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Regardless of who wins the Louisville-Kentucky NCAA tourney game tonight ... somebody's gonna look pretty damn foolish in the Detroit Pistons locker room.

Peyton Siva and Josh Harrellson -- who are now teammates in Detroit -- were arch rivals back in 2010 ... when Siva played for Louisville and Harrellson for Kentucky -- two schools that HATE each other.

Siva and Harrellson have been able to bury their true feelings for the sake of their team -- until now ... telling TMZ Sports they've got a friendly bet going over tonight's Sweet 16 grudge match.

Siva says "We have a gear bet ... I have some gear for him [to wear after we win!]"

The opposite holds true for Harrellson ... but Siva wasn't eager to discuss that outcome.

Siva says he and Harrellson will be watching the game on mobile devices ... since they'll be on a Pistons flight headed to Philadelphia.

Stephen Colbert can try to blow off his "Ching Chong Ding-Dong" skit as a joke all he wants -- former NFL All-Pro Dat Nguyen thinks Colbert NEEDS to apologize, and he's shocked he hasn't yet.

Nguyen tells TMZ Sports ... Colbert's Wednesday night show was probably a "bad decision" on his part. If you haven't seen it -- Colbert mocked the Redskins name sitch by bringing up a recurring character from his show ... "Ching Chong Ding-Dong."

The Eagles' decision to drop star receiver DeSean Jackson might be connected to a photo TMZ Sports posted of the receiver throwing a gang sign -- but Jackson is now adamantly denying any gang affiliation.

Releasing Jackson seems odd because he had a career season last year -- but a recent NJ.com report said the Eagles were concerned he might have ties an LA. gang known as the Rollin' 40s crips.

Those concerns had to heightened by the pic we posted last month of DeSean posing in Philadelphia with rapper Nipsey Hussle -- who is a Crip -- and throwing up a Crip gang sign.

Almost immediately after he was cut today ... DeSean released a statement saying, "I am not and never have been part of any gang."

He added, "I am not a gang member and to speculate and assume that I am involved in such activity is reckless and irresponsible."

MMA is the worst sport for head injuries -- even worse than football -- so says a new study.

A University of Toronto study published this month in the American Journal of Sports Medicine examined records and videos from 844 bouts, finding that about 1/3 of them end in a knockout or TKO.

The study says the head trauma rate in MMA is greater than boxing, football and hockey.

Sister porn stars Natasha and Natalia Starr would sleep with Derek Jeter, Cristiano Ronaldo and David Beckham ... but the list of sports stars they wouldn't sleep with ... IS HYSTERICAL.

Our (clearly excited) photog caught up with the Starr sisters today in NYC. The girls, who were also Penthouse Pets last year, perform in XXX videos together. Don't worry, they explain the logistics in this clip.

After going through the athletes they find hot ... they listed a few they're not down with and absoutely would NOT sleep with -- even though as they put it "they f*** a lot of ugly guys on film."

Miguel Cabrera might be happy about his $292 million contract -- but his barber flat out lost his mind celebrating the ridiculous deal ... and tells TMZ Sports he just got a fat raise from the Tigers slugger.

Michael B. Jordan's breakout role was as a football star -- but we've got video that proves he can do a decent impression of his namesake.

Plus, Johnny Manziel really is Texas royalty -- even ex-presidents want to hang with him on his pro day for scouts. Question is ... will NFL teams be as impressed?

UCLA's former Associate Athletic Director Michael Sondheimer has been charged with possession of child pornography.

The L.A. Couny D.A.'s Office says he's been charged with one felony county of possession -- and the porn was on his work-issued laptop.

58-year old Sondheimer resigned from his post at UCLA last year amid allegations he was having online sex chats with minors.

According to the D.A. the alleged offense occurred in April of last year. If convicted, Sondheimer faces up to 3 years in state prison.

UCLA had placed him on administrative leave in June once they got wind of the allegations. He quit a month later.

Jeanie Buss just backed one up over her NBA legend fiance Phil Jackson -- exposing him to the world ... as a hardcore snorer!

The new Knicks President and Lakers Prez were out to dinner on her turf last night -- L.A.'s restaurant row -- and we asked what's their biggest relationship challenge: being bi-coastal or bi-NBA franchise?

Twins pitcher Mike Pelfrey thought it was his moment to be a hero -- he was getting the chance to pump up his alma mater Wichita State before an NCAA Tournament game -- but instead he was getting punked by his teammates.

Twins manager Ron Gardenhire helped pull off the stunt ... calling Pelfrey into his office, and telling him he had the undefeated Shockers on the phone -- and they wanted the pitcher to deliver an inspirational speech before their game against Kentucky.

You gotta see how it plays out ... it's hysterical because Pelfrey CHOKES. Hard.

How hard? The highlight of his speech was ... "Just go out there and win, and that'll make everybody happy."

Hardly Rudy-esque -- though ultimately it didn't matter since Mike was only talking to teammates in the clubhouse.

Pelfrey tells TMZ Sports, "It was in good fun. I thought it was funny. I probably could've done without the whole world seeing it."

But the best may be yet to come -- MP says, "I got a lot of calls from people in Wichita that want me to give speeches -- car dealerships, my buddy's daughter's basketball team."

Jews don't play football, they RUN football ... so says Kiss frontman Gene Simmons.

The rock legend -- who happens to be both Jewish and the owner of a football team -- was leaving The Ivy in L.A. when he explained why there seem to be more Hebrews up in the owner's boxes than on the field.

Simmons also talked about the gynecology-meets-football ad campaign for his Arena League football team, The L.A. Kiss -- and said they had to SCALE BACK on the original concept because it was too edgy for TV.

Atlanta Falcons superstar Roddy White is no Aaron Rodgers -- he's finally decided to pay off his March Madness wager with a fan ... by hooking the guy up with Super Bowl tickets!

Everyone's been talking about it -- Roddy promised Falcons fan Dylan Hoyt season tickets on the 50-yard line if Mercer beat Duke last week, but then tried to back out of the deal.

Now Dylan tells TMZ Sports Roddy's coming up huge ... offering him pre-game sideline passes to ALL the Falcon home games -- AND his personal pair of tix to next year's Super Bowl!

Roddy took a ton of heat for not paying up, but Dylan says ... "He's a great guy. It wouldn't have mattered if he didn't pull through, but this is a dream come true."

Chicago Bulls star Carlos Boozer has filed for divorce ... for the second time ... from the same woman.

TMZ Sports has learned ... Boozer filed legal docs in Miami last week, alleging his marriage to Cindy Boozer was "irretrievably broken."

Here's what makes this interesting ... Carlos and Cindy divorced in 2010 after an 8-year marriage and 3 kids ... after allegations he had an affair with a contestant on "The Bachelor" in 2009. They remarried in March, 2012, but it clearly was not to last.

Ray Rice was indicted today for striking his fiancée in the elevator of an Atlantic City casino -- the alleged crime was caught on surveillance video first published by TMZ Sports.

Nude pics of Terrell Owens' estranged wife have popped up on the Internet ... and she's hinting that T.O. may be responsible for leaking them.

The photos of Rachel Snider hit Twitter today showing the ex-postal worker posing for bathroom selfies ... some topless, some bottomless ... and some that look like they're straight out of Hustler.

Gotta say ... some of 'em do make ya think T.O. should try to patch things up.

Snider confirmed the pics are definitely her, but adds they were taken for T.O. ... and intended for his eyes only.

Translation: she thinks he could be connected to the the Twitter handle sending out the pics.

Rachel says she's contacted Twitter HQ to report the user behind the x-rated tweets, but so far they're still up.

T.O.'s rep hasn't responded to our calls for comment.