent tryout with the Jaguars, his staff told him the former Heisman Trophy winner “looks like he’s 18 years old!!” The new Jacksonville headman revealed the inside info to Cris Collinsworth this week … saying Tim absolutely blew the doors off of his recent workouts

Play video content Golden State Warriors Golden State Warriors wing Kent Bazemore is waving the white flag in his public beef with Bradley Beal … saying his comment about the Wizards superstar’s injury wasn’t supposed to start a massive social media war. Bazemore had referenced Beal’s recent hammy injury while praising Stephen Curry‘s quest for

Tory Lanez packs a serious punch … at least according to a ‘Love & Hip Hop’ cast member who told cops he needed medical attention after the rapper socked him in the face, but Tory’s denying it. Prince Michael Harty, a rapper/promoter who’s on “L&HH: Miami,” claims Tory reignited their longstanding beef this month at

New Orleans Saints star Cam Jordan is cutting a $120,000 check to help fund anti-racism training for NOPD officers … and city officials are stoked. 31-year-old Jordan — a 6-time Pro Bowl defensive end — announced the move Monday alongside New Orleans mayor LaToya Cantrell … saying he’s happy to fund a program that will

Welp, this is bad … The COVID pandemic is hitting Japan so hard, IOC president Thomas Bach has canceled a trip to the country … leaving many wondering if the Olympic Games will actually happen in July as planned. After a surge in cases in major cities, including Tokyo, the Japanese government extended a state

Floyd Mayweather COULD beat up both Logan Paul and Jake Paul on the same night … but he won’t, according to the man who runs Mayweather Promotions. Remember, Floyd took the mic at Hard Rock Stadium on Thursday and said he would have no problem beating “two fake fighters” on the same night. Jake Paul

Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit was allegedly juiced up when he won the race, because he apparently tested positive for steroids. The legendary Bob Baffert, the horse’s trainer, broke the news Sunday that the test results showed the presence of corticosteroid Betamethasone. It’s kinda technical, but the sample came back positive for 21 picograms of

A signed Tom Brady card PACKED with diamonds was just pulled out of a wild box break this week … and it’s got everyone wondering — is this the greatest TB12 card ever!? The piece came from a 2020 Flawless NFL box … and it’s absolutely insane — with some experts putting a conservative resale

Play video content TMZSports.com TMZ Sports: “Do you think Jake Paul can win?” Mike Tyson: “No. He’s gonna get beat up pretty bad.” There it is … Mike Tyson keeping it all the way real when asked how Jake Paul would fare against Floyd Mayweather if they ever step in the ring. Don’t get it

Play video content TMZSports.com WWE Superstar The Miz says he’s 100% down to play the legendary Johnny Cage in the next “Mortal Kombat” movie … telling TMZ Sports he’d put his blood, sweat and tears into perfecting the role. Of course, the beloved Cage was left out of the iconic video game franchise’s reboot movie

Play video content TMZSports.com Oscar De La Hoya took a break from training for his return to the boxing ring … to SING with a mariachi band on Cinco de Mayo, and TMZ Sports has the footage. The 48-year-old hit up Maestro, a Mexican food restaurant in Pasadena (he’s like the mayor over there) and

Play video content TMZSports.com “9 fights into my career, I believe that I’m going to be the greatest.” That’s 30-year-old MMA star Kayla Harrison predicting that she — NOT Amanda Nunes, Cris Cyborg or anyone else — will go down as the best mixed martial arts fighter ever. TMZ Sports talked to Harrison — a

Play video content @jakepaul/Instagram The black eye and bloody mouth will fade … but Jake Paul was still able to get a permanent reminder of his altercation with Floyd Mayweather — immortalizing the incident with a new tattoo!! The YouTube superstar showed off his new ink Thursday night — just hours after he was roughed

Wayne Gretzky is not only The Great One on the ice … but clearly off of it too — ’cause the NHL legend made a fan’s life by re-autographing a baby shoe, and the story is awesome. Back in 1986, a little boy and his mother ran into Gretzky — but they had one problem

Sam Ehlinger‘s younger brother — Univ. of Texas linebacker Jake Ehlinger — was found dead near campus on Thursday … TMZ Sports has confirmed. A spokesperson for the Austin Police Department tells us cops received a call at around 12:18 PM, and a short time later, found Jake’s body just blocks away from the university.