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Karl Malone has something in common with Davy Crockett ... they kill bears.

The Mailman bagged himself a beast during a recent hunting trip with his son ... and then posed for a photo with the post-alive majestic creature.

Karl Malone Jr. -- who plays football at LSU -- just tweeted about the kill ... saying, "S/o to my dad gettin him a bear with his bow."

Donald Sterling is on the hunt to hire a major L.A. law firm to sue the NBA for suspending him and attempting to strip him of ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers ... TMZ Sports has learned.

Sources familiar with the situation tell us ... Sterling's people were in touch with several law firms last week, including the powerhouse firm Glaser Weil. Patty Glaser is one of the top litigators in the country and has repped scores of celebs, including Conan O'Brien and Keith Olbermann.

And this is ironic ... Paula Deen hired Glaser to defend her in the Uncle Bubba's Seafood and Oyster House case ... where Deen admitted during a deposition she used the N word, FYI, Deen's admission occurred long before Glaser took the case.

We've also learned Sterling's people have been in touch with the mega-law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart and Sullivan, a 650-member law firm specializing in business litigation.

Derrick Gordon -- the first openly gay men's college basketball player -- apparently has himself a famous boyfriend ... "CSI" actor Gerald McCullouch.

The two arrived to the GLAAD media awards in NYC this weekend -- 47-year-old Gerald was Derrick's date for the evening ... and MediaTakeOut has a photo of the two kissing on the red carpet.

Gordon -- who only went public about his sexuality last month -- was honored at the event ... and afterward wrote, "22 years old now...4 years ago I wouldnt have never imagine my life changing so much and being at the GLAAD AWARDS...IM TRULY BLESSED!!!!"

As for Gerald, he was on "CSI" for years playing the role of Bobby Dawson ... and he's also been a part of several gay-themed movies including "Bear City" and Bear City 2" ... about big hair gay dudes.

10:07 AM PT -- A rep for the bowling alley tells TMZ Sports ... Russell was the big winner, bowling 148 ... and Justin placed 3rd.

The rep says Bieber only drank water ... alcohol was NOT served.

As for food, we're told "Justin only likes potato skins, and had the chef prepare 3 plates for the group."

Jesus saves ... but Bieber bowls ... which is why Russell Wilson made time for BOTH superstars in Seattle this weekend.

The Seahawks quarterback allowed Justin Bieber to join his entourage to pray with Pastor Judah Smith at The City Church on Sunday ... and it seems everyone had a great time.

Bieber even tweeted about it ... saying, "Blessed to hear one of the best @judahsmith speak today about our Lord in church today. #JesusIs."

After services, all three guys hit up Lucky Strike Lanes and got their bowl on. Unclear, who came away with the victory.

Lil Wayne tried to FIGHT Marcos Maidana's trainer ... moments after the Mayweather fight ... and sources close to the situation tell TMZ Sports it was all over a flying water bottle.

Former NFL player James Hardy III -- a 2nd round draft pick in 2008 -- attacked multiple police officers Sunday during a violent arrest in L.A. ... TMZ Sports has learned.

Carl Crawford's baby mama is demanding $15k-per-month in child support, TMZ Sports has learned ... which seems high until you factor in his $142 MILLION contract with the Dodgers.

The outfielder is still in the middle of a child support war with his ex Amy Freeman -- who claims in new legal docs that she can't take care of their two young kids on the measly $5k-per-month she's getting from Carl right now.

So, she's asking a judge to temporarily raise his payment to a "reasonable" $15k per-month -- or $189k-per-year.

The judge has yet to rule ... but Crawford doesn't seem to have a problem with cash -- he recently took his new baby mama Evelyn Lozada out to dinner in L.A. in a brand new $300k Rolls-Royce.

Must be nice ...

Donald Sterling made racist comments about everyone from Beyonce to Charles Barkley ... if you believe an ex-Clippers "janitor" who filed for a restraining order against Sterling -- except no one in their right mind would believe this guy.

TMZ obtained a copy of the court doc filed Friday by a Cliff Paul (yes, like the State Farm commercial) who claims he is ... related to Chris Paul, a former janitor for Sterling, and was technically savvy enough to bug Sterling's office for years. You get the picture ... this sounds like a crazy person.

In the doc, he claims to have heard Sterling have hyper-racist convos about Beyonce, Chris Paul, Shaquille O'Neal, and Kim Kardashian -- and most of the language alleged in the document is far too racist to even repeat.

Some tame examples -- Sterling allegedly said Charles Barkley's head looks like a "retread tire" ... and when George Zimmerman was acquitted, he allegedly said ... "Buy that guy a beer." According to the docs Sterling even went to an IHOP with Paula Deen just to laugh at Black dishwashers.

Not shockingly ... the absurd request for a restraining order was quickly denied in a Florida District Court.

No word if this will affect Cliff's contract with State Farm.

Johnny Weir's hat won the Kentucky Derby yesterday.

It was white. It was gold. It was feathery. It had a majestic winged horse.

It was perfect.

Chris Christie is a fan scorned ... telling TMZ Sports he's still bitter at the Nets for ditching the Garden State for Brooklyn -- and that's why he WON'T be rooting for 'em in Game 7 today.

The Governor was leaving the White House Correspondent's Dinner in D.C. last night when asked if he still had even the tiniest bit of love in his heart for the former N.J. squad.

Donald Sterling is desperately trying to play the "I have black friends" card ... problem is, he can't get a black friend on board ... TMZ Sports has learned.

Sources connected to Sterling tell us ... the disgraced L.A. Clippers owner has reached out to several people he considers friends -- hoping they will vouch for him as a not-racist person.

We're told one of the people he reached out to is an African-American basketball player -- who respectfully declined Sterling's request ... along with everyone else Donald reached out to.

Bernard Hopkins has nothing but respect for George Foreman -- but tells TMZ Sports the legend was DEAD WRONG when he told B-Hop to hang up his gloves and retire.

Hopkins tells us he heard Foreman loud and clear when George called in to TMZ Sports last week and said Bernard's victory over Beibut Shumenov should be his last ... so he doesn't go out a loser or hurt himself.

"I think he was saying it in a caring way," Hopkins says ... "but you watch the fight and say 'What the hell is George talking about?'"

Despite George's warning -- that Bernard needs to accept the fact he's getting old -- Hopkins says, "The average 40-year-old is not in the shape I'm in. I'm beating guys that I could be their father."

Hopkins says he has no plans to retire and will fight into his 50s.

Although they have their differences, Bernard says there's one thing he and George can agree on -- GRILL MONEY!

"If he has a grill opportunity for me ... tell George to call the grill people and we can make a 'B Hop Alien Grill.' I'll give him a percentage."

If you ever thought about getting into the multi-colored visor business, now's a great time -- 'cause V. Stiviano's love for face covers started a boom.

We spoke with a company who sells the colored visors online ... and the guy who runs it says sales are SOARING following the drama surrounding Donald Sterling's racist rant.

The company went from selling around 5 a day, to at least 100 ... with red and blue selling the most -- the same colors V's been sporting around town.

No one has outright said they made the purchase because of her but the owner says he can't single out any other reason for the sudden interest.

She didn't disappoint. V. Stiviano sat for a bizarre interview with Barbara Walters Friday afternoon, in which she proclaimed the Clippers owner is NOT a racist.

The interview -- which aired on 20/20 Friday night -- is hard to swallow. V. says she's wearing her famous visor because it somehow masks her pain. What she doesn't explain is why a person in such pain would seek out every place possible where there were paparazzi, including The Grove, and various restaurants and hot Hollywood clubs.

There's interesting subtext .. she seems to say Donald Sterling's friends were jealous of her and were talking smack about the people she hung with ... thugs and the like. Somehow -- according to her -- that got translated into black people in Sterling's head.

TMZ broke the story ... V. and Sterling showed up at the Four Seasons Hotel in Bev Hills and spent hours together, as Babs and Anderson Cooper lobbied Sterling to sit for an interview. Sterling eventually turned them down, saying he was not prepared.

Poor Anderson.

A Minnesota bartender claims L.A. Dodgers pitcher Josh Beckett hurled the N-word (with an R) at her ... but the Dodgers say they've been investigating the claim and there's NO evidence to support it ... sources connected with the team tell TMZ Sports.

The bartender says Beckett -- along with pitcher Clayton Kershaw, Orel Hershiser and 3 other Dodgers broadcasters -- were at the bar at the Grand Hotel Minneapolis on April 28th when Beckett allegedly dropped the N-bomb.