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Cardell Hayes was found GUILTY of manslaughter in the killing of former Saints star Will Smith by a jury in New Orleans ... and could face up to 40 years in prison.

Smith was shot and killed by Hayes on April 9th after a road rage incident. His trial started Monday ... and went through the weekend. The jury started deliberating earlier this afternoon ... and just reached a verdict.

Hayes was found guilty of manslaughter ... and attempted manslaughter.

Saints coach Sean Payton ... as well as ex-Saint Deuce McAllister were present in court while the verdict was read.

The judge tentatively scheduled Hayes' sentencing for February 17th.

Former WWE superstar Shad Gaspard nailed a real-life takedown of an armed robber Saturday night at a Florida convenience store.

Coral Springs PD tells TMZ Sports ... they responded to a call around midnight for an attempted armed robbery at the store. According to police, the suspect appeared to be drunk, walked up to Shad and said, "Hey man, buy me a beer." When Shad said, "There's a better way to ask than that" ... police say the suspect whipped out his firearm.

The store clerk says Shad quickly shoved the suspect against the cooler door, grabbed the guy's gun and it fell to the ground.

Shad tells us he was trying to remove the gun's magazine when he saw an air canister compartment, and realized it was just a BB gun. The 6'7", nearly 300 lb. ex-wrestler took over at that point -- taking the dumbass to the ground and holding him until officers arrived.

Pro Wrestling Sheet also reported Shad's heroics, which were pretty bad ass ... especially considering he didn't know it was a BB gun. That makes no difference to cops, btw -- the suspect was booked for robbery with a weapon.

#STO

Right after Lamar Jackson won the Heisman Trophy it fell into the hands of Johnny Manziel, which can only mean one thing -- Lamar doesn't believe in jinxes.

Floyd Mayweather was gonna make $35,000 for 90 minutes of work at a Vegas nightclub ... but blew it off because he didn't feel like leaving Europe ... this according to a new lawsuit.

Mayweather's being sued by the SLS Hotel in Vegas -- which says they had a deal with Mayweather to host his 39th birthday party at their Foxtail Nightclub on February 20.

All Floyd had to do was show up ... host the party and do the red carpet -- and bam, easy $35,000.

The SLS says he even got half the money in advance.

Problem is ... Floyd allegedly bailed at the last minute so he could "stay in Europe for his birthday."

Obviously, the club was pissed ... and demanded the advance back, which Floyd has allegedly refused to fork over.

The SLS is suing for the money back -- plus additional damages.

Lacey Von Erich -- part of the legendary Von Erich wrestling family -- says she was forbidden to date wrestlers by her family ... because the profession is riddled with drug addiction and suicide.

We got Lacey -- who's developing a female wrestling league with Hulk Hogan's daughter, Brooke -- and she talked to us about her childhood crush on The Rock ... pretty fun stuff.

Good news for Bryce Harper ... baseball expert Peter Gammons says someone will definitely pay the small fortune he wants ... telling TMZ Sports the owners have the money, and it's just a matter of who.

Harper is reportedly looking for RECORD dough in the form of a 10 year, $400 million deal ... a deal some say the Washington Nationals are hesitant to give him.

We got Peter Gammons -- a legendary MLB writer and analyst -- out in D.C. He said he's sure Harper is going to get his big-time guap ... and he had a GREAT reason why.

"The owners have an 11 billion dollar industry ... somebody will give it to him."

Donald Trump just arrived at the annual Army-Navy Football Game ... and to say he did so to a thunderous applause would be an understatement.

The President-Elect showed up midway through the first quarter -- he's got seats in a private booth with a protective glass shield -- and fans went nuts. It's unclear who Trump's pulling for, but the Army team prepped him a personal locker ... so maybe they've got a leg up.

Either way ... Army's gonna need any and all support they can get, the team's dropped 14 straight to Navy.

DeAndre Jordan was a very happy man on Friday after being awarded joint custody of his 1-year-old son ... the latest in a custody war with his baby mama.

LeBron James and company pulled an awesome gag on fans Friday night ... "Rickrolling" the sell out crowd before dominating the Miami Heat.

The Cavaliers held '80s Night at The Q in Cleveland ... and when it came time for starting lineups, the scoreboard switched from its standard pump-up vid to the prank.

LeBron with long hair looks ... good? And Khloe Kardashian might want Tristan Thompson to bring home that Jheri curl wig.

Just for giggles, check out LeBron Jr. after the game -- the 12-year-old sunk a half-court shot like it was nothing. Get that kid an awful 80s outfit.

Matt Millen says all traces of his work in Detroit are "long gone" ... and he couldn't be more proud of how the Lions have bounced back into one of the best teams in the NFL.

Of course, Millen was the President and CEO of the Lions from 2001 to 2008 and posted a 31-84 record during his run with the team and took responsibility for the results.

Now that it's been 8 years since his ousting, Millen says there's ZERO hard feelings -- he's thrilled for the city of Detroit and incredibly impressed by QB Matt Stafford.

LEAVE STEVE BARTMAN ALONE ... so says Cubs GM Theo Epstein ... who says Cubs fans should back off Bartman for good -- unless he CHOOSES to come out of hiding.

Of course, Bartman is the guy who was blamed for blowing the Cubs playoff run in 2003 when he interfered with a foul ball. Fans demonized him and basically ran him out of town.

But now that the Cubbies are World Series Champs, what should become of Bartman?

We asked Theo, who says the guy is more than welcome back at Wrigley ... but the team isn't going to pressure him to come out and make an appearance.

Rick Fox is serving up a big "I Told You So" to anyone who balked at his prediction League of Legends would outgrow the NHL ... and says their recent historic sell out of Staples Center is proof he was right.

We had talked to Fox a little while ago at LAX (guy flies more than Superman) and he'd told us he thinks eSports has a chance to pass the NHL as the nation's fourth sport.

Some balked at the idea ... but that was before the recent League of Legends championships sold out Staples center in an incredible 45 minutes and drew 36 million viewers ... something that doesn't happen in the NHL.

When we got Fox -- who, of course, owns an eSports team -- at LAX ... it was time for the 3 time champion to win another ring ... at gloating.

Khloe Kardashian's free to start planning a Christmas wedding to Tristan Thompson, now that she and Lamar Odom are finally single in the eyes of the law ... or they will be very shortly.

According to their final divorce docs, stamped by the judge ... their split will be legal on December 17. In the docs, obtained by TMZ, the exes both waived spousal support. As for their assets ... Khloe and Lamar are splitting their production company, Khlomar, and a checking account right down the middle.

She's keeping her interest in DASH Boutique and he's keeping his NBA 401(k) plan. They'd already sold their marital home, and Khloe's keeping the Calabasas home where she currently lives.

This brings their glacial-paced divorce proceedings to a close. Khloe first filed divorce docs in December 2013, withdrew it after his near-fatal OD ... and then refiled in May 2016.

The end.

Drake spotting at a women's college basketball game in Malibu today ... where the rap star was on hand to watch Pepperdine vs. UNLV ... all to support a smokin' hot pair of baller twins.

Everyone knows Drake is a huge fan of the Gonzalez twins -- Dylan and Dakota -- stars on the UNLV squad. He's been seen at their games before.

But this time, Drizzy followed the Running Rebels on a road trip to cheer on his ladies -- and we're told once word spread he was on campus, a bunch of students raced to the gym to catch a peek.

By the way, UNLV won ... thanks to a stellar performance from the sisters.

Eddie George says the white-hot Dallas Cowboys will sweep both the MVP and Rookie of The Year Awards ... with one player ... telling TMZ Sports Ezekiel Elliott should WIN THEM BOTH.

The Cowboys have multiple guys up for both Trophies (Dak could slide into either one as well) but when we got George out in NYC he made it clear ... Zeke deserves em both.

It's been done before ... NFL great Earl Campbell pulled the feat off back in 1978 ... and Eddie thinks Zeke is having a beastly enough season to get on that guy's level.

Adrien Broner just learned the hard way ... if you're going to record a threesome on your phone -- DON'T LET IT GO PUBLIC!!!

A Nevada court just ordered the boxer to fork over $175,000 (plus other fees) to one of his co-stars from a 2013 romp after the footage mysteriously surfaced on World Star Hip Hop.

Broner had argued that he didn't intentionally leak the video (which was shot with the consent of his 2 partners) ... but he had lost the phone he shot it on and someone else posted it.

So, why didn't Broner have a password on his phone?

The boxer testified that he has 3 phones on him at all times -- a business phone, a family phone and a "ho phone" (his actual words).

Broner says he simply never bothered to password protect the ho phone -- so anyone could've had access to his x-rated library.

The jury bought Broner's story and found that he did not act intentionally ... just negligently ... and ordered him to fork over the $40k in lost wages and $135k for pain and suffering.