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The Game just went full Master P ... saying he won't watch a Lakers game this year if the team doesn't immediately sign Lamar Odom ... when he's felling well enough to play.

Game was out in L.A. when we asked him if he thinks Lamar could be back on the court ... a tall order being that Odom still has a long medical road ahead of him ... including a possible kidney transplant ... just to live a normal life.

Check out the clip -- Game is adamant that Lamar could be back but goes further and says he SHOULD be back ... telling our guy he "won't watch a game" unless the team ... including Kobe Bryant ... gives LO another shot.

Get well first, LO.

Ray Lewis says ... when you're rocking a $250k wardrobe, you're LESS LIKELY to kill someone ... and that's kind of the new defense he's using to explain why he didn't murder anybody during an incident back in 2000.

Lewis opened up about the violent incident in Atlanta in 2000 ... in which 2 people were stabbed to death during an altercation involving Lewis' entourage.

Ray has always denied having any hand in the killings, but ultimately pled guilty to obstruction of justice.

In his new book, "I Feel Like Going On" ... Ray addresses the long standing rumors that he was directly responsible for killing the two men.

"Remember, I was dressed out, had my jewelry on, my fine mink coat. I wasn't about to start mixing it up looking like that. That's the general rule of thumb when you're doing the town and looking good. The nicer you're dressed, the less inclined you are to get in a fight -- that is, if you're even inclined in that way to begin with."

Ray says he was leaving a party that night with his entourage, when some "gangbangers" rolled up on his crew and hit one of Ray's friends in the head with a champagne bottle.

"But I didn't engage with these dudes," Lewis says ... "No, sir. I tried to disengage."

At one point, shots were fired ... one bullet struck the limo's tire.

"There I was, all dressed out in my mink coat, my fine suit. Dude dresses like that, he's not looking for a fight. How I was dressed, it made no sense with what went down, those shots being fired, all of that. Forget what kind of statement my clothes might have made. Forget that I might have been a little loud, over the top. Point is, when you're dressed like that, you're off to the sidelines, and here were these gangbangers stepping out to us from the shadows, looking to make trouble -- but it was trouble we drove right past."

Lewis says he didn't know that anyone had been stabbed in the altercation until he got home and turned on the TV and saw cops were looking for his limo.

Ray eventually settled with the victims' families in civil court -- though Ray says the settlement is NOT an admission of guilt.

So, this is actually happening -- Roger Clemens in a real life pitching duel with Oil Can Boyd ... in a real life baseball game ... in the year 2015.

It's all going down in the Men's Senior Baseball League -- 50 and over division -- in Tempe, Arizona.

Both Roger's Houston Old Stars and Oil Can's Boston Wolf Pack beat a bunch of other old guys from around the country to play in the World Series tonight ... 26 years after they were teammates on the Red Sox.

Dennis Hof is not paying the 2 hookers who cavorted with Lamar Odom at the Love Ranch brothel, because he now believes they may have had something to do with Lamar doing drugs at the facility.

It's a sharp turn for Hof who, up until now, has insisted as far as he knew Lamar did not do drugs at the Ranch. As we reported, doctors found cocaine in Lamar's system a week ago when he was admitted to the hospital.

The hookers' deal with Hof was to split the $75k Lamar paid -- so they were to get $37,500 which they would equally divide.

But now Hof says the women may not be stand-up hookers, saying, "They will not answer questions about Lamar or possible drug use while he was here. I'm suspicious."

Hof says based on their reaction they know more than they're saying.

One of the hookers reportedly denied any suggestion she supplied Odom with drugs.

Khloe Kardashian just thanked everyone who has prayed for Lamar Odom and supported her over the last week.

Khloe posted on her website, "The past week has been incredibly difficult. I am so thankful to family, friends, and fans, who have sent nothing but prayers and well wishes to Lamar."

She added, "I also want to take a moment to thank everyone at Sunrise Hospital, including the amazing doctors and nurses for their kindness and diligent work. Under their amazing care, incredible strides have been made."

And Khloe offered wisdom ... "You can never be prepared for an experience like this, but without the outpouring of love and endless prayers that Lamar has received and the strength I was given from my loved ones, it would have been difficult to endure. Thank you for your continued support. God is great!!!"

University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino is calling out a former assistant coach ... claiming if Andre McGee hired hookers for players, he needs to come clean ASAP.

Pitino issued a new statement on the scandal after 5 former players/recruits told ESPN that they DID attend parties with strippers paid for by McGee -- the team's former graduate assistant coach.

"I don't know if any of this is true or not, there's only one person who knows the truth and he needs to come out and tell the truth to his teammates, to the University of Louisville, to his fans, and to his coaches that have taught him to do the right thing for years and allowed him to be part of something special here," Pitino said.

As we previously reported, a self-described "madam" has penned a book in which she claims McGee not only used her services to provide strippers at parties ... but he also paid for players to have sex with the women.

"If these things are not true, and I keep using the word if, there's only one person who can give these solutions to these problems. It's Andre McGee," Pitino said.

"It's time to give back to his team, his university and coaches and tell the NCAA the truth and tell everyone else who was at one time very proud of him the truth."

"He owes that to his parents, to his university, to his teammates and his coaches. This is not only an NCAA issue here. It's more than that. There's more to it. His teammates that believed in him, his coaches that believed in him, the community that believed in him, put our trust in him to do the right things."

Talk about a politician willing to go toe-to-toe ... check out Canada's new Prime Minister elect Justin Trudeau BEATING THE CRAP out of a guy in a 2012 boxing match!!

Trudeau is in the red trunks -- and took on Patrick Brazeau (a conservative senator with a military and martial arts background).

Brazeau was the 3-1 favorite in the fight ... but Trudeau UNLEASHED THE FURY ... and beat P.B. so badly, the ref had to stop the fight in the 3rd round.

For the record, the fight was to raise money for cancer research ... but check out the video, this is the guy who was elected to run Canada Monday night -- which begs the question, think he could take Putin?

Khloe Kardashian has put the brakes on her relationship with James Harden, in the wake of Lamar Odom's medical crisis ... sources tell TMZ.

We're told Khloe is putting her relationship with the NBA star on ice, and as one source puts it, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see she still has deep feelings for Lamar.

TMZ broke the story ... Khloe will be by Lamar's side during his rehab, which will take many months.

As we reported, Khloe and Lamar both signed the final divorce docs, but it takes anywhere from 2 to 4 months to process.

Here's Eagles superfan Bradley Cooper ... sitting with Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie ... singing the Eagles fight song ... as the Eagles crushed the Giants Monday night.

Pretty cool shot ... unless you're a Giants fan.

Roddy Piper had a secret talent ... music ... so says his daughter Ariel Teal Toombs who tells TMZ Sports they had plans to duet together for her album before he passed away.

Toombs is an aspiring singer who was talking to us about her plans for her first album -- when she brought up the role her father was supposed to play in the project ... and got very emotional.

"My dad sings ... I'm sorry, sang," Toombs said. "He was actually very musical. He had an amazing ear."

Piper passed away back in July -- and Toombs says she thinks about him every single day. It's clear he will have a huge influence on the album.

RIP Roddy.

BTW, just found a Roddy Piper music video from 1992 ... DUDE CAN SING!!

Lamar Odom's kidneys are failing and he may need a transplant ... TMZ has learned.

Sources familiar with Lamar's medical condition tell TMZ, the organs that have failed have all bounced back in significant degree, except the kidneys. As one source put it, "His kidneys are shot."

Lamar is at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in L.A., and we're told he will undergo 6 hours of dialysis a day, but the end game may well be a transplant.

As for his move from Vegas to L.A., our sources say the main reason for the change is so Lamar can get better specialized care. His condition has improved, but the move is not a signal he's out of the woods.

We're told doctors at Cedars will be performing brain tests, which will help determine the extent of damage the strokes had on Lamar.

Chris Rock took ANOTHER shot at the QB situation in Washington D.C. -- joking that if he didn't kill it at an awards show in D.C. this weekend, he'd be swapped out for Kirk Cousins.

Rock was performing at the John F. Kennedy Center where Eddie Murphy received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor ... when he turned the crosshairs on Dan Snyder's squad.

As our friends at ForTheWin pointed out, Rock hasn't been shy about issues with the 'Skins -- back in September he tweeted, "I don't know what's more racist . There logo or there treatment of RG3."

[h/t FTW]

Mike Ditka might wanna check for holes in his undies this morning ... 'cause it sounded like he RIPPED A GALE FORCE STINKER right on Cris Carter last night.

The two were doing their thing on ESPN's "Monday Night Countdown" when Da Coach pulled the 'ol fart lean move -- and you can hear what sounds like Ditka just letting one rip.

Carter starts to crack up ... the whole thing is pretty funny.

Don't worry Mike -- you're not the only legend who's been caught farting on live TV ... right Whoopi?

There aren't a lot of people who can make Vince McMahon feel poor ... but Jerry Jones is definitely one of those people.

The two moguls came face-to-face behind the scenes at WWE's 'Monday Night Raw' in Dallas last night ... and as our good friends at BSO pointed out, it was the meeting of some HUGE bank accounts.

Question is ... who's got the bigger wallet?

Well, according to Forbes, it ain't even close -- with the Dallas Cowboys owner reportedly worth about $5 BILLION and Vince worth somewhere in the $1 billion range.

Ex-Cleveland Browns star Eric Metcalf says ENOUGH IS ENOUGH when it comes to Johnny Manziel -- and the team should finally drop the QB because he's a magnet for bad publicity.

Metcalf -- who was a stud for the Browns back in the '90s -- says the latest example is Manziel's brush with police last week ... in which his GF claimed the QB hit her a couple of times during a domestic dispute, though Johnny was ultimately NOT arrested.

"I don't think he should be with the Browns, just because of all the things he's gotten into. It's all bad publicity," Metcalf says.

"He's not really helping the football team right now and every time you hear his name it's negative. At this point they should move on. It's tough to say about a player, but at this point, they should move on."

8:15 PM PT -- Lamar and Khloe left Vegas for L.A. at 5:30 PM via helicopter.

Lamar Odom is on his way back to L.A. for more specialized treatment ... TMZ has confirmed.

Odom is flying back to L.A., accompanied by Khloe Kardashian. As we reported, Khloe has vowed to be by Lamar's side throughout his rehab, which will take months.

Our sources say Lamar has numerous unresolved medical issues. We believe he will be admitted to an L.A. area medical facility for further treatment.

Odom is expected to survive, but doctors have cautioned his family there will be some permanent damage, though the extent is unclear.