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Daniel Cormier says there's still a ZERO percent chance he ever becomes friends with Jon Jones ... but is actually pleading with people to take it easy on his UFC rival.

D.C. joined the guys on the "TMZ Sports" TV show on FS1 to talk about the backlash Jones has been getting after his failed UFC 214 drug test ... and while he doesn't ever wanna be buds, Cormier says the critics need to look at the bigger picture.

"When people are at their complete lowest, you gotta be careful with kicking them, because that's when stuff goes much bigger than sport," Cormier says.

Jerry Sandusky's 41-year-old son, Jeffrey Sandusky, pled guilty to 12 felonies Friday in his child sex abuse case ... and faces up to 8 years in prison.

Police launched an investigation into Sandusky in 2016 after he allegedly sent text messages to underage girls requesting nude photos. In February 2017, J.S. was arrested and charged with 12 felonies and 2 misdemeanors ... including multiple counts of child sexual abuse.

Sandusky was set to go to trial next week in Centre County, Pennsylvania ... but entered an early plea of guilty to all counts with the court in the hope of getting a lighter sentence.

According to reports, he's guaranteed to serve at least 3 years in state prison ... however, the judge has the power to put him behind bars for as many as 8 years.

Jeffrey's dad, Jerry, is still in prison doing a 30-to-60-year stretch after being convicted of 45 counts of child sex abuse back in 2012.

Floyd Mayweather is wasting no time unloading the hundreds of millions he won less than a month ago ... plunking down $25.5 million on a Beverly Hills mansion.

The 15,000 sq ft home features 6 bedrooms, 10 bathrooms, a wine cellar and a guest house with a movie theater. The crib was built by developer Nile Niami and also features an incredible backyard pool for when Floyd wants some R&R.

We're told Floyd also bought the place fully furnished too ... so when all was said and done, the boxer paid a total of $26 million.

Floyd's been on a tear since taking down Conor McGregor ... he also spent a quarter million on Birkin bags during a shopping spree with hot chicks last week.

MLB commish Rob Manfred just dropped the hammer on the Red Sox ... fining the club an "undisclosed amount" of money for stealing signs using banned electronic devices.

Baseball investigators determined the BoSox violated MLB rules by "sending electronic communications from their video replay room to an athletic trainer in the dugout."

While Manfred did not specify the amount of the fine ... he did say the cash would go towards Hurricane Irma relief in Florida.

The Sox weren't the only ones lighter in the wallet ... the commish says he determined the Yankees broke a rule prior to the '17 season, so he fined them also.

The amount ... "lesser undisclosed amount" -- also going to storm relief.

We spoke with Manfred last week in D.C. while he was still conducting the investigation ... and he told us the scandal was just a "reflection of competitive activity between two clubs."

Gennady Golovkin won't guarantee he's gonna kick Canelo Alvarez's ass when they step in the squared circle Saturday night ... 'cause he ain't God.

TMZ Sports talked to GGG and C.A. leading up to their superfight this week in Las Vegas ... and asked each boxer how they visualized themselves winning the bout.

Alvarez said he was preparing for a KO ... while Golovkin's response was interesting.

"Right now it's a 50/50 fight. It's a very dangerous fight. I'm not God."

Frank Gallagher's a Chicago guy, but William H. Macy is officially on the Cleveland Indians bandwagon ... 'cause the 'Shameless' star is pulling for the Tribe to keep their historic wins streak alive!!

The Indians have been absolutely dominant lately ... having won 22 straight games and coming within 4 of the all-time record, which was set by the New York Giants back in 1916.

Macy's a Cubs fan -- and even threw out the 1st pitch at a game this season -- but considering what happened during last year's World Series ... sounds like he's ready for a new team to end a historic drought.

BIG3's punching back at accusations it broke a deal with a competitor, and it's now suing that league for defamation.

Ice Cube's BIG3 slapped Champions League with a lawsuit after the CL claimed its league can't get off the ground and blamed the BIG3 for allegedly breaking a deal with Champions League.

In docs, filed by Mark Geragos, BIG3 says the Champions League posted a statement on its website that was a bald-faced lie. The CL said, "The issue is that Big3 violated the agreement that players would be able to play in both leagues even though all the players had prior agreements with the Champions League."

BIG3 says there was NEVER any agreement between between the 2 leagues and no BIG3 player was barred from honoring commitments to the Champions League. BIG3 goes as far as saying that 3 players who DID have a deal with CL were specifically allowed to play for Champions.

What's more ... BIG3 says the head of the Champions League is "a serial con-artist, fraudster and ponzi-schemer" who blames his failures on others.

UFC fighter David Branch ain't sweatin' that Luke Rockhold threatened to put him in the hospital ... telling TMZ Sports his superstar opponent ain't the badass he says he is.

"He's not the killer that everybody's making him up to be. That's only what he likes to put inside of people's minds," Branch told us.

Branch heard our convo with Luke -- where the former champ said he was gonna "break his legs, rupture his liver and rattle his skull" -- and told us that crap won't faze him at all when they throw down at UFC Fight Night 116 on Saturday.

David's been through the wringer -- grindin' 6 YEARS to get back to the UFC ... so he sounds dead serious when he says Rockhold's just another guy he's gotta wreck to get the 185-pound strap.

Ezekiel Elliott is clapping back at the NFL after they filed a motion in court this morning ... saying the league "will stop at nothing" to nail the star RB.

The NFL filed an appeal in a Federal Appeals court Friday morning arguing that Zeke should have to sit until his appeal plays out in court.

Last week, a judge in a Texas court ruled the opposite ... saying E.E. can play until the larger matter is sorted out.

Elliott's reps quickly responded, saying, "The NFL's latest legal maneuvering appears to be indicative of a league with an agenda: trying to navigate a public relations crisis rather than focus on fairness and fact finding."

"The only conclusion that can be drawn is that the NFL believes it can write its own rules and will stop at nothing to further its agenda of enforcing its unfounded assertions regarding Mr. Elliott."

In the league's filing, they asked the judge to make a decision by September 26 ... week 4 of the NFL season.

Colin Kaepernick isn't suiting up on Sundays, but he's still rackin' up MVP awards ... for his community service.

The NFL Players Association announced Kaep as the winner of its weekly Community MVP award for his recent $100k donation to 4 youth charities and "Back to School Backpack Giveaway."

Along with the contribution ... Kaep is being recognized for his "Know Your Rights Camp," which focuses on empowering youth.

With the honor, Kaep gets a $10k donation from the NFLPA to the charity of his choice ... and will now be considered for the Byron Whizzer White Award, "which is the highest honor that the NFLPA can bestow upon a player."

Magic Johnson is all about the Balls ... so much that he says he's willing to shell out nearly $1,000 for both Lonzo AND LaMelo's signature sneakers!!

The Lakers Prez was leaving Craig's in WeHo when we asked him if he was gonna cop his prized rookie's $495 ZO2s ... or his H.S. phenom baby bro's $395 Melo Ball 1s.

Kevin Durant says he's 100% behind Jemele Hill "standing up for what she believes in" ... telling TMZ Sports he totally supports the embattled ESPN star.

"I'm behind Jemele -- I support her," Durant told us outside Poppy in L.A.

Donald Trump came at ESPN on Friday for Hill's "white supremacist" tweet -- demanding the network "apologize for untruth" ... this after White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders called Hill's comment a "fireable offense."

Of course, KD has his own issues with POTUS -- remember when he told us he "don't f**k with" the Donald? Yeah, not a fan ... but still, having an MVP publicly support Hill is a HUGE deal.

Donald Trump is demanding an apology from ESPN for Jemele Hill's comments referring to him as a "white supremacist" ... and claims the network is suffering from getting too political.

POTUS fired off a tweet at the network Friday morning ... just days after White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders called Hill's comment a "fireable offense."

"ESPN is paying a really big price for its politics (and bad programming). People are dumping it in RECORD numbers. Apologize for untruth!" Trump tweeted.

Along with calling Trump a "white supremacist" ... Hill referred to him as "the most ignorant, offensive president of my lifetime."

Hill hasn't deleted the tweets ... but has addressed the controversy, saying "my comments on Twitter expressed my personal beliefs. My regret is that my comments and the public way I made them painted ESPN in an unfair light.

David Ortiz wants to make baseball fun again ... and definitely doesn't think unfurling huge protest banners at the ballpark is the way to do it.

We got Big Papi at LAX Thursday -- the Red Sox legend tells us he's not down with the Boston fans who brought the controversial banner to the game Wednesday night ... even though it was speaking out against racism.

Ortiz suggests making political statements at a game -- no matter what side somebody's on -- are a bad idea because people are always going to get the wrong idea ... so he's against it.

As Papi put it ... "You don't wanna add more s**t to the s**t that is already out there."

FYI ... the 4 fans who brought the banner to Fenway were ejected.

Ronda Rousey has a brand new tag team partner -- a 6-year-old girl -- and together they get some adorably violent revenge on a wrestling event security guard!!!

Here's the deal ... Rousey was in the crowd at the WWE SmackDown Live in Vegas on Tuesday when she was spotted by a 6-year-old fan who wanted a photo.

An arena security guard stopped the girl from getting to Ronda (basically, he did his job) -- but the little girl was devastated and began to bawl her eyes out.

Ronda watched the situation unfold and beelined it to little Hailey Danielson -- where the UFC legend immediately put the guard in a full nelson and let the kid exact sweet fist revenge!!!

They laughed. They hugged. They took pics. Ronda even invited the kid to sit next to her in the front row.

And now the security guard will forever know ... NO ONE MESSES WITH HAILEY!!!!

"Love and Hip Hop Hollywood" star Moniece Slaughter was taken to court by a friend of hers who claims her former NBA star boyfriend wrote checks in the friend's name to pay her rent.

Timothy Clayton Roulhac-Carr claims he used to be Moniece's good friend and saved her from homelessness. She had no credit and he helped her by funding a bank account.

Timothy filed legal docs Thursday for a restraining order, claiming the former NBA star Joe Smith wrote checks from Timothy's account in Timothy's name. Timothy then says Moniece started dating Akon again -- she had dated him before -- and that pissed off Joe, who canceled the check out of spite and made up a lie that Timothy robbed Joe.

Timothy says in December he was robbed at gunpoint and he believes Moniece set him up. He also says she used her celebrity "to slander me and gay bash me."