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Once again, Kobe Bryant is under attack from a former Lakers teammate -- this time, it's Dennis Rodman throwing shade ... and TMZ Sports has the footage.

Rodman -- who played with Kobe during the 98-99 season -- was at the W Hotel in Hollywood on November 3rd (singing with the jazz band) ... when he grabbed he mic and put Kobe on blast.

"Kobe Bryant ... one thing -- f**k him," Rodman said ... "F**k him. F**k him. I'll say it again, f**k him."

It's unclear why Rodman has an axe to grind with the Mamba ... but he ain't the first to beef with Bryant.

Kobe went back and forth with Smush Parker back in 2012 ... and before that, Shaq invited Kobe to tell him how his ass tastes in one of the greatest freestyle raps of all time.

Richie Incognito just touched down in Los Angeles ... and it's pretty clear some crisis manager has given him a playbook for the weekend.

Our sources say Richie is headed for a swanky hotel in Beverly Hills ... obviously to work on fixing his tarnished image.

No word on how Incog plans to resurrect himself ... but typically when someone is looking to fix their image, L.A. is the first stop.

A local Miami station and some paps caught up with Richie when he landed ... but the NFL star wouldn't say much.

He also stopped at Starbucks when he got off the plane.

Northwestern University will NOT CONTINUE TO SELL special edition blood-spattered football jerseys after the school was bombarded with complaints ... but those plans could change, TMZ Sports has learned.

The jerseys have been selling like hotcakes -- and sold out of the official school store in a matter of days. But now, a rep for Northwestern tells us ... the school will NOT restock the supply.

The official tells us the decision to pull the plug on the jerseys was NOT a reaction to the backlash -- but the rep declined to give further explanation.

The rep says school officials "may reassess selling the jerseys again in the future given the high demand but [the school] currently has no plans to sell the jerseys again."

Of course, the school says the red, white and blue unis weren't designed with blood spatter in mind -- and claim they were supposed to resemble the distressed look of an old American flag.

So far, it seems the school will still allow the team to wear the jerseys on the field on November 16th. The unis will be auctioned after the game with proceeds benefiting the Wounded Warrior Project.

1:00 PM PT -- Chad just apologized about the incident on Twitter, saying, "I want to apologize for my inappropriate antics at the drum clinic,my joke about team rivalries went too far. Flamenco [sic] fans...I'm sorry."

Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith might leave Brazil with some extra scar tissue ... 'cause a ton of fans in the country want him dead after he desecrated the jersey of the most popular club team in South America.

Chad made a big mistake Sunday afternoon in Belo Horizonte during a drum clinic when he was gifted a Flamengo soccer club jersey -- and shoved it down the back of his pants, as if to say he wipes his ass with it.

The crowd immediately boo'ed the crap out of Chad ... and one unruly fan even threw something at his HEAD!

RHCP already performed a few shows since the debacle ... but a big group of fans are just catching wind of what happened ... and now they're vowing to raise hell at tomorrow's RHCP concert in Rio.

One angry Flamengo fan wrote a death threat in the comments section of the YouTube page where the video was posted -- saying, "Will arrive in Rio de Janeiro you will die motherf***er."

Another said, "the fans of Flamengo wants to kill you, are already planning to invade his show to throw rocks at you."

Miami Dolphins lineman Jonathan Martin says the locker room abuse was not just confined to Richie Incognito -- and it was so bad, one of the players told him the team was going to "run a train on [Martin's] sister."

Martin's lawyer David Cornwall issued a statement saying, "Jonathan endured harassment that went far beyond the traditional locker room hazing. For the entire season-and-a-half that he was with the Dolphins, he attempted to befriend the same teammates who subjected him to the abuse with the hope that doing so would end the harassment. "

Cornwall continues, "Beyond the well-publicized voice mail with its racial epithet, Jonathan endured a malicious physical attack on him by a teammate, and daily vulgar comments."

One of the vulgar comments, according to Martin, was the following quote from an unspecified teammate -- "We are going to run train on your sister ... She loves me. I am going to f–k her without a condom and c** in her c***.”

As for the physical attack -- details of that alleged incident have not been released.

When Seneca Wallace takes the field on Sunday, he'll be the first African-American starting QB in the history of the team ... and Seneca tells TMZ Sports he couldn't be more proud.

It's a huge milestone for GB, considering the organization is 94 years old -- the 3rd oldest franchise in the NFL.

Seneca tells TMZ Sports, "It's a great honor to be the first African American quarterback to start for the Green Bay Packers. All I'm focused on right now is preparing for the Eagles and giving the Packers the best opportunity to win ball games."

It's not like the Pack has had tons of turnover at the QB spot over the years -- Wallace is only the 4th starter since 1993 when Brett Favre (white) took the job from Don Majkowski (white).

Of course, Aaron Rodgers (white) followed him and Matt Flynn (white/burnout) started a couple of games when A.R. got hurt in 2010 & 2011.

Ex-NFL star Braylon Edwards' attack victim has now filed a formal complaint against the Detroit Police Department, claiming its officers blew him off while Edwards was going after him -- and the 911 operator was even less helpful.

According to Ken Bryant's complaint, roughly 4 police officers stood by and did nothing while Edwards chased him down outside a nightclub last month, grabbed him by the ankles, and flipped him onto his face.

As we reported, Edwards went nuclear because Bryant recorded cell phone video of the NFL player shoving someone outside the club ... and then refused to delete it. TMZ Sports posted video of Edwards attacking Bryant, and it's pretty intense.

After the incident, Bryant says he called 911 because Edwards and his goons were refusing to let him leave the premises -- and the operator redirected his call to the Telephone Crime Reporting Unit ... which turned out to be useless.

As a result, Bryant tells TMZ Sports, he didn't get the help he desperately needed. After filing the complaint, Bryant says he was contacted once by the Board of Police Commissioners, but his calls back have gone unreturned.

Unemployed NBA player Royce White has another problem on his hands -- he's been accused of fathering a love child earlier this year and stiffing the mother on child support, TMZ has learned.

We've obtained court docs filed in Cottonwood, Minnesota ... in which Deuane Ning Keomanivanh spells out why she believes the former 1st round NBA Draft pick fathered her son:

-- She claims they banged in Minn. around 8/10/2012
-- She claims she didn't bang any other dude 6 weeks before OR after that date.
-- She gave birth to the kid just about 9 months later.

Now, Ning wants Royce to PAY UP -- which might be difficult, considering he's got no job after recently being dumped by the 76ers AND the Houston Rockets following a string of issues related to his mental health problems.

Ning is asking for unspecified child support and full legal and physical custody of the baby boy. She also wants Royce to have "no parenting time" with the kid.

Translation -- send money, but stay the hell out of our lives.

New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz fired up a bunch of Pop Warner kids the other day -- leading the team in a badass end-of-practice chant ... and TMZ has the video.

Cruz was driving through Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey on Tuesday night ... when he saw the local Pop Warner teams (kids 8-12-years-old) practicing and decided to stop by.

The coaches rounded up the kids and let Victor lead the players in the traditional Hasbrouck Heights "break" -- and you can tell from the video, the kids are PUMPED.

We spoke to some of the parents, who told us they weren't expecting Victor to show up -- and when he arrived he couldn't have been nicer ... smiling for pictures and signing autographs.

Here's Kate Upton ... basically naked ... with some strategically placed body paint.

You're welcome.

Kate got all painted up for a Sports Illustrated photo shoot -- in the footage, Kate's trying to recreate one of the mag's most famous Swimsuit Edition covers.

We think she nailed it.

"I definitely feel naked," Kate said during the shoot ... "Because I am."

Kate said the artists took a particularly long time to paint on the necklace on her boob area ... yeah, can't imagine why.

Accused murderer Aaron Hernandez turned 24 years old yesterday ... but unfortunately for him, it was no happy birthday ... in fact, it was pretty damn depressing, TMZ has learned.

-- No cake.
-- No party.
-- No presents.

In fact, sources at the Bristol County House of Corrections tell us ... there was no acknowledgement of AH's birthday whatsoever.

We're told ... no one in the slammer gets any sort of special treatment and birthdays are no exception.

Perhaps the saddest part of the whole situation -- Aaron's daughter Avielle Janelle turned 1-year-old on November 6 (they're birthday buddies) ... but Aaron didn't get to celebrate with her either.

Losing the World Series of Poker ain't really that bad ... just ask 2nd Place finisher Jay Farber -- who tells TMZ he's planning on spending his $5 MILLION prize like a BALLER!!!

The 29-year-old former Vegas nightclub VIP host was out at Hooray Henry's (with his bodyguard in tow) and told us he was bummed out about losing the $8.4 million prize at the big tourney in Vegas this weekend ... but it's not gonna stop him from rolling around like a champ.

In fact, Farber says he's planning on buying TWO sick cars right away ... plus ANOTHER expensive purchase.

MLB great George Brett went BALLISTIC on an autograph seeker Wednesday ... threatening to "f**king shoot" the guy if he ever saw him again, and it was all captured on video.

Brett -- who still works for the Royals organization -- had just arrived to Kansas City International Airport yesterday when he was confronted by Brandon Farrens ... who asked for an autograph.

Brett obliged ... saying it was the last time he'd ever sign for the guy -- and then he added, "If I ever see you f**king again, I'll shoot your f**king ass."

Farrens responded, "What an a**hole."

Brett goes back toward the camera -- and that's when the shot ends.

Milwaukee Bucks star Larry Sanders got into a bottle-smashing BRAWL inside a Wisconsin bar over the weekend ... simply because someone splashed him with champagne, sources tell TMZ.

Sanders -- who recently signed a $44 million contract with the team -- was at the Apartment 720 nightclub in Milwaukee early Sunday morning when a fight broke out near the VIP room.

Sources who were at the club tell TMZ ... Larry was walking by the VIP room when he got splashed with champagne from a group that was celebrating at a nearby table. We're told Larry was familiar with some of the members of the other group.

We're told Larry confronted the group about the splash ... and things escalated quickly.

Moments later, a fight broke out between Larry (who was alone) and the group (which consisted of roughly 10 people, both male and female).

Sources tell us ... security raced over to the scene immediately -- but in the melee, Sanders grabbed a bottle and attacked another patron with it -- causing a gash in other man's head that required several stitches.

Eventually, security was able to break up the fight. Cops eventually arrived to the club but both parties had already left.

Our sources say it's unclear if Larry had been drinking before the incident -- but tell us he had spent around 45 minutes at the bar before the fight.

Law enforcement sources tell us Sanders is being investigated for battery.