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Play video content TMZSports.com Erin Blanchfield isn’t looking to prove herself worthy of a title fight … she straight up believes she’s a superior fighter to Valentina Shevchenko, telling TMZ Sports she plans to dethrone the current champ. “[Valentina] can be taken down, she can be controlled on the ground and I think my jiu-jitsu

Russell Wilson says he loves Pete Carroll and NEVER wanted him booted out of Seattle … contradicting a new report claiming the star QB demanded the Seahawks coach be fired. “I love Pete [Carroll] and he was a father figure to me and [General Manager John Schneider] believed in me and drafted me as well.

Rihanna‘s halftime performance at Super Bowl LVII caused a ton of outrage for folks watching on TV … they flooded the FCC with complaints, saying her set was too big on sex. The overall takeaway from the folks who felt compelled to complain about Rihanna to the feds … the lyrics and choreography were way

Play video content Ann Arbor Police Jim Harbaugh is already a beloved figure in Michigan … but the Wolverines’ head football coach just earned even more respect in the community after assisting a police officer with clearing the road during Wednesday’s ice storm in Ann Arbor. Harbaugh played good samaritan when he encountered a member

Alabama Crimson Tide star Brandon Miller had a career night on Wednesday … dropping 41 points and scoring the game-winning overtime basket against South Carolina — just one day after cops said he was connected to a murder case involving his now ex-teammate Darius Miles. Miller’s clearance to play in the SEC matchup was met

Play video content BACKGRID Kim Zolciak‘s kiddos are denying the family’s Georgia mansion is in foreclosure and heading to the auction block … claiming it’s all a misunderstanding. The “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star’s daughters, Brielle and Ariana Biermann, tried to clear the air Wednesday … telling photogs at LAX the family is still living

Play video content Storyful Just when you think you’ve seen it all … check out this crazy clip of a couple of snowBOARders gettin’ their shred time interrupted by a wild animal in a pretty violent way. The video of the porky perp comes all the way from a snow resort in Myoko, Japan …

Play video content TMZ.com Lil Duval sparked a global debate by declaring Afrobeats would put the nail in hip hop’s coffin — but RZA, one of the guys who helped put rap on the worldwide map, completely disagrees with the controversial comedian. TMZ Hip Hop caught up with the Wu-Tang Clan figurehead out in WeHo

Brittney Griner looks thrilled to be back on a basketball court with her WNBA team … judging by this glimpse the Phoenix Mercury’s providing of her shoot-around sesh. 32-year-old Griner was all smiles Tuesday as she got some work in on the practice court … just a couple days after she inked a one-year deal

LSU star wide receiver Malik Nabers — who caught 72 passes in 14 games for the Tigers last season — has been arrested in Louisiana, TMZ Sports has confirmed. According to authorities, the 19-year-old was taken into custody by the New Orleans Police Dept. on Monday … and booked on a misdemeanor charge of illegal

UNLV defensive lineman Ryan Keeler has tragically died … the school announced the redshirt freshman football player passed away on Monday. He was just 20 years old. Keeler died in Las Vegas, according to the university … but no other details surrounding his death have been revealed. School officials mourned his passing late Monday night,

Meyers Leonard is back … the NBA center is signing a contract with the Milwaukee Bucks — almost two years after he said an antisemitic slur during a video game live stream. The 7-foot big man will be joining Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Bucks on a 10-day deal, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported on Monday —

Jordan Clarkson made sure his family was with him at all times at the 2023 NBA All-Star festivities … coppin’ a massive, custom gold chain with their names on it that he hardly ever took off. TMZ Sports has learned the Utah Jazz guard commissioned Lake Side Diamond in Minnesota for the piece in the

Play video content Instagram / @brittanylynne, @betinagozo It’s great to be a Super Bowl champ, and apparently it’s great to be a Super Bowl champ’s daughter too … ’cause Patrick Mahomes threw his 2-year-old a huge birthday party Sunday — and it was epic. The Chiefs star QB and his wife, Brittany, invited over some

Play video content TMZSports.com X-Pac, member of the legendary “New World Order” faction says Roman Reigns, Jimmy and Jey Uso, Solo Sikoa, and formerly Sami Zayn‘s “The Bloodline” is “right up there” with NWO … and he understands why fans compare the two groups. We spoke to Pac, real name Sean Waltman, about the comparisons

Brittney Griner is returning to the WNBA, signing a 1-year contract with the Phoenix Mercury … less than 3 months after being freed from a Russian jail, where she spent nearly 10 months. 32-year-old Griner last played during the 2021 WNBA season … where she lead the Mercury to the Finals. They lost to the

Rihanna‘s pops found out about his soon-to-be grandkid same as everyone else — while watchin’ her Super Bowl halftime show … and he’s hoping, once again, for 2 X chromosomes. Ronald Fenty tells TMZ … he’s over the moon about his daughter and A$AP Rocky‘s new kiddo, and with 4 grandsons already, he’s hoping RiRi

Frankie Muniz landed quite a bit higher than just the middle in his big race car driver debut … nearly cracking the top 10 at a semi-pro series that was all gas, no brakes. The actor-turned-driver raced in the ARCA Menards Series Saturday at the Daytona International Speedway down in Florida — marking his first