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After several traumatic days away from home ... the missing Thurman Thomas statue finally returned to Buffalo today -- where he was greeted by his flesh-and-bones counterpart.

The woman who sculpted the statue of the NFL legend went all the way to Canada to pick up Wooden Thurman from a guy who claims he rescued the 1000-pound beast from pyro-maniacal vandals last weekend.

But the statue won't return to its perch outside Buffalo Bills stadium -- too dangerous. But its new home won't be too far away ... Thurman Thomas plans on keeping it at his official training center.

Finally, a victory in Buffalo...

Chickens don't get a free pass either, he also downs 10 egg whites with his breakfast.

Goldberg is outspoken about his Jewish lineage -- hope all that meat's kosher.

A rep from the group claimed Rush got the boot because his participation complicated the effort.

Ever since word got out that the conservative mouthpiece was interested in the team, several people lashed out against it -- including the owner of the Indianapolis Colts, the head of the NFL Player's Association and even Al Sharpton.

It might be the best thing that happened to Rush -- the Rams haven't won a single game this season.

Sources tell TMZ Lamar won't budge an inch ... his income will stay his separate property. Lamar could make up to $33 mil over the next 4 years with the L.A. Lakers and he's not going to make it community property.

We're told Lamar is willing to give Khloe a yearly chunk of money and the amount will remain static, no matter how long they're married.

Lamar will pay for all the couple's expenses by funding their joint account -- and with Khloe, that could be a bonanza.

So why would Khloe go for this? Sources tell us she wants to get married to Lamar ... period. We're told Khloe thinks she can change Lamar over time and believes the deal will eventually become fair.

We're told the prenup is almost a done deal.

Once it's signed, the couple will make the marriage legal.

A 1000 pound wooden statue of legendary NFL star Thurman Thomas has just been found -- one day after it was reportedly stolen from its perch outside of the Buffalo Bills stadium.

The story is insane -- police in Orchard Park, NY tell TMZ a Canadian dude has fessed up to taking the statue ... but says he only took it to save the 8 1/2-foot carving from grave danger.

Cops say the Canadian claims he saw a bunch of hooligans trying to light the giant pine statue on fire -- so he loaded wooden Thurman onto the back of a pick-up truck so he could drive it to safety.

BTW -- the statue had only been unveiled on Sunday.

Now, we're told the Canadian has contacted the owner of the statue to arrange the carving's safe return.

The wrestler-turned-action star showed off some serious head damage outside of Gold's Gym yesterday -- saying he got it by running right into a steel beam during a movie stunt!

And while we learned about his injury, Austin learned something even more valuable: A slightly different definition of the word "Bear."

Al Sharpton is playing some serious defense for the St. Louis Rams -- The Rev has launched an all-out blitz to keep Rush Limbaugh from buying the NFL franchise.

In the wake of several reports that Limbaugh is serious about becoming an NFL owner, Sharpton fired off a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, begging the football honcho to reject Rush from the league.

In the letter, Sharpton tells Goodell, "Rush Limbaugh has been divisive and anti-NFL on several occasions with comments about NFL Players including Michael Vick and Donovan McNabb."

In 2003, Limbaugh famously argued that Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb was getting special treatment in the press because the media wanted to see a black quarterback succeed.

But in his letter, Sharpton brought up another Rush-centric controversy, adding that Rush's "recent statement that the NFL was beginning to look like a fight between the Crips and the Bloods without the weapons, was disturbing."

Yadier Molina of the St. Louis Cardinals has plenty of free time on his hands now that his team is out of the playoffs -- and he might be spending some of that time in a courtroom.

According to a lawsuit filed in New York, Molina -- who is widely considered to be the best defensive catcher in baseball -- is being sued by Steiner Sports Marketing for allegedly taking $90,660 to do autograph events ... then never showing up to do them.

Steiner is seeking damages in excess of $175,000.

We spoke to a member of the Ramada staff -- who told us ever since the hotel was linked to the Andrews case, housekeeping crews have had to remove all sorts of items taped to multiple peepholes -- from paper to Kleenex ... even Band-Aids.

Andrews' alleged Peeping Tom is currently under house arrest in Chicago -- so the only peephole anyone should really be worried about is the one at his house.

The grandson of NASCAR founder Bill France just found out how fast police cars can go -- because cops busted him today for DUI.

J.C. France and his incredible four-point chin beard were popped by Daytona Beach cops in Florida early this morning. France was also booked for possession of narcotics.

Cops say they found a small bag filled with a "white cakelike substance" on France during the traffic stop.

But the question we're going to force you to answer ...

Here's a shocker -- the most powerful talent agency on the planet refused to negotiate with a man who accused them of stealing his TV show idea and giving it to Shaquille O'Neal ... so now that dude has filed a lawsuit.

It's all over the show "Shaq Vs." A sports writer named Todd Gallagher claims the William Morris Endeavor Agency stole his idea about a show in which he competes against pro athletes in different sports -- and turned it into "Shaq Vs". ... a show featuring Shaq competing against pro athletes in different sports.

Todd had fired off a letter to the agents back in August in hopes of a settlement, but they refused ... so today he filed a $5,000,000 lawsuit in L.A. County Superior Court.

For the record -- Shaq has stated publicly that he came up with the idea all by himself.

We've learned Lamar Odom has already met with his lawyer to hash out a prenup before making his wedding to Khloe Kardashian official.

We've learned Odom went to the Beverly Hills law office of divorce-guru Neal Hersh last Friday to hash out the terms. Hersh won't return our call, but Odom's people tell us "Lamar has a set of balls" -- translation, he's not giving Khloe half of anything.

We're told Lamar wants to make sure the money and other assets he brings into the marriage are solely his. Beyond that, we're told Lamar ain't giving Khloe half of his earnings going forward.

How will it play with Khloe?

Stay tuned ...

One of the biggest busts in NFL history was just sacked for allegedly stiffing a veterinarian ... and it only took the guy 11 years to notice.

A vet in Malibu just filed papers in small claims court against Brian "The Boz" Bosworth -- claiming the former Seattle Seahawk never paid his pup's tab for "a week of boarding, grooming and a vaccine" ... which happened in September of 1998.

The tab -- $286.15 -- may actually be small enough for the former linebacker to tackle.

No word on how the vet plans to get around California's pesky four year statute of limitations.

Erin Andrews' alleged Peeping Tom -- who was ordered to home confinement today -- just lost one of the two places a judge said he was allowed to go ... his job.

A rep for the Illinois company that employs Michael David Barrett -- Combined Insurance Co. -- just announced he was suspended indefinitely.