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Shaq's Hebrew session comes just days after New York Knicks superstar Amar'e Stoudemire revealed that he might be Jewish ... and two weeks after Jewish-born Jeremy Piven hit one of the greatest trick shots of all time.

Sources close to Dennis tell TMZ the former NBA star was the passenger in a green Range Rover traveling on I-95 in Fort Lauderdale, FL ... when one of the tires blew out. We're told the car flipped three times and Dennis had to be pulled from the car by a few good Samaritans who had stopped to help.

We're told the people who helped pull Dennis out of the wreckage later asked for autographs ... but Rodman politely declined.

Evans was busted Memorial Day weekend and eventually pled no contest to reckless driving.

According to several reports, Jong-Il was fuming at the team's 0-3 showing during the tournament -- which included a 7-0 loss to Portugal -- so he and 400 government officials called the squad into a meeting, where they were verbally bashed for 6 hours.

Jong-Il was reportedly so mad at the coach -- Kim Jong-Hun -- that he ordered the dude to perform hard labor AND stripped him of his membership to Jong-Il's political party ... probably a blessing in disguise.

On the bright side -- past North Korean athletes and coaches who've failed to produce have been reportedly shipped off to prison camps ... so there's that.

James was scheduled to get in the ring with Susan Finkelstein -- the woman who posted a Craigslist ad offering sex for Philadelphia Phillies tickets ... and Screech was supposed to ref the fight.

But just before the fight -- scheduled to go down in New Jersey -- we're told EMT's determined Devon's blood pressure was too high and expressed concern over her poor performance in the eyeball reaction test.

Stoudemire's agent tells us, "I know there are some reports that he is Jewish, but he is not. He thinks there may be some Jewish blood on his mother's side and he is researching it."

Amar'e -- who just signed a $100 million contract with the NY Knicks -- is currently vacationing in Israel, where he's learning Hebrew and "studying the religions there."

Troy was leaving Red O restaurant in L.A. when he broke the news.

It's pretty unusual for a celeb to spill the beans before ABC makes its official announcement ... so if he was being serious, there might be some hell to pay down the line.

Calls to ABC have not yet been returned.

UPDATE: Apparently, Troy was kidding ... and posted the following message on his Twitter page -- "I will not be on DWTS ... interferes with American Idol auditions."

In the photos -- which were taken around 6:15 PM on Tuesday at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh -- you can see the plane veer to one side while attempting to land ... and then violently crash.

Roush -- who's the owner of Roush Fenway Racing -- and his only passenger Brenda Strickland were both transported to a local hospital and treated for non-life threatening injuries.

Apparently, somebody forgot to remove Bush from the Heisman count the first time around ... so they posted a brand new media guide online this morning ... with the anti-Reggie math.

As everyone on the planet reported -- USC is removing all traces of Bush from the university after the NCAA ruled that Reggie received improper benefits while playing for the Trojans.

According to our friends at ProFootballTalk.com -- which broke the story -- Owens signed a one year deal and will earn a base salary of $2 million ... with an opportunity to make an extra $2 mil if he hits certain performance-based incentives.

We spoke to T.O. yesterday in L.A. - and he told us he definitely wants to play for a contender (and alongside his buddy Chad Ochocinco) -- but the money's got to be right too. Owens made $6.5 million last year in Buffalo.

Earlier today, a self-shot camera phone nudie pic began circulating on the web -- but Bennett's rep tells us the NFL star has no idea who could have posted it ... or when it was even taken.

Bennett's rep tells us they're pretty confident the mystery poster is not a bitter ex-GF ... telling us, "Martellus has been single – openly single – for quite some time."

It all went down -- hard -- during a skate demonstration at the Action Sports Weekend event at Downtown Disney's Main Plaza in Anaheim, CA -- where Tony attempted to land a 540 ... and failed.

Tony was forced to roll on over to the UC Irvine Trauma Center, where according to Tony's blog, he was treated for a sheared pelvis and hematoma.

LBJ decided to party it up at TAO Las Vegas at the Venetian Hotel and Casino last night.

Owens is famously tight with current Bengals star WR Chad Ochocinco and has expressed interest in the past about joining the squad.