USC Football -- Drowning
This just in to the TMZ metaphors desk -- USC's football locker room is underwater. For real.
Trojan star wide receiver Brice Butler just tweeted this pic with the message: "Man our pipes busted bin [sic] the lockeoom [sic] flooded ... Can we get some money NCAA?? From y'all so its legal."
We're pretty sure Reggie Bush has nothing to do with this USC mess.
Float on.
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Lady Gaga Gets to First Base with Chick at BB Game
Lady Gaga was at the Mets game last night in New York -- firmly planting a kiss on an unknown woman.
Just remember this: A kiss is just a ... photo op.
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Rodman's Wife: Worm Owes $300K in Child Support
Dennis Rodman's estranged wife Michelle is on a rampage over child support she claims her cross-dressing hubby never paid -- well over a quarter million dollars worth.
According to docs filed in Orange County Superior Court, Dennis owes a whopping $305,244.67 in child support for his two kids.
The former basketball star was last ordered to pay his wife $50,000 a month -- plus an extra $1,083 in spousal support -- but Michelle claims he's way behind.
Dennis' lawyer tells TMZ, Rodman has already made several child support payments "and we intend on clearing up any discrepancy in that regard."
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Blackhawks Coach Wipes Out
Chicago Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville may have won the Stanley Cup ... but looks like his friends had bowls -- not cups -- on their minds.
After the 'hawks won the Cup Wednesday -- for the first time in 49 years -- some fans celebrated with a good ole fashioned tp party at coach's house.
TMZ Sports got these pics of Quenneville on clean-up duty. We're told all and all he was a good sport.
Lou Piniella would love to have such problems.
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Reggie Bush Holding On to Heisman ... For Now
Now that the NCAA has taken away 13 of Reggie Bush's USC wins ... the question is will his 2005 Heisman Trophy be next to go?
Fortunately for Reggie that's not up to the NCAA.
The folks who hand out the statue would only say this: "The Heisman Trust will make a comment at the appropriate time, and there will be no further comment until that time."
So until that time, we'll pose this question...
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USC Football 'Vacates' Nat'l Championship Win
The NCAA just blew up USC football's world by forcing the Trojans to vacate their victory in the '05 Orange Bowl ... a win that earned them the National Championship.
This all comes after an NCAA investigation concluded Reggie Bush got improper benefits while at USC.
According to the NCAA findings Bush received a car, and his family received a house and other financial benefits.
In addition to the National Championship game, USC must also vacate its 12 victories from the '05 season -- Reggie's last before turning pro -- and the university is banned from bowl games for the next 2 seasons, and on probation for 4 years.
Fight on.
NOTE: The NCAA specifically uses the word "vacate" instead of forfeit because the Trojan's opponents in those games don't get the win.
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Reggie Bush -- Regrets and Disappointment
Reggie Bush is firing back at the NCAA for its decision to drop the hammer on his alma mater USC -- a decision mainly based on an investigation centered around Bush.
In a statement Reggie says "I very much regret the turn that this matter has taken, not only for USC, but for the fans and players."
He also states "I am disappointed by today's decision and disagree with the NCAA's findings."
Bush says he will cooperate with investigators if the university decides to appeal.
UPDATE: USC says it will appeal the NCAA ruling.
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Oklahoma State Next to Jump to Pac-10
The Oklahoma State Cowboys are blazing a trail to the Pacific-10 Conference ... according to a source -- and leaving the future of the Big 12 Conference in serious jeopardy.
A source in the OK State athletic department tells TMZ Sports the move is a "done deal." The Pac-10 just made it official that Colorado is also jumping off the Big 12 ship.
We're told it's "just a matter of time" before the OK State announcement is also made. It's been rumored that Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, and Texas A&M will also join the new super conference. Nebraska, it's widely believed, will go to the Big 10.
As for why this is all going down -- our source says "everyone wants a playoff system ... and this is the first step toward doing it."
NFL Stadium Offered $25M to Promote Adultery
Meadowlands Stadium -- the brand new home of the New York Giants and the New York Jets -- now has 25 million reasons to endorse homewrecking ... courtesy of the dating site for adulterers, AshleyMadison.com.
AM founder Noel Biderman sent a letter to the CEO at New Meadowlands -- obtained by TMZ -- declaring, "At this stage, we are prepared to make a preliminary offer ... of $25,000,000 for the Naming Rights for a five-year term."
He adds, if the stadium gets better offers, "We would be pleased to match any such superior offer."
The offer (which works out to $5M a year) is pretty big, but it's still below the average for other stadium sponsorships -- Bank of America pays $7M a year to sponsor the Carolina Panthers stadium and FedEx drops $7.6 a year on the Redskins stadium in D.C.
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Tiger Woods Mistress Kicks It with Footballer
Tiger Woods' XXX mistress Joslyn James ain't crying for the golfer anymore -- 'cause she just fell into the grip of a soccer stud from England ... West Ham United striker Carlton Cole.
Cole just missed the cut for England's World Cup team, but had better luck with Joslyn. They were photographed together last week at the Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles.
Any of this sounding familiar?
Fun Fact: Cole and James were both featured in Vanity Fair magazine last month for the same reason ... ball-handling skills.
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Oregon Ducks Starting QB Booted from Team
Jeremiah Masoli -- who was once regarded as one of the best quarterbacks in the country -- has just been officially kicked off the University of Oregon football team days after the 21-year-old had another brush with the law.
The U of O just released a statement explaining, "Masoli has been dismissed from the school’s football program for a failure to adhere to obligations previously outlined by head football coach Chip Kelly."
Earlier this week, Masoli was cited for marijuana possession following a traffic stop in Oregon.
Masoli had already been suspended for the upcoming season after pleading guilty to burglarizing a frat house back in January.
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Big Ben -- Dancing Fool Before Alleged Rape
Ben Roethlisberger was handing out shots and dancing to Miley Cyrus before he allegedly raped a young woman in a Milledgeville nightclub back in March -- and the party was all caught on tape.
Officials have released footage taken by one of Ben's friends inside the Capital City nightclub on the night of the incident.
Investigators ultimately decided there wasn't enough evidence to go forward with the prosecution.
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Ben Roethlisberger's Accuser -- Video Statement
Officials have released footage from the police interview with Ben Roethlisberger's accuser -- in which she describes how the Pittsburgh Steelers QB allegedly raped her in Milledgeville, GA back in March.
During the interview, Ben's accuser describes how she met Ben -- and even claimed, "He seemed like a nice guy at first."
The accuser then explains how Ben allegedly whipped out his penis, followed her into a nightclub restroom and raped her.
During the statement, the accuser tells the officer that she can't remember specifics from the alleged rape -- only that it "happened so fast."
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Cristiano Ronaldo -- Now Even More Waxed
Team Portugal's shaved, tweezed, plucked and gelled soccer stud Cristiano Ronaldo has had the life waxed out of him.
Madame Tussauds unveiled their wax sculpture (left) of the 25-year-old futbol hunk in London today.
He's got some stiff competition.
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Ray Allen -- Victim of the SteakGate Curse!
Boston Celtics superstar Ray Allen was ice cold in last night's loss to the Los Angeles Lakers -- missing practically every single shot -- but there's only one logical explanation for his terrible performance ... SteakGate!!!!
SteakGate began back in 2008 -- when Paul Pierce had a fancy steak dinner before a big NBA Finals game ... and then choked (his performance, that is) the very next night.
Now, the curse has struck again ... because Allen feasted on a delicious buttery steak from Ruth's Chris in Beverly Hills on Sunday night -- hours after he set the record for hitting the most 3-point shots in a Finals game -- and then tanked the following game!!!
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Golden Tate 911 -- They're 'Drunk, Retarded'
NFL rookie star Golden Tate was "drunk" and "being retarded" when he broke into a donut shop in Washington and stole maple bars at 3 AM ... this according to the woman who called 911.
TMZ obtained the 911 call made on Saturday morning -- in which the Top Pot employee tells the dispatcher Golden and a friend snuck in through an unlocked door, stole keys and a bunch of donuts ... and then ran off.
The woman also claims the Seattle Seahawks star then came back to the scene of the crime, returned the keys, and tried to blame his friend for the heist ... but the employee says she watched Tate "running from behind the counter."
Ultimately, cops arrived to the scene and issued Tate a "trespass warning."
Golden later said he broke into the place because the smell of the maple bars was "irresistible."