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He may look like he's goofin' around, but Redfoo from LMFAO says he's deadly serious about a career as a PRO TENNIS PLAYER ... and he's been training his ass off to make it happen.

Here's the deal ... Redfoo has been a hardcore tennis fanatic for years -- and even dated former #1 women's player Victoria Azarenka for a few years.

And over the past few years, Redfoo says he's been studying the top players and putting in work -- and is 100% determined to be taken seriously as a pro player.

Check out the clip -- you can tell Redfoo means business.

The only problem is he's 39 -- old for an "up and coming" pro athlete ... especially since he failed to make the cut in a U.S. Open qualifier back in 2013.

But hey, anything's possible ... right?

Nothing helps you get over a D-vorce like a G-string ... just ask Lamar Odom ... who hit up a famous Vegas strip club this weekend ... just days after he and Khloe finally decided to end their marriage.

Chris Johnson is accused of trashing a rental car -- a $300,000 rental car -- but the running back says he's caught a shameless attempted cash grab ... TMZ Sports has learned.

Johnson rented a Rolls-Royce Ghost in January 2014 ... from Just 4 Luxury in Miami. J4L claims CJ paid cash upfront for 2 days, but kept the car for almost 5. They also say he ran up the miles and smashed the grill ... which had to be replaced.

The rental company's honchos tell us they plan to sue if Johnson doesn't pony up cash to cover the following:

-Rental, 3 additional days at $1,100 per day = $3,300
-Mileage charge, 500 miles at $1.50 per mile = $750
-Replacement grill = $11,000
-Grill Installation = $1,500

That would bring Johnson's tab to $16,550 -- but a rep for the NFL star says CJ denies any wrongdoing, and has paid everything he owes. The rep adds ... the car wasn't damaged, and the allegations "are not substantiated."

Whoever's responsible ... check out the dinged up grill. THAT's $11,000?!! Your Honda Accord has its advantages.

Rowdy Roddy Piper has a new excuse for Hulk Hogan's racist rant -- telling us his old wrestling pal was dealing with a major tragedy when he dropped the n-word ... over and over ... on his sex tape.

Remember when LeBron James accidentally flashed his dong on live TV during the NBA Finals? Well, it ruined one viewer's Laser Tag date ... this according to the FCC.

Hulk Hogan tried to maintain his daily regime by hitting the gym Saturday.

Hulk is on the ropes after his racist comments surfaced ... comments he made 8 years ago which were recorded on a sex tape that is now the basis of a lawsuit. He's been sacked by the WWE.

The Houston Texans cheerleaders' have AWESOME timing, which is why they're about to co-star in a music video for the #1 song in the country, "Cheerleader."

TMZ Sports found out how the Texans ladies ended up in an impromptu video shoot with Jamaican singer Samantha J. It went down last month in Atlanta ... where the team and Samantha happened to be at the same cheerleading convention.

Samantha had recently teamed up with Omi to remix his huge hit, and sources at the convention tell us she got a blast of inspiration when she met the Texans cheerleaders.

We're told the convo was as simple as you'd expect ... "You're cheerleaders. I have a cheerleading song. Let's make a video."

The remix vid is due to be released any day now. Until then, enjoy the behind the scenes pics.

Floyd Mayweather won't be in 'Creed,' but his swag will be -- Sylvester Stallone tapped Floyd's favorite boxing glove company to be the official mitt of the movie.

Elvis Grant, CEO of of Grant Worldwide tells us Sly called him personally to request his company outfit all the fighters in the latest Rocky flick. It's no wonder Stallone reached out -- Mayweather uses Grant exclusively for his fights, and umm ... last we checked that guy's 48-0.

The only thing cooler than having your company's gear in a Rocky movie ... is being in the movie yourself -- and Grant got that too. He says Sly gave him a cameo.

Baseball legend Reggie Jackson went nuclear Friday night when some autograph hungry fans tried to double dip.

You see Jackson confront a guy who he claims got back in line after already scoring an autograph outside a Cooperstown, NY restaurant. Jackson calls the guy a "c**k su**er" among other things.

In another video we've seen, he yells at a security guard, "You guys disperse the motherf***ers, tell them to get the f*** away from me!" "I need a f***ing bodyguard to keep them the f*** away."

Vince McMahon proudly hurled the n-word on national TV, which makes his decision to fire Hulk Hogan for the same offense outrageous ... so claims Hulk.

Vince was doing backstage color after a WWE event back in 2005, when he very deliberately used the n-word as he pranced away from John Cena. Even more shocking, he said it right smack in front of black wrestlers Booker T and Sharmell.

Hulk is outraged Vince is acting so self-righteous, condemning him for spontaneously using the epithet in private when the wrestling boss used it in a premeditated way, on TV and for profit.

Several pro wrestlers like Virgil and George Foreman have to come to the Hulk's defense, as well as his daughter.

But a WWE rep says everyone recognizes the 2005 segment "was an outlandish and satirical skit involving fictional characters, similar to that of many scripted television shows and movies.”

LeSean McCoy could be in over his head ... according to Jerome Bettis who says Shady's "females only" bash sounds like a great idea ... but only IF the Bills RB is well rested.

We broke down McCoy's plans for Sunday night with the Bus -- he's not hating on it and thinks there's very little down side. As he put it, "You gonna have a good time, I don't know about everybody else."

Check the clip -- Bettis thinks the buddy system might be in order.

John Cena naked might be a glorious thing to behold, but his fellow WWE star Big Show draws the line at seeing the man's semi-erect penis on a massive movie screen.

We got Big Show at LAX, and filled him on (spoiler alert) Cena's scene in "Trainwreck" where he shows off a good bit of his championship goods. The big man's reaction is priceless -- at first, he's totally comfortable, but the details of the scene push him over the edge ... in a funny way.

Also comical -- our photog suggested Big Show, who played college hoops at Wichita State, could have taken Shaquille O'Neal back in the day.

Boxing legend George Foreman isn't jumping on the bandwagon against his "friend" Hulk Hogan -- and swears he's not a racist.

Foreman told TMZ Sports ... “I have known Hulk Hogan for well over 20 years. I do not condone the language he used, but he is no racist, he is a good guy."

And instead of distancing himself from Hogan -- on the heels of the n-word scandal -- the ex champ went out of his way to verbally embrace him.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. taught Hollywood "It" girl Ruby Rose a few things about boxing -- during a Las Vegas meet-and-greet that must've had Floyd thinking he was seeing double.

Ruby went to the TMT gym on Thursday to watch the champ training for his upcoming fight against Andre Berto. Sources at the gym tell us the "Orange Is the New Black" star said she's been a longtime fan of Floyd's and just really wanted to meet him.

We're told a mutual friend of Floyd and Ruby's doppelganger, Justin Bieber ... helped set up yesterday's meeting.

James Harden and Khloe Kardashian have a HUGE supporter (ask Lisa Ann) in John Salley ... who tells TMZ Sports he thinks it's a genius move for the NBA superstar.

Ex-NBA champ Salley was out at LAX when we asked if Harden was playing with fire by dating Khloe ... since it hasn't exactly worked out for the last few athletes who've gotten in deep with the Kardashian girls. Yeah, we're looking at you ... Kris Humphries, Lamar Odom, and Miles Austin.

Virgil -- one of the most iconic black wrestlers ever -- says the Hulk Hogan he considered a mentor and a friend never showed any signs of racism in all the years he's known him.

Virgil tells TMZ Sports he was saddened Friday morning when he read about Hogan's N-word rant on a sex tape, and says he doesn't condone racism or racist behavior one bit.

But Virgil tells us, "You can only judge a person based on past experience. Hulk Hogan has never given me a reason to believe he is a racist."

Hogan has since apologized for the comments he made on the sex tape -- which was recorded 8 years ago.