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Terrifying video of Atlanta Braves infielder Sean John Rodriguez ... whose SUV was t-boned by a stolen cop car while driving with his family.

It all went down in Miami on Saturday ... Rodriguez and his family were just on a regular outing in their black Chevy Suburban when the stolen cop car plowed into them and exploded into flames.

The suspect had allegedly stolen the car from a nearby restaurant after distracting the officers -- and was speeding off when he crashed into Rodriguez. The suspect was killed in the crash.

Rodriguez appeared okay -- his wife and 2 children (8 years old and 2 years old) were hospitalized. The kids are in serious but stable condition. His wife is in fair condition ... according to our friends at WSVN.com.

A good Samaritan on scene saw the crash and helped pull the family out of the car.

The Braves issued a statement saying their thoughts and prayers are with the Rodriguez family.

Soulja Boy's stepping up to the heavyweight ranks for his fight with Chris Brown -- he's got Evander Holyfield training him now, instead of Floyd Mayweather.

Soulja's promoter, Wack 100, tells us he reached out to the ex-champ and hooked them up on the phone. He says Soulja pitched himself to Evander ... convincing him he's serious about the boxing match with Chris.

We're told Soulja did a lot of talking about "knocking out" Chris, but Evander gave him a quick tip: train harder, talk less. He also assured the skinny singer he can get him into true knockout form. Of course, the nemesis of Evander's ears -- Mike Tyson -- is training Chris, but we're told his name didn't come up during the initial convo.

As for why Floyd is out ... Soulja felt like he was too busy with other interests. We're told there's no hard feelings, just business.

Here's Ray Lewis showing us all what a live show of "Hot In Herre" would look like if Nelly was 250 pounds ... punishing a lip sync performance of the song.

Ray's on this week's episode of "Lip Sync Battle" on Spike TV ... and we got a little preview clip of his performance of the Nelly classic (it totally is) and the dude's really, really bringing it.

Attention, Patriots fans ... Tom Brady has given specific marching orders to ALL OF YOU to get ready for the big day.

The QB took the stage at a massive pep rally at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough on Monday and told fans how they should prepare for Sunday.

Thousands of people showed up to the event ... including the Greater Boston Firefighters Pipes and Drums group, which provided the tunes.

Meanwhile, over in Atlanta ... thousands of Falcons fans packed Atlantic Station to see the team buses off.

It was a crazy scene -- and it's clear both cities are FIRED UP!!!!

Turns out, being prez does a helluva lot for the value of your signature ... 'cause a Donald Trump signed baseball just sold for OVER $2,000!!

Goldin Auctions put the authenticated Trump signed baseball on the block and it got 27 bids -- the final price was $2,082.50 when the metaphorical gavel sounded.

As we previously reported, Trump balls would routinely sell in the $100 to $200 range before he took office ... now, his signature is worth more than several other U.S. presidents.

And get this ... a Trump signed Playboy magazine from 1990 sold for $4,900.

Other autographs in the auction -- a Kristaps Porzingis signed basketball sold for $153 and Hank Aaron signed baseball sold for $184.

A George Patton handwritten and signed letter to his sister from 1915 didn't sell. The minimum bid on that was $1,500.

Oh, and here's Trump singing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" ... priceless.

Magic Johnson just came out swinging at Donald Trump -- saying the president's new immigration policy is downright UN-AMERICAN ... and he must stop acting like a dictator.

"It's wrong to discriminate against people," Johnson said leaving the Pump Brothers 50th birthday at the W Hotel Sunday night ... "We have a lot of great Muslim brothers and sisters who are here and doing a wonderful job of being great Americans."

Johnson also said he's concerned for Latinos and African-Americans as well.

Still, Magic says he's praying to God that "something will click" with Trump because "this is not right."

Odell Beckham made his triumphant return to Miami Sunday night ... 4 weeks after the infamous boat party ... only this time, there was no playoff game to worry about.

Just hours after the NY Giants superstar played in the Pro Bowl in Orlando, he got on a plane and flew out to Miami along with his pal, Von Miller.

The two hit up LIV on Sunday where they partied their faces off with the likes of Migos -- and Von's Broncos teammates, Bradley Roby and Shane Ray.

Unfortunately, Odell's boat party passengers, Victor Cruz and Trey Songz, were M.I.A. in MIA this time around.

Seems Peyton Manning is already getting some pretty strong support for a possible political career ... with Sen. John McCain praising the QB as a real-life "American hero."

Tom Brady's father is getting the muzzle -- with the Patriots QB saying he's giving his dad a media time-out after Papa Brady bashed Roger Goodell in a local news interview.

Brady just called in to 'Kirk & Callahan' on WEEI 93.7 and weighed in on Tom Sr.'s straight talk interview with KRON-TV ... in which he blasted DeflateGate as a "witch hunt."

During the interview, Tom's dad said, "Somebody that has Roger Goodell’s ethics doesn’t belong on any stage that Tom Brady is on." There was more, it's clear the Brady family ain't fans of the Commish.

So, how did Tom feel about the situation? He tried to play it cool and jokingly said his father was banned from all media interviews ... and then talked about how much he loves the guy.

If Conor McGregor wants Pacquiao ... Manny's promoter says it's as good as done!!!

Here's the deal ... Conor raised the idea of fighting PacMan during his Pay-Per-View Q&A session over the weekend while being pressed on the possibility of fighting Floyd Mayweather.

"Maybe f*ck Floyd," McGregor said ... "Maybe f*ck the A-side. Maybe I’ll just fight Pacquiao instead. Why not do that? Why not fight Manny and f*ck Floyd?”

So, we spoke with Manny's longtime promoter, Bob Arum, who said he'll do WHATEVER IT TAKES to make that fight happen.

Mostly because it's easy money ... with Arum saying Manny would KO Conor without even breaking a sweat.

It's about to go Beast Mode in Finland ... where Marshawn Lynch and Gary Barnidge are gearing up to run a female tackle football camp ... TMZ Sports has learned.

Turns out, women's football is EXPLODING in the Nordic country -- they've already got a whole bunch of female full contact pro teams ... and now, they're getting NFL guidance.

It's all part of the American Football Without Barriers foundation and Barnidge -- Cleveland Browns tight end -- says this will be the first time they'll have a women's only camp as part of the program.

The two have previously taken the program to places like China and Egypt ... and Barnidge says the programs were so successful, one of the Egyptian players was offered a spot on TWO American college football teams, Western Kentucky and South Alabama.

This year, Barnidge says a whole bunch of NFL stars, including Falcons center Alex Mack and Steelers RB DeAngelo Williams, will join the guys (and girls) in Finland ... where they're sure to spot even more top football talent.

Kobe Bryant will NEVER join Lamar Odom and Smush Parker in Ice Cube's 3-on-3 league ... that's according to Kenny Smith who says if Kobe still wanted to hoop, he'd do it in the NBA.

We got Kenny out at LAX and asked him what the chances were that Kobe would take his old teammate Smush up on his offer, and recreate the triangle with Lamar Odom this summer.

That's when Smith kept it 1000% ... saying there's a difference between the three men, and that's that Smush and LO's NBA days are extinct ... and Bryant could still get league buckets if he wanted to.

He's probably right ... but we're still hoping he's wrong.

The NFL has been very good to Tom Brady's face ... so has Father Time ... 'cause the guy seems to get better looking with age.

Here's Tom though the years ... starting as a fresh-faced college QB back in the late '90s and going right up to 2017 ... when he's still a fresh-faced 39-year-old insanely good-looking football God.

Fifth Harmony canceled their singing gig at the NHL All-Star game after Dinah became sick and had to be treated by paramedics ... TMZ has learned.

Sources at The Staples Center tell us the girls were prepping to sing the National Anthem at Saturday's game when Dinah fell physically ill. We're told someone from the dressing room asked for paramedics who put Dinah on a stretcher.

Our sources say Dinah was evaluated by EMTs but the decision was ultimately made not to transport her to a hospital.

Ronda Rousey is not a complete fighter -- and will never be able to keep up with the new crop of women competing in the UFC ... so says Daniel Cormier.

The lightweight champ says he really likes Ronda, but had to keep it real when talking about her fight career -- explaining why her days of pure domination are over.

Cormier also has a message for his UFC 210 opponent, Rumble Johnson -- saying he plans to STAND UP BOX the brawler when they face off in the Octagon on April 8.

And after that ... Cormier says he needs to fulfill his destiny and finally get that rematch with Jon Jones.

Floyd Mayweather says he's all about giving fans what they want ... and they want him in the ring with Conor McGregor.

Floyd added fuel to the fire Saturday night as he yakked with Showtime's Jim Gray, after Conor said his sights are set on fighting the boxing champ.

Floyd hedges for sure, but keeps coming back to the central point ... he's more than open to the fight.