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Young tells The Tennessean, "I was having a good time with friends ... and you know how it is, as a quarterback you can't have too much fun. I blame myself for that, but at the same time you have to watch certain things," adding, '"I apologize to some of the kids if they did see it because I am trying to be a role model for them. But at the same time, I was just trying to have fun with (friends).''

Tell that to Matt Leinart.

NBA Hall of Famer and legendary blackjackaholic Charles Barkley has finally forked over a check toward the $440,000 he owes the Wynn Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas -- but officials have yet to confirm that Barkley paid in full.

According to a Wynn rep, the check has been sent to the Las Vegas D.A.'s office for processing.

If Jason Taylor wants to pretend his football career is as important as his new Hollywood one, he's going to have to try harder.

According to his blog, Taylor says he'll miss the Miami Dolphins' mini-camp in lieu of "some things" he's gotta do in L.A. But a source tells us the baller/dancer is confirmed to show up at Mark Ballas and Derek Hough's joint birthday party in Las Vegas this weekend.

We called Taylor's rep to check if he has any legitimate Hollywood business to take care of this week, but they never got back to us.

Charles Barkley's mouth is writing checks his wallet apparently can't cash. Last night the baller announced he's finally paid back the $400K he owes the Wynn Hotel and Casino in Vegas. Only he hasn't.

Immediately following Barkley's proclamation that he was paid in full, Clark County D.A. David Roger told the Las Vegas Sun, "We have no evidence to suggest that he has made any payments. We have neither heard from Mr. Barkley nor received restitution from him."

And get this -- Barkley not only has to repay the Wynn, he also has to pay an extra 10% fee -- $40,000 -- to the bad check unit.

He could be charged with a felony if he doesn't pay up.

The 41-year-old -- who is at the French film festival to pimp his new documentary -- looked like he had to loosen a few notches on his championship belt.

According to court docs, Johnnie Haslem was involved in a car accident and his attorney, Patrick Dooley, won him a $100,000 settlement back in 2005. But instead of giving him the money, Haslem alleges Dooley offered to hold it in trust while he negotiated to pay down his hospital bills. But Haslem claims Dooley was really jetting off to Vegas and spending his money.

Pictures posted on Blogxilla show the shirtless quarterback partying hard a few days ago at a bar in the Lone Star State -- surrounded by a bunch of Texas longhorns. Not talkin' bout the college, people.

A spokesperson for the Titans had "no comment."

According to our spies, Lowe and a fan starting talking hoops and cigars (Rob's got one in his right hand) when Rob farted on the cigar -- loudly, we're told -- to demonstrate how bad the Boston Celtics stink. I fart in your general direction!

Considering all of Lowe's former nannies' allegations, the guy got off easy.

A call to Rob's people was not immediately returned. Perhaps they got a whiff of our story.

UPDATE: Rob's peeps tell us, who ever smelt it dealt this story -- they say it never happened.

The L.A. County city attorney has charged bad boy baller Dennis Rodman with domestic violence after he allegedly hit his gf last month at a Los Angeles hotel.

Prosecutors nailed Rodman with several misdemeanor counts of spousal battery, brandishing a deadly weapon and one count of dissuading a witness.

Cops say Gina Peterson called hotel security on the evening of April 30 after she claims The Worm grabbed her arm after they had some sort of fight, causing a bruise. After the incident Rodman's rep told us that he had "had too much to drink" that night.

Dennis is currently at a rehab facility in Florida where two days ago he told us "I've never hit anyone."

And to make matters worse, the Wynn is getting the Clark County district attorney's bad check unit to investigate, which also looks into gambling debts. Clark County DA David Roger says if Barkley doesn't pay up, he could be charged with a felony!

According to court docs, the casino fronted the NBA star four different $100,000 markers -- two each on October 18 and 19.

They just keep piling it up on Michael Vick. Now he's been ordered to fork over more than a million bucks for a failed wine bar he tried to open.

Court docs allege Vick and buddy Gerald Jenkins borrowed more than $1.1 million in May of 2006 from Wachovia Bank to open a joint called Atlantic Wine & Spirits. In August of '07, Vick and his cohort failed to make the $8,000 monthly interest payment. Wachovia then declared the loan was in default because "the prospect for repayment was substantially impaired."

NFL superstar Andre Johnson claims his charity got stiffed by Wal-Mart -- it all involves water and ice. Yes, ice.

Johnson ordered 750 bicycles to be given to underprivileged kids at an event sponsored by the Andre Johnson Foundation -- in return for the purchase, Wal-Mart agreed to donate water and ice for the May 3 event.

But there was a problem with the order, so Johnson ended up buying fewer bikes than planned. Wal-Mart countered by not giving the water and ice as promised. That's cold.