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Terry Bradshaw says his old college football teammate Phil Robertson needs to chill out on the bible thumping ... 'cause he's "taking scripture literally" and forgetting "the bible also preaches love."

TMZ Sports spoke to the NFL Hall of Famer -- who rode the bench behind Robertson when they played together at Louisiana Tech -- and asked him about the "Duck Dynasty" star's homophobic comments to GQ.

Bradshaw, a fellow devout Christian, tells us ... "I respect Phil's voice but I don't agree with it."

Terry explained, "Phil is a very religious man, and he's taking the scriptures literally ... but the bible also preaches love."

Shaquille O'Neal's putting down his size 23 feet -- blocking his ex, Shaunie O'Neal from putting their kids on her new reality TV show. They share custody ... so should Shaq have the right to control what Shaunie does when she has the kids?

Plus, Cincinnati Bengals safety George Iloka jets to Miami for some beach time with a smoking hot chick -- and then does something that proves he's a major PRO!

And Kanye West goes on a rant ... in the name of Michael Jordan! Hey, at least it wasn't about himself for once.

The world's number one poker player -- who humiliated himself by losing to Rafael Nadal in a live charity poker tourney -- is crying beginner's luck ... and now he wants a rematch ASAP, TMZ Sports has learned.

We spoke with Daniel Nagreanu ... who says he's still in shock that the world's top ranked tennis player publicly whooped his ass in Prague last week ... but he tells us, it was fate (and not skill) that lost him the game.

Nagreanu says "he got 2 lucky hands" ... and "that’s the only reason why he beat me."

For the record -- Rafa had only been playing poker online for 18 months before the tournament ... and it was his first time playing in front of a crowd.

As for a rematch ... nothing's been officially set, but Daniel told us "I’m down and ready to go for a rematch! I’d win this time. Obviously. I’m suppose to win every time"

The guys from "Duck Dynasty" are NOT in danger of losing their biggest sponsor, Under Armour -- 'cause while the company tells TMZ its not down with Phil Roberston's homophobic comments, its not willing to kill the business relationship ... yet.

UA -- which sponsors the Duck Commander business, founded by Phil -- just issued a statement to TMZ ... saying, "We have no plans to change our current relationship.

The company adds, "We are obviously aware of the situation. And his comments are not indicative of Under Armour's views."

UA insists the company is committed to treating all people equally and with respect ... even if Phil isn't.

Jameis Winston's accuser believes the Tallahassee PD completely BOTCHED her case ... and now she's begging the FL governor to launch an internal investigation, TMZ Sports has learned.

The accuser's attorney, Patricia Carroll, tells us ... her client fired off several letters to various officials, including the FL Attorney General, the Federal Dept. of Law Enforcement and Gov. Rick Scott asking for them to help make sure the PD is properly investigated.

As we previously reported, Carroll says the PD bungled the case from the start -- failing to interview witnesses, not testing blood for rape drugs, sitting on the case for 11 months and more.

In fact, Carroll says the accuser has recently been bombarded with letters from other alleged rape victims detailing similar experiences with the Tallahassee PD.

The accuser is going to have a tough battle getting Gov. Scott on board -- considering he recently shot down her prior request for an investigation.

But the accuser hopes that with other women coming forward with similar stories, the Gov. will change his mind.

A little booty chasing does a body good ... at least for Bengals safety George Iloka -- 'cause the day after he hit Miami Beach with a thong'd out hot chick, he KILLED IT at practice, TMZ Sports has learned.

Iloka -- who's in the middle of a 4-year $2.1 million contract -- spent his day off (Tuesday) 1,200 miles from Cinci ... where he got in some quality ass-gazing.

But the whirlwind trip didn't affect his day job -- 'cause a rep for the Bengals tells us the 26-year-old defensive stud made it to practice the next day (Wednesday) ... and had a pretty stellar outing.

Brian Boitano likes boytanos ... the figure skating legend has just announced he's gay.

Turns out, Boitano had never addressed his sexuality publicly until today ... when he released a statement regarding his recent appointment to the U.S. delegation for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

Boitano says, "Being gay is just one part of who I am. First and foremost I am an American athlete and I am proud to live in a country that encourages diversity, openness and tolerance."

It seems pretty obvious Boitano timed his announcement to thumb his nose at the Russian establishment ... which has planted itself firmly against homosexuality.

"Brian Boitano doesn't take sh*t from anybody" -- South Park

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Adrian Broner is an OVERRATED LOSER who never should've been compared to Floyd Mayweather ... so says Floyd's uncle/trainer who just blasted the boxer on camera.

After Broner got beat down by Marcos Maidana last weekend, Roger Mayweather trashed the fighter to HustleBoss.com ... saying "[Broner] wasn't what people thought he was."

Of course, Broner was hyped up to be boxing's next superstar -- hype that Roger says was nothing but a crock of BS from the start.

"Who the f*ck did he beat? The next star has to beat somebody."

As for a possible Broner vs. Mayweather matchup, Roger says it ain't ever gonna happen ... because Broner's not capable of beating the talent it takes to get a match with Floyd.

So ... here's Victoria's Secret supermodel Candice Swanepoel showing off her world class butt cheeks in St. Barths.

You'd think a guy who played a star football player on a TV show about football would enjoy the sport of football ... but "Friday Night Lights" star Grey Damon says he could care less about the sport.

Damon -- who played star wide receiver Hastings Ruckle in Season 5 -- was leaving Hooray Henry's in Hollywood last night when he told us how he really feels about sports ... he doesn't give a crap.

It's fine, he's allowed to feel that way ... but that's like finding out the cast of "Big Lebowski" didn't give a crap about bowling ... or weed.

Guess we should've seen this coming ... 'cause Damon's lack of athleticism shined through on "FNL" when he tried to shoot free throws ... makes Shaq look like Reggie Miller.

For possibly the first time ever, a MAN and a WOMAN will beat the crap out of each other in a historic MMA battle of the sexes ... and there's only two rules: no elbows and no knees, TMZ Sports has learned.

We spoke with a rep for the fight ... who tells us that -- other than the no elbows or knees rule -- this is the real deal and neither fighter plans on holding back.

The epic showdown is set for Dec. 20 in Rio de Janeiro ... when Shooto 45 pro-fighters Emerson Falcao will take on Juliana Velasquez in a legit, full force MMA battle.

As for Juliana ... she says she gets why people are freaking out, but promised "I will win, because I always train with men, there will be no surprises for me.”

We asked UFC owner Dana White if man vs. woman fights could ever go down in the U.S. ... he only had one word: "impossible."

UFC heavyweight champ Cain Velasquez says there's NO REASON why Jon "Bones" Jones can't put on the extra pounds to face him in a superfight for the title belt, TMZ Sports has learned.

We carefully approached Velasquez at LAX yesterday afternoon ... and he said Bones -- the reigning light heavyweight champ -- at 6'4' has what it takes to move up a class.

Cain said, "I think he has the body for it too ... he's tall so he can put on that weight."

Jonathan Martin's definitely putting that whole bullying scandal behind him -- hitting an L.A. area nightclub over the weekend, and also a house party ... allegedly. JM's picking up the pieces, but Richie Incognito still can't play in the NFL. Is that fair?

Plus, the most awesomely angry, yet hysterical, coach's rant -- Southern Illinois University hoops coach Barry Hinson went off after last night's game, calling out players by name and even his WIFE! Coach Hinson's joined us with a very short list of regrets.

And Terrell Owens is known for his ripped physique -- so why put it on the line for fast food commercials? We think Deion sang it best ... "Must be the money!"

Southern Illinois basketball coach Barry Hinson -- who went on a hilarious post-loss rant at a press conference -- just can't seem to keep his foot out of his mouth ... 'cause he just included his daughter in an all new rant on TMZ Sports.

Hinson told us ... his only regret out of the 5-minute long tirade was singling out his starting guard, Marcus Fillyaw by name -- but Hinson doubled down with his attempted apology ... saying Fillyaw was a great guy "you'd really like for your daughter to marry." He should've stopped there.

Hinson continued, "as a matter of fact, my youngest daughter is still out there. I've got her on Craigslist for a husband right now."

Coach was joking -- we're pretty sure -- but yeah ... he should stop including his family in his rants. If you haven't seen it ... Hinson dragged his wife into last night's rant several times.

If coaching doesn't work out ... there's always standup.

Jameis Winston got slammed today by the Florida State Attorney -- who says the Heisman winner wouldn't have gotten his vote for the award because he's no AJ McCarron.

Willie Meggs -- the man who cleared Winston of rape accusations -- went on Sports Talk Florida today ... and said he was pulling for the Alabama QB to win the Heisman because, "He was a person of great character."

Translation: Meggs let Winston walk, but he clearly thinks he's lacking as a person off the field.

Interesting that Meggs -- who knows all the details of what went down between Jameis and the accuser -- chose to take such a public shot at the Florida State star.