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Fun fact #1 -- Usher is part owner of the Cavaliers.

Fun fact #2 -- Chris Brown was charged with felony assault for allegedly beating up his girlfriend Rihanna after attending a pre-Grammy party.

Canseco fought the superhuman-sized 7'2" 330-pound Hong Man Choi at the Dream Super Hulk tournament in Yokohama -- which mercifully ended after ONE MINUTE when Choi mounted the old "Bash Brother" and beat him to a pulp.

Unfortunately, they don't make a steroid that turns you into someone with fighting ability.

While onstage with the rapper during a performance in Houston last week, Vince rolled out a wad of cash and started showering the crowd with dollar bills. But unlike the incident with his former teammate Pacman Jones, everyone emerged unharmed this time.

And speaking of Nelly -- remember when he used to wear that band-aid on his face as a tribute to his half-brother who was locked up for assault? Well, the guy's finally out of prison -- and during the concert Nelly brought him on stage and introduced him to the crowd too.

TMZ spoke to the Saints, who said Shockey was just "dehydrated" and will be "fine."

UPDATE: We just got video of the incident, which shows Shockey being placed on a stretcher by paramedics as the pool party rages on in the background.

Former New Jersey Nets star Jayson Williams is in trouble yet again -- he was arrested in North Carolina early this morning for allegedly serving a guy a knuckle sandwich in a late night bar fight.

Cops say Williams was popped around 2 AM for assault after he allegedly socked some dude in the face in front of a nightclub in Raleigh. Williams was later released on $1,000 bond.

Go back to April, when the troubled former NBA star was tasered by cops after he allegedly tore up a hotel room in Manhattan...

...And lest we forget, Jayson is also still facing a reckless manslaughter charge for the shooting death of his limo driver back in 2002.

NFL star Jeremy Shockey was taken out of the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas today by stretcher and taken to a nearby hospital.

Sources on the scene tell TMZ Shockey was at Rehab -- the ironic name of the Sunday pool party at the Hard Rock -- when he was found unconscious at around 2:00 PM. Paramedics ended up wheeling Shockey out of the Hard Rock via stretcher. We're told the paramedics tried to cover Shockey up so onlookers -- including a TV camera crew -- couldn't ID him.

For one night only, Katy played on the boy's team.

Shaq has been busted for speeding twice in the last six months -- and both times he was caught by an all-seeing photo radar camera.

Shaq was snapped behind the wheel on Phoenix area freeways in February of this year and in December 2008.

The Phoenix Suns center paid $181.50 for the February ticket, but he still owes the same amount for the other one.

Here's the shot, in case you've been under a rock the past few days.

According to court docs filed yesterday, the Bryants fully acknowledge Maria Jimenez's right to battle them in court -- although they say her claims of abuse are "without merit." What the Bryants are really concerned with is the confidentiality agreement they claim Jimenez signed when she was hired in 2007 -- which prevents her from talking to the press and other third parties.

The Bryants feel, according to the docs, that Jimenez's press tour following her lawsuit is in violation of that agreement.

Jimenez is suing the Bryants, specifically claiming Vanessa was incredibly abusive -- even demanding that she put her hand in a bag of dog feces to retrieve a tag from her blouse

They are all due back in court in July.

UPDATE: William Vogeler, potential Kobe-stopper and lawyer for Maria Jimenez has just released an exclusive statement to TMZ.

"The Bryants claim that they treated Maria Jimenez with the utmost respect, yet they want to silence her from talking about it. Fortunately, my client has a First Amendment right to talk about how they treated her.

Ultimately, a judge and jury will decide what really happened in the Bryant's home, And the last time I checked, the court is open to the public."

The ladykiller, who's reportedly hooked up with Gisele Bundchen, Pamela Anderson, Bar Rafaeli and Cameron Diaz in the past, broke the bad news to us yesterday: He's got a longtime GF.

This is actually true -- one of the stars of the Pakistan National Cricket team has been officially benched for a case of the crotch rot ... more commonly known as genital warts.

The Pakistan Cricket board have classified the condition as an "injury" and have decided to sit the player in their next tournament ... he just won't be allowed to sit near anyone else on the team.

Here's the official statement from the PCB: "The medical board has reported that Shoaib Akhtar was suffering from genital viral warts and the wound needs further care and treatment for another 10 days."

Before a deal had been made regarding the stadium dispute, the unreleased draft was written by Kroenke Sports and submitted to the WWE for their approval to send out to the media. It contained the following pre-written, butt-kissing, "quote" from Vince McMahon -- a quote Vince claims he never, ever said:

"By all accounts, Mr. Kroenke is one of the most respected professional sports team owners in the world, and the professional way he and his staff good-naturedly handled this conflict gives further testament to the type of business leader he is. We look forward to Sunday's WWE event and future events at the Pepsi Center."

We all know Vince had different things to say about Kroenke.

Get a whiff of those skills.