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The battle lines in the NFL gay rights struggle will be drawn in the showers ... according to one former NFL star.

Super Bowl champion Raheem Brock -- who spent 10 years in the league -- tells TMZ Sports ... there will be a massive coverup when openly gay players like Michael Sam enter the locker room.

Brock says, "Guys won't go in the shower if they know a guy's gay in there. They gonna feel uncomfortable. I wouldn't [go in the shower]."

He continues, "I mean I would stay at my locker and chill until he's done getting out of the shower."

"Basketball Wives" star Eric Williams -- who spent 12 seasons in the NBA -- is on the hook for more than $24k in unpaid child support ... but his baby mama says the 41-year-old has gone M.I.A.

TMZ Sports has learned ... back in November, a Colorado judge ordered Williams to fork over a total of $24,434.45 to the mother of his 13-year-old son.

Problem is ... no one can find Williams to collect the cash -- so the baby mama has yet to collect.

We contacted to the woman's lawyer who tells us, "Efforts to locate [Williams] have been exhausting."

It seems the woman's legal team is preparing to turn up the heat if she doesn't get paid -- and could move to get Eric locked up if he doesn't pay up.

It's not the first time Williams has had child support issues -- last year a judge issued an arrest warrant for the guy after he blew off a hearing in which he was supposed to submit a DNA test to establish paternity for a different child.

The chiseled asses are out in force in Sochi ... both men and women ... showing off their incredible physiques.

But the million dollar question ... with Spandex running rampant, can you tell the difference between a taught male tush and a hard female heiny?

Country music superstars The Band Perry have invited members of the U.S. Olympic ski team to PLAY WITH THEM IN CONCERT ... after watching the athletes cover their biggest hit in Sochi, TMZ Sports has learned.

We know ... the band recently saw the incredible clip of Stacey Cook, Jacqueline Wiles and Laurenne Ross rockin' out to their huge song, "Better Dig Two" and LOVED IT!!!

In fact, a rep for the band tells us ... they've already been in contact with the Olympians in the hopes they can bring them on stage at one of their shows to play the song together.

The band even gave us this note to pass on to the skiers -- "We love you guys! Go Team USA!"

​Magic Johnson is FINALLY setting the record straight about his battle with HIV -- revealing he is NOT cured, he's NOT taking special medication ... and he's definitely not seeing any Kenyan witch doctors.

The Lakers legend went on HipHopNation on Sirius XM radio today, and talked about the myths surrounding his treatment, telling Renada Romain ... "I do have it and have had it for 22 years, it's just laying asleep in my body."

Magic also says he's not winning his battle because of his enormous wealth ... saying he only has access to the same 30 something drugs everyone else does, and explained he's taking a cocktail of 3 of them.

MJ was recognizing National Black HIV/AIDS awareness, and the Hall of Famer made sure to clear up the biggest myth -- that just because he's survived this long, everyone can.

Thiago Silva has a serious cocaine problem ... so says his estranged wife who claims the drug made him paranoid ... though Thiago's lawyer tells TMZ Sports she's full of crap.

Thaysa Silva spoke with a Brazilian media outlet and said the UFC fighter's cocaine habit led to the demise of their marriage AND last week's gun-wielding showdown at a jiu-jitsu academy in Florida.

"The problem was cocaine. He always thinks he’s above the law," Thaysa said ... "He had the cocaine paranoia."

We spoke with Thiago's attorney who tells us ... "The claims are not justified" ... and notes that no cocaine was found on the scene, at Thiago's house or anywhere else connected to the fighter.

Even though they're technically still married, Thaysa says her relationship with Thiago ended more than a year ago.

"My marriage was over in December of 2012. In our relationship, I had to deal with the imbalance and aggressions. But I never went to talk to the police because I fear the reactions. Even after I was assaulted, I did not speak."

Thaysa also described the alleged encounter that went down at her house in the weeks before the arrest ... saying, "He came to my house, tore my clothes and pointed a gun at my head."

UFC legend Randy Couture says there's serious momentum in the fight to get MMA back in the Olympics ... with more than 30 COUNTRIES on board and ready to roll.

Couture was leaving an event in L.A. this weekend when he said, "I think there's 34 or 39 countries that have signed petitions" for a sport called pankration ... an ancient form of MMA.

FYI -- pankration was an olympic sport in ancient Greece. The only rules were no biting or eye-gouging.

So, when should we expect to see MMA fighters competing for the gold? Probably not any time soon ... in fact, a UFC exec recently said he thinks it's still 20 years away.

Drew Brees returned to the city that kicked him to the curb this week ... San Diego ... but not without reminding the locals which team he plays for now.

The NFL superstar hit up a local park with 2 of his sons for a little baseball workout ... they ran the bases, played catch ... it was adorable.

But the funny thing ... Brees -- who played for the Chargers before they stupidly let him go in 2006 -- had one of his kids dressed up in a New Orleans Saints jersey (#43 Darren Sproles).

Can you SMEEEEELLLLLLLLLLL what Betty White is cookin?!??!

WWE got straight up "Golden" on "Monday Night Raw" last night ... when the 92-year-old appeared with Big Show and declared, "I'M GONNA KICK SOME ASS!!!"

The crowd went INSANE ... chanting, "BETTY! BETTY! BETTY!"

Unfortunately, Betty didn't actually wrestle ... but it's too bad this whole thing didn't happen 20 years earlier -- she could've settled the infamous beef with Bea Arthur IN THE RING!!

Fun Fact: Bea HATED Betty ... though Betty says she doesn't know why Arthur harbored the grudge.

Question: Darryl Strawberry and Charlie Sheen walk into a party in the '80s ... who does the first line of primo Colombian coke??

Turns out, Eric Davis can probably answer that question ... 'cause the former MLB superstar (who was BFFs with Darryl) tells TMZ Sports the Warlock was a member of his party crew back in the day.

Sheen is a die-hard Reds fan ... and Davis says Charlie used to hang out and practice with the squad during his run with Cincinnati.

Gabrielle Union is lying through her big, beautiful teeth ... at least when it comes to her pre-nup -- because she says she's demanding one with Dwyane Wade ... and it makes NO sense.

Union went on "Arsenio Hall" last night and said she's demanding a prenuptial agreement before they tie the knot "at my insistence."

She explained, "I gotta protect my stuff" ... adding, "When you have your own stuff you don't need to worry about anyone else's stuff."

Only problem is ... it's not HER stuff that needs protecting, since Dwyane has gotta be worth at least 10 TIMES what she's worth. In fact, he's currently toward the end of a 6-year, $107 million contract with the Miami Heat.

AND he's expected to sign ANOTHER HUGE CONTRACT sometime in the next year ... some say it could be worth as much as $100 mil.

Let's do some simple math. Even if she's worth $20 mil ... he could be somewhere in the $200 MILLION range.

So, if they continue that financial pattern and he makes 10-times what she makes ... she's saying she would rather walk away with a tenth of what she COULD get.

We got video of Mizzou footbal star Michael Sam shirtless and grinding in a gay club months ago ... long before his public announcement that he's gay. So, now that Michael's out ... will NFL teams think twice about drafting him?

Plus, NINE University of Tennessee football stars busted for one helluva house party! Are they guilty ... of doing what most college kids do? Tennesse football legend Eric Berry weighed in with his take on teammates partying hard.

The eyes have it ... infections, that is ... and now, FINALLY, Bob Costas will take a night off from Olympics coverage so his peepers can heal up.

Costas tapped Matt Lauer to take over the hosting duties from Sochi Tuesday ... saying, "Reluctantly, I was trying to throw a complete game here, but we're going to have to go to the bullpen, and I don't know if you're aware of this tonight, but you're Mariano Rivera, at least tonight."

Bob started his Olympic coverage with what appeared to be pink eye -- it was red and swollen shut -- and after a few days it appeared the other eye came down with the P.E. too.

So, the question remains ... WHO KEEPS FARTING ON BOB'S PILLOW???

Dennis Rodman has plunged back into the world of booze just days after his exit from rehab.

Sources at the E11even club in South Beach tell TMZ ... Rodman was there Friday ... downing kamikaze shots. We're told he arrived alone at around 10:30 PM and left at 2 AM so wasted he had to be helped out by strangers and poured in a cab.

The NYPost's Page Six broke the story ... quoting someone present saying, "Every time he would take one [a kamikaze shot] he would scream 'It's kamikaze time!'"

Rodman went into rehab after hobnobbing it with North Korean monster Kim Jong-un and subsequently drunkenly explaining his actions.

Terrell Owens says his estranged wife is lying -- insisting he's NOT broke ... and he vows to file divorce papers AGAINST HER as soon as he gets back into town.

We broke the story ... after two weeks of marriage, T.O.'s wife Rachel Snider says she left the NFL star and claims he only used her to get a loan for a home in Sherman Oaks.

But T.O.'s rep tells TMZ Sports bluntly -- "Money is NOT an issue for Terrell."

In fact, the rep says Terrell is the "primary" person on the loan -- and Owens is adamant he never hooked up with Snider for money.

"Come on, she’s a postal worker," the rep says ... adding, "Do you really think she’s the primary on the loan?”

The rep says T.O. is currently out of town working on a "new show coming out in March" (she wouldn't reveal details about the show) ... but says he plans to file for divorce as soon as he returns to California.