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LeBron James might be the 2nd most famous person at Cavs games this year ... because Khloe Kardashian was courtside in Cleveland.

Khloe showed up to watch Tristan Thompson in the Cavs annual Wine and Gold scrimmage on Sunday.

Relax Pats fans ... YOUR SAVIOR HAS RETURNED!!!

While the Patriots went down in flames to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday, Tom Brady threw on the pads for a private workout at a high school in Brookline, MA.

Check out the deep ball Brady fires in our video ... it's pretty.

He also worked on his footwork -- as seen in video obtained by Tim Whelan of MetroWestDaily in MA.

Of course, Brady was suspended for the first 4 games of the season for that whole DeflateGate thing .. but he's set to make his comeback next week in Cleveland (sorry Browns fans).

Looks like Brady's recharged after that trip to Italy last week ... and if you've seen the pics, it's obvious why.

Rory McIlroy was in no mood for hecklers Saturday at the Ryder Cup ... especially when someone in the peanut gallery yelled, "suck a d***."

You really have to listen closely to the video ... someone screams "SUCK!!!" which is then followed by a guy with a low voice, commanding, "Suck a d***."

The guy in the striped shirt seems to be the offender, and he was yanked from the crowd by security and removed.

Shawne Merriman could be the the next NFL star to get in the cage -- telling TMZ Sports he's actually had talks with Bellator about a real MMA fight ... and he's dead serious.

The former NFL star has been training with MMA fighters for almost a decade -- and says he'd be down to do it, if the conditions were right.

In fact, Shawne says he's jokingly talked to Bellator president Scott Coker about it -- but says, "there's always some seriousness behind every joke."

We asked Coker about the possibility of S.M. steppin' into the cage. He told us, "Shawne is a great friend to Bellator with some serious martial arts skills. I have no doubt that he could find success in this sport and when he's ready for his first fight, we'll be here to promote it."

Angelina Jolie just added a couple of aces to her already star-studded lineup of legal eagles -- coming on board are the 2 lawyers who helped Shelly Sterling execute the sale of the L.A. Clippers.

Sources close to the situation tell TMZ ... Angelina hired Pierce O'Donnell and Bert Fields in a move to bolster her team that's led by disso queen Laura Wasser. The explanation is simple -- Pierce and Bert are accomplished trial lawyers who add firepower to the team.

Obvious question -- Why does Angie need trial lawyers? Glad you asked ... if her divorce case with Brad Pitt gets super ugly ... well, it becomes a whole "May it please the court" thing.

And the Academy Award goes to ... someone other than Clay Matthews.

But hey, at least when it comes to reenacting scenes from classic movies ... the Packers star gets an A for effort.

DeSean Jackson plans to make a huge statement on the field on Sunday -- but not just with his play ... with his cleats.

Jackson commissioned artist Marcus Rivero -- a.k.a. SolesBySir -- to put a yellow caution tape design on his cleats to protest the deaths of African Americans at the hands of police officers.

We reached out to Jackson for a comment ... and were told "I've seen enough yellow caution tape and it's time for a stand and a change in our community and society."

"Senseless killings have been ongoing for awhile and police brutality in our black community ... and as a young black leader with a stage and platform I'm starting awareness to help prevent these killings, and hopefully get justice to these cops who have taken lives of innocent human beings."

Jackson says he doesn't just want justice, but also "a change with the decision making on these cop killings."

"I am also coming up with a master plan to start a movement" with the intention of making a real impact.

We're told Jackson plans to wear the cleats during pregame warmups tomorrow ... and possibly during the game.

With a TON of huge celebs becoming partial owners of the UFC -- from Sly Stallone to Ben Affleck -- Dana White says he welcomes their input ... especially if Tom Brady wants to weigh in!

Jay Glazer says he genuinely cares for troubled NFL star Josh Gordon -- and says if there's anyone who can help him deal with his addiction issues, it's his good friend Demi Lovato.

Master P says Ricky Williams called the shots when it came to putting together his infamous 1999 NFL rookie contract and all he did was help the Heisman winner get the deal HE wanted.

Master P joined the guys on the "TMZ Sports" TV show (airs Friday night on FS1) -- and explained how the deal got done when Williams was a client at P's No Limit Sports agency.

"Ricky was the type of guy that ... he wanted to do what he wanted to do," P explained.

"I mean he wanted $8 mil up front. He didn't care what the incentives was. If he didn't do that deal with me he was gonna do it with somebody else."

"He was poor. He didn't have any money. He needed the money up front and he thought that $8 million ... he was going to turn it into something else. He had some other business ideas."

FYI, the contract famously contained a max value of $68 MILLION -- but only if Ricky hit some spectacularly tough to achieve performance incentives.

It's been criticized as one of the worst contracts in NFL history.

Master P says Ricky ended up making around $14 mil on the deal -- but says there were bigger issues ... and suggested that Williams got lazy in his career and lost the drive to perform.

7:00 PM PT -- A rep for McGinest tells TMZ Sports the NFL star adamantly denies the allegations.

"Simply put, each and every allegation in this lawsuit is false. Willie's record as an upstanding member of society and his service to youth sports and giving back to the community speaks for itself."

Willie McGinest is being sued by a man who claims the ex-NFL star not only knocked him the hell out like Deebo in "Friday" ... but has terrorized him verbally ever since.

TMZ Sports has obtained a lawsuit filed by DeAndre Parks -- who claims Willie went ballistic on him back in October 2015 ... punching him in the face so hard he was knocked unconscious.

When he came to, the man claims Willie "continued to taunt [him] by laughing and boasting that he punched [him] with his left hand, insinuating that his left hand was his weak hand."

Fast forward to Sept. 2016 ... when the men ran into each other at a youth football game in which Parks' son was playing -- and Willie allegedly ordered him to leave and had other attendees run him out.

Parks claims the cops were called -- and he left without further incident.

But things came to a head again on Sept. 23rd -- when Parks claims he was confronted by Willie at another youth football game ... and Willie went berserk.

Parks claims Willie threatened to fight him again -- and called him all sorts of names including "punk," "buster," "bitch ass n**ga" and "f**got ass n**ga."

Parks says Willie also said, "You getting knocked out all over town."

Parks says he's afraid to go to police because he doesn't want to be seen as a "snitch."

Now, he's suing for more than $25k for medical expenses and other damages.

The Carson Wentz wagon is reaching capacity ... 'cause yet another Eagles superfan is hoppin' on board ... with Sly Stallone saying the rookie QB can lead Philly to a Super Bowl THIS YEAR!!

Of course, Wentz is only 3 games into his NFL career ... but Stallone explains why he's already convinced the kid can go the distance.

The Eagles are on a bye week ... but then they've got the Lions, Redskins, Vikings and Cowboys.

Fresh off the heels of a cleat controversy, Antonio Brown just had ANOTHER sick pair of kicks custom made for his next game ... a tribute to golf legend Arnold Palmer.

We spoke with Brown who tells us he went to his cleat guy, Corey Pane, and asked for something that would show his respect to "The King."

The results speak for themselves.

Remember, Brown got into some trouble with the NFL officials last week for custom blue cleats that had images of his kids painted on them. He was told to change them at halftime or else ... in part due to the colors not matching the Steelers uniform.

These new cleats happen to be in Steelers colors -- so hopefully he'll avoid any sort of drama ... especially since they're super dope.

Seems boxing star Adrien Broner just blew the lid off his secret settlement with the victim in a bowling alley attack ... hinting he paid the guy $125,000 to make the case go away.

TMZ Sports broke the story ... Broner was sued by a man who claims the boxer beat him down and robbed him outside of a Cincinnati bowling alley back in January.

The accuser sued Broner in civil court and filed a police report -- but both cases were dropped when the accuser decided to back off.

But Broner has now strongly hinted why ... MONEY!

The boxer posted on Instagram early Friday morning to bitch about all of the problems in his life -- and referenced a 6-figure settlement.

"I gave a snitch n**ga 125k in a civil suit."

Broner also noted that he paid his lawyers $150k ... and "had to give the IRS 3.7 this year."

BTW, we reached out to the IRS -- but they couldn't comment.

Broner ended his rant saying, "But God blessed me with beautiful children and the talent to make all my problems go away so I'm GOOOOOOD."

NY Knicks superstar Joakim Noah decided to skip a team dinner with cadets at West Point on Thursday night -- and claims it's because he's anti-war.

Carmelo Anthony, Derrick Rose, Kristaps Porzingis and others attended the function at the military academy in New York where the team has been training for the upcoming NBA season.

But Noah was M.I.A. at the dinner Thursday night -- where military officials also gave speeches to the team -- and Friday he told reporters he was making a political stand because he didn't feel comfortable and hates war.

The Knicks have been training at West Point for a few years -- but this is Noah's first season with the team.

10:50 AM PT -- A rep for Noah tells TMZ Sports, "He has the utmost respect for the military members and cadets. He just doesn't agree with war."

L.A. Reid says he's stoked the NFL tapped Lady Gaga for the Super Bowl LI halftime show ... despite the fact he once DROPPED her from his record label.

True story.

Back in 2006, Reid 86'd Gaga from Epic Records ... and now calls it "the biggest mistake of my career."

He recently explained the whole situation to FOX 5 saying, "I feel a little bad about it. I do. I feel bad. I signed her. She comes in, she plays the piano, she’s incredible, she sings, I sign her, I tell her she’s going to change music. A couple of months later I say, maybe I wasn’t right. Maybe I don’t like this so much and I make the biggest mistake of my career. I dropped Lady Gaga."

Good news ... they managed to move past it -- and he's still a huge fan.