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Johnny Manziel looks like he's ready to hang up his chick-chasing cleats -- and he and his GF let everyone know it this weekend with an Instagram that's either totally romantic, or borderline stalker-ish.

Smoke show Colleen Crowley posted a pic of herself pretending to kiss a screen showing Johnny's news conference after his first NFL preseason game -- which you'd expect. He's Johnny Football, after all.

So, is Johnny getting serious enough to strap himself to one chick ... just as he's on the verge of NFL stardom?

Ontario County Sheriff Philip C. Povero said he has now reviewed a second video from the fatal crash this weekend involving Tony Stewart ... but still does not see anything that indicates this was a criminal act.

Stewart has yet to be charged in the accident that claimed the life Saturday night of 20-year-old Kevin Ward Jr. Povero said the autopsy on Ward was completed and the cause of death was massive blunt trauma.

Greg Oden allegedly flew into a booze-fueled rage, and punched his estranged girlfriend in the face THREE times before calling police to report himself.

Details of Oden's arrest last week were just released by cops in Marion County, Indiana -- and it paints a brutal picture. The girlfriend told police she and Oden had been at a nightclub where she says he'd been drinking shots and beers ... and when they got home things turned violent.

According to the docs ... Oden grabbed her and shoved her onto the couch ... and then started throwing "closed fist" punches to her face. The woman says he hit her 3 times -- once in the left eye, once in the forehead, and once in the nose.

She says the shot to her forehead opened a gash from which she started bleeding -- and Greg stopped attacking once he saw the blood. The victim was hospitalized and had to get 3 stitches between her eyebrows, and suffered a broken nose.

In the docs, a friend who was in the house says she overheard some talk of the girlfriend possibly cheating on Greg ... which might have sparked the fight.

Peyton and Eli Manning have topped themselves in the rap game -- making complete fools of themselves with more awful lyrics and more auto-tuning ... and yet, it's freakin' awesome.

This time the Manning Brothers are pimping out a new fantasy football channel on DirecTV, which Eli raps is like "a fantasy football fantasy."

There are a few other NFL cameos ("Broadway" Joe Namath) and more terrible, terrible verses ("A shower that showers you in tiny footballs") ... but you gotta look out for the flying horse. You can't possibly hate on a Pegasus.

MMA fighter War Machine is still a fugitive from justice -- after allegedly brutalizing his girlfriend -- because he thinks he's doomed if he surrenders to police.

War Machine, who's been on the run since the fight early Friday morning, tweeted late last night that he went to the home of his porn star girlfriend Christy Mack to propose to her -- but found another man at her house when he got there.

Christy ended up in the hospital, and police named War Machine their #1 suspect. In one of his tweets, he said ... "The cops will never give me fair play, never believe me."

The reason Rory McIlroy is kicking every other golfer's ass is simple -- he unloaded that ball and chain, otherwise known as Caroline Wozniacki ... that's how Rory sees it anyway, and he had the cajones to say it out loud.

Don't blame Tony Stewart for the accident that killed Kevin Ward Jr. -- blame Ward ... at least that's the way the star of "Purge: Anarchy" sees it.

Frank Grillo broke down the horrific video of the Canandaigua Speedway tragedy with us Sunday night outside Madeo -- and he immediately stated, "Totally not Tony Stewart's fault!"

There's been a ton of speculation Stewart lost his temper, and cops are still investigating ... but Grillo explains why he thinks Tony did the best he could, under the circumstances.

Interesting theory.

UFC fighter Joe Riggs has a huge hole in his leg, and another in his hand ... but he's still vowing to fight again as early as December -- which is unbelievable when you see how badly his hand was injured in a gun accident.

TMZ Sports broke the story ... Riggs was cleaning his Sig Sauer 1911 pistol last month when the weapon discharged, blowing a hole in his left leg. He also severely jacked up his left hand. Fair warning ... these pics of the damage are gruesome.

We're told Riggs' doctors are only willing to say he will "eventually" make a full recovery -- but the fighter is confident he'll be ready to go before year's end.

U.S. Olympian Joshua Mance's dream of bangin' a porn star could still be alive -- 'cause one of the hottest women in the flesh biz tells TMZ Sports she's willing to give him a shot at her gold medal.

We shot Josh a few weeks back, and the Olympic silver medalist made an impassioned plea for us to hook him up with porn star Skin Diamond -- which didn't exactly work out.

But sometimes when one door closes, another hole opens -- because Courtney Taylor tells us she saw our video of Joshua, and thinks ..."He is super cute. I'd be all about that boy."

Courtney -- star of "Art Of Anal 2" and "Interracial Swingers 1" -- says she's ready to introduce Josh to her style of banging, telling us ... "Trust me, he'd love his first porn star experience."

Ball's in your court, Josh ... until Courtney gets a hold of 'em.

Investigators collected ZERO video from Tony Stewart and Kevin Ward Jr.'s race teams after Saturday night's tragedy because the Sheriff says it does not exist -- which TMZ Sports has learned is a little strange.

Ontario County Sheriff Philip Povero tells TMZ Sports they checked Stewart's #14 sprint car -- and Ward's #13 -- to see if there was mini-cam footage of the moment the NASCAR superstar barreled into Ward ... but came up with zilch.

It's odd because we're told -- by multiple sources in the racing world -- Stewart commonly has a mini-camera of some sort mounted on his cars when he races on smaller dirt tracks like Canandaigua. We've made multiple calls to Stewart's racing teams, but have not heard back.

The sheriff also told us there were no recordings of communication between Stewart and his pit crew -- though our sources say that's standard ops for a small race not airing on TV.

That lack of evidence perhaps explains why the sheriff has made several pleas to the public for any footage of the incident. It's simply not clear from the YouTube footage already out there if Stewart was reckless.

10:50 AM PT -- Tony Stewart just released a statement, saying … "There aren't words to describe the sadness I feel about the accident that took the life of Kevin Ward Jr. It's a very emotional time for all involved, and it is the reason I've decided not to participate in today's race at Watkins Glen."

He added, "My thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends and everyone affected by this tragedy."

Tony Stewart is just trying to "get through today" … according to the exec from his racing team who announced Stewart was bowing out of today's NASCAR Sprint Cup Race.

Greg Zipadelli, a V.P. at Stewart-Haas Racing, was visibly emotional as he held the news conference in Watkins Glens, NY … describing Stewart's state of mind hours after he hit and killed fellow driver Kevin Ward Jr. during a race at a nearby track.

Zipadelli talked about Stewart's decision not to race today -- the team initially said he would -- calling it, "the right thing to do."

Reporters were instructed not to ask about the investigation into Ward's death.

7:45 AM PT -- Stewart has pulled out of today's Sprint Cup race. His team says Regan Smith will fill-in behind the wheel of Stewart's #14 car.

NASCAR superstar Tony Stewart drove his race car into another driver Saturday night … sending the man to the hospital where he was later pronounced dead.

Kevin Ward Jr. had gotten out of his #13 car after an on-track accident involving Stewart during a sprint car race (dirt track) in Canandaigua, NY.

There is a warrant out for the arrest of former NFL wide receiver Titus Young, and TMZ Sports has learned it shouldn't be hard for cops to find him … since he's already behind bars.

It's weird, but law enforcement sources tell us ... Young was arrested back in March for reckless driving, which, pardon the phrase, flew under the radar. Cops say the ex-Lions receiver was driving over 110 MPH in his Porsche and weaving in and out of traffic.

Young was arrested, charged with reckless driving (a misdemeanor) … and released.

But Young doubled down in July -- allegedly -- as TMZ Sports previously reported, he was arrested in Compton last month after getting into a fight with his lawyer. He's been in jail ever since because he has not posted the $130,000 bail.

But last week, the judge in his reckless driving case issued a bench warrant for Young's arrest … clearly unaware he's already behind bars.

NFL Hall of Famer and Texas legend Earl Campbell is about to get a prestigious honor, but all he really cares about is hooking up again with his old pal Matthew McConaughey.

Campbell and McConaughey are set to receive the 'Distinguished Service' honor from University of Texas alumni group "Texas Exes" -- and Earl kinda shocked us when he revealed that he and Matt used to kick it in Austin.

But the Heisman winner knows a lot has changed since those days -- like Matt becoming an Oscar winner -- and he confessed he has one concern about their October reunion.

Watch the video -- Earl's one of the sweetest NFL tough guys (dude ran like a Mack truck) ... so we're sure he's got nothing to worry about.

It appears that the MLB organization doesn't have an HR department... because there is a whole lot of inappropriate touching going down between teammates.