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50 Cent has been backing down both Big and Lil Meech on Instagram for days now ... but we're hearing his ex-'BMF' leading man can't be folded that easily!!!

TMZ Hip Hop obtained photos of Lil Meech kicking it with some well-known 50 Cent opps inside Lucky Strike Miami last night ... Floyd Mayweather and Rick Ross!!!

Sources for Meech tell us the actor met with Money Mayweather the night before and pulled up to the bowling alley with his brand partners to bless the legendary prizefighter with an exclusive merch drop ... the Red Letters x Wonce collab.

It might've started off as a silly social media prank, but Daytona 500 winner William Byron really is shooting his shot at Sabrina Carpenter now ... telling TMZ Sports he'd love to welcome her to a NASCAR race!!

The 27-year-old was targeted by an X account fresh off Sunday's big win ... which made it seem like he celebrated his second straight first-place finish at the historic race by flirting with the "Espresso" crooner in her Instagram comments.

The Hendrick Motorsports driver leaned into the joke ... following up on his X account to prove he was a good sport about it all.

Dave Portnoy says the scheduled fight between Patrick Mahomes Sr. and John Rocker is now off ... and he's alleging Brittany Mahomes' meddling is a big reason why.

The Barstool Sports honcho broke the news of the celeb boxing match's cancelation during an appearance on "The Unnamed Show" Friday ... explaining Brittany and Patrick Mahomes II's agent torpedoed the whole deal.

According to Portnoy, just a few days after his "Rough N Rowdy" promotion announced the Mahomes vs. Rocker contract ... the two arguably most close to the Kansas City Chiefs star quarterback stepped in and put a stop to things.

Sorry, ladies of Los Angeles -- new Dodgers pitcher Roki Sasaki is off the market ... revealing he's a married man!!

The right-handed pitcher shared the personal news on his Instagram ... saying, "I recently registered my marriage with a non-celebrity woman."

"It's a new start both in my personal and professional life, and I'm full of hope and anxiety,
but we'll work hard together as a couple, so I hope you'll continue to support us."

11:39 AM PT -- Kim & Kroy have just jointly dismissed their divorce in Fulton County ... unsurprising given this morning's filing. The divorce is still on, no doubt -- it's just taking place in Cobb County now.

Kim Zolciak and Kroy Biermann have proven their desire to get divorced knows no geographic bounds ... Kroy just filed another divorce petition to end her union with Kim 'cause she left the county.

The reality star filed the new document Thursday afternoon ... and, it notes Kim's living in a new Georgia county, so he had to file the paperwork again to get the wheels turning on the split.

LaVar Ball's clearly not down in the dumps over his medical situation ... in fact, he's already joking about it!!

The Big Baller Brand co-founder filmed a Cameo on Thursday for one of his biggest fans -- TikTok user "Primby" -- and in the message, he cracked a joke about his recent amputation surgery.

Ball said to the camera that he was aware everyone's "heard what happened" to his right foot ... but then he laughed off the matter.

The Professional Women's Hockey League looked more like the UFC on Thursday ... as a fight broke out during the Ottawa Charge and Boston Fleet game -- and the ladies threw down!!

It happened during the third period of the contest at TD Place ... after Boston's Jill Saulnier hit Ottawa's Tereza Vanisova, causing her to lose her stick.

As Vanisova was getting up, Saulnier kept pushing her ... and that's when all hell broke loose.

Team USA and Canada might have been locked in a heated battle Thursday night in Boston ... but both sides came together to pay their respects to the late Johnny Gaudreau, with the late hockey star's wife saying she got "emotional" hearing the chants.

The moment went down during the second period of action in the 4 Nations Championship match at the TD Garden in Beantown, with fans chanting "Johnny Hockey" in honor of the former Columbus Blue Jacket.

Gaudreau's wife, Meredith, responded to the chants with a post on X, saying, "Kept thinking about how I can't wait to show these videos to our kids one day."

Cops announced Friday they've arrested a 20-year-old who allegedly helped steal luxury cars belonging to Univ. of Miami stars Carson Beck and Hanna Cavinder earlier this week.

According to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, the heist went down at around 2:45 AM on Thursday ... at a Miami-area residence that Beck and his girlfriend, Cavinder, were staying in.

The docs state Tykwon Anderson and three other men donned masks and broke into the home while the two Hurricanes athletes were sleeping. The guys allegedly grabbed key fobs for Beck and Cavinder's Lamborghini Urus, Mercedes Benz and Range Rover ... and then drove the cars off the property.

Cardi B showed her versatility and toned DOWN her raunchy raps to kick off the soundtrack for the upcoming "Smurfs" summer blockbuster!!!

On Friday, DJ Khaled and Cardi reunited for their latest collab, "Higher Love" ... a bubbly sample of Belinda Carlisle's "Heaven Is a Place on Earth."

Cardi's been in her single-girl era this year but her G-rated bars still hint at some shade towards her ex, Offset, when she flows, "Everybody need love and I need some too / Diamonds look sad 'cause each one blue ... Sweet like dessert but do you deserve it? / Think about me, I'm on your mental."

JJ Redick couldn't help but sing LeBron James' praises after a 40-point performance ... to the point where he knew his admiration would come off as "glazing."

The Los Angeles Lakers coach spoke at length about King James' impressive outing in the Purple and Gold's 110-102 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday ... saying the 40-year-old simply isn't "normal" -- mentally or physically.

"I believe I saw the other day that he's a billionaire," Redick said. "And he's playing on the second night of a back-to-back at 40 after 22 years with every freakin' record and every accolade."

The New York Yankees shocked the baseball world on Friday -- the team dropped their longstanding facial hair ban ... paving the way for players to grow out their beards!!!

Team owner Hal Steinbrenner made the announcement a few minutes ago, saying he has recently spoken with current and former Yankees regarding the organizational longstanding policy AGAINST beards.

"Ultimately the final decision rests with me, and after great consideration, we will be amending our expectations to our players and uniformed personnel to have well-groomed beards going forward," Hal said.

Donovan Mitchell lost his train of thought during his postgame interview on Thursday ... and it was all thanks to Darius Garland breaking out in song.

The hilarious interaction went down after the Cleveland Cavaliers secured a 110-97 road win over the Brooklyn Nets ... when Spida was trying to weigh in on Evan Mobley's impressive outing -- but Garland had other plans.

During Mitchell's response, Garland was heard in the background jamming to Drake and PARTYNEXTDOOR's "Gimme A Hug" .... and it's clear it wasn't the first time he belted out the tune.

Justin Trudeau broke out a big ol' jug of salt and poured it all over the United States' wounds on Thursday night ... dancing on the American hockey team's grave after it lost a heartbreaker to Canada.

In the deciding game of the 2025 4 Nations Face-Off tournament, Connor McDavid scored an overtime goal to give the Canadians the championship trophy over USA ... and not long after, Trudeau took to his X page to gloat about the win.

Making reference to Donald Trump's various threats of annexing Canada ... Trudeau smugly wrote, "You can’t take our country -- and you can’t take our game."

The Dodgers' franchise has fielded a team every year for over a century, but Adrian Gonzalez tells TMZ Sports this year's iteration has a chance to be L.A.'s best EVER.

We chopped it up with the former Dodgers All-Star out at LAX this week just before Los Angeles kicked off its first spring training games of the year ... and when we asked him just how good the guys can be in '25, he didn't mince words.

"I know it could be best team of all-time," he said. "For sure."

President Donald Trump is doubling down on plans to build statues for Kobe Bryant and Muhammad Ali ... telling a White House crowd the immortal U.S. athletes would forever be memorialized in the National Garden of American Heroes.

"Martin Luther King Jr., Muhammad Ali," POTUS said at a gathering celebrating Black History Month at 1600 Penn. Ave., before announcing Mamba would also be honored.

"And the late Kobe Bryant, people love Kobe Bryant," Trump added before noting close friend and legendary golfer Tiger Woods, who was present at the gathering, would receive a statue at another time.