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Well this sucks ... the Dodgers just announced legendary broadcaster Vin Scully will miss working the playoffs after undergoing a medical procedure Thursday morning.

The Dodgers wouldn't say what the procedure was -- but insist the 87-year-old Hall of Famer is resting comfortably.

Scully made the decision to sit out the post-season on the advice of his doctors.

Still, the Dodgers insist Scully WILL return to the broadcasting booth next year for his 67th season with the team.

TMZ Sports just shot the first video of Derek Fisher out in public since his big fight with Matt Barnes over the weekend -- but take a close look ... he doesn't appear to look any worse for wear.

Matt Barnes will NOT be charged with a crime for allegedly attacking Derek Fisher over the weekend ... the Redondo Beach Police Department tells TMZ Sports.

Jalen Rose thinks Stephen A. Smith made a HUGE mistake calling out Kevin Durant ... 'cause in a battle between media dude and former league MVP dude ... media dude will always lose.

Rose sat down with Charlamagne Tha God on "The Breakfast Club" when he talked about fellow ESPN staffer Stephen A. Smith essentially threatening Durant on-air after KD called him out about his reporting.

Jalen seemed to agree with everyone who found it crazy that a member of the media would wage a personal war against a superstar ... telling the gang if it were him, he would have let the whole thing go.

Matt Barnes punched Derek Fisher in the mouth with a closed fist during their melee in L.A. this past weekend -- and only stopped fighting when one of Matt's kids begged them to stop ... a witness tells TMZ Sports.

Boxer Victor Ortiz is adamant he did NOT assault a country music fan at a Jason Aldean/Kenny Chesney concert back in July ... and pled not guilty in court moments ago.

We broke the story ... Ortiz -- a former "Dancing with the Stars" contestant -- was arrested on July 25th when officials say he and his brother beat the living daylights out of a guy at the Rose Bowl.

Victor was charged with misdemeanor assault and battery. His brother was charged with battery causing serious bodily injury.

If convicted, Victor faces up to 2 years in county jail ... which is a big deal, considering he's got a budding movie career with roles in flicks like "Southpaw" and "The Expendables."

There would be no sandwiches for Tank Abbott if he stepped into the Octagon with Ronda Rousey ... because she would "kill his face" ... so says Tito Ortiz.

As we previously reported, Abbott -- a UFC legend -- launched an attack on female fighters ... saying ALL women in the UFC are a pathetic joke, including Rousey.

Abbott says he'd put $100k of his own money against any woman in a real deal MMA fight -- but if they lost, the woman would have to make him a sandwich.

Well, Tito Ortiz thinks Tank has a death wish ... because if Ronda ever took him up on the offer, she'd DESTROY the guy.

The Harlem Globetrotters are being sued by a former female player -- who claims she was repeatedly sexually harassed by the coach and then 86'd when she got pregnant ... TMZ Sports has learned.

He's battled Hulk Hogan and the Ultimate Warrior ... but the Iron Sheik's next opponent could be Jimmy Fallon -- 'cause Jay Leno says the WWE legend could totally make it as a late night host!

He may have a point ... The Sheik is super entertaining, very VERY opinionated ... and topical when ranting on Twitter. For example:

Sheik On Matt Barnes:
"MATT BARNES SUPLEX THE DERRICK FISHER BACK"

Sheik On the Philadelphia Eagles:
"CHIP KELLY BIG TIME JABRONI"

Sheik on His Place in WWE History:
"HOLY F*CK I AM THE LEGEND"

Sheik On Mondays:
"F*CK THE MONDAY FOREVER"

Sheik On Uzo Aduba:
"UZO ADUBA NO JABRONI #EMMYS "

Sheik On Spoiler Alerts:
"SPOILER ALERT: GO F*CK YOURSELF"

RGIII's not seeing much field time these days, but he's showing his dance moves are still in Pro Bowl form!

RGIII, along with Washington teammates Colt McCoy and Alfred Morris attended the "All-Star Survivors Celebration" earlier this week, an event in honor of 31 women currently fighting off breast cancer.

At some point in the festivities, Robert thought it would be a good idea to tempt fate ... and try to perform actual physical activity without injury.

The result? Touchdown RGIII ... not only one of the best wobbles we've ever seen (seriously, dude can move) but all for the best possible cause one can imagine.

You gotta check him out -- Hips? Check. Attitude? Check. Fun factor? Check. He absolutely slayed it.

French Montana has an interesting theory ... this pic she posted on her website, khloewithak.com, could be a more powerful sales pitch for Nike than the company's potential new 3D printer.

We got French leaving Nice Guy in West Hollywood Wednesday when we asked whether Khloe Kardashian would be effective in pushing a proposed product, which would allow consumers to use a 3D printer to make shoes.

There's a lot of subtext ... French says his affection for his former GF is strong. But he's also embracing a product which is now the archrival of Adidas, the company that just hired new boyfriend James Harden as its pitchman.

Let's get real ... who notices the shoes?

Matt Stafford's wife opened fire on the NFL -- blasting the league for its "incompetent refs" ... hours after they blew a huge call that cost her husband's team a victory.

By now you know the refs screwed up that "batted ball" call at the end of the Lions vs. Seahawks game on Monday night. Even the league admitted they screwed it up.

Enter Kelly Stafford ... who decided to take her shot at the refs on Instagram -- posting a screenshot of a text message exchange with Matt, in which the Lions QB says the league may fine him over his cleats.

Kelly's response -- "Tell the league that they can fine u for your cleats if we can fine them for their incompetent refs."

BOOM!!!

TMZ Sports has obtained explosive video of ex-NFL tight end Desmond Clark GOING BALLISTIC at officials at a Chicago area high school after his son was allegedly mistreated because he's black.

According to police, it all went down on August 29th at Vernon Hills High ... where Desmond's 17-year-old son was blocked from participating in a school lip sync event because of a previous code of conduct violation.

Desmond's son claims an administrator demeaned him in front of other students -- calling him a "criminal" -- so he called his parents who came rushing to the school.

You can see in the video ... Desmond's wife Maria got so HEATED, Desmond had to literally pick her up and remove her from the person she was screaming at.

Desmond -- who played for the Bears from 2003 to 2010 -- comes back into the room and begins to yell. Cops say he was calling out school officials ... claiming his son had been the victim of racism for years and his family was sick of it.

Several people in the room gave Desmond an ovation at the end of his rant.

Eventually, cops arrived to the scene and spoke with the Clarks for more than an hour. They left that day without incident ... but Desmond and his wife were hit with criminal charges in the following days.

Both Desmond and his wife were charged with disorderly conduct -- Maria was also hit with an assault charge. They were arrested on September 11th and were later released.

They have since pled not guilty and are due back in court later this month.

Desmond has since been banned from school grounds -- his lawyer says, "They're afraid of him because he's a big black man."

At least one Philadelphian has Chip Kelly's back ... and it might be the biggest one of all -- Sylvester Stallone who's begging the city NOT to throw in the towel on the football coach just yet.

With the Eagles nursing a 1-3 record and the offense looking more like Glass Joe than Rocky ... Stallone says things may be looking bad, but Philly has always been an underdog city ripe for a comeback.

"Give him time to develop. It's a new time. It's a new era," Stallone says ... "I don't think it's time for Chip's ahoy yet."

There's more ... Sly also says Chip might wanna take Congressman Bob Brady up on his offer and drink from the Pope's water cup.

Just days after threatening Kevin Durant on national television, ESPN star Stephen A. Smith tells TMZ Sports things are somehow cool between him and the basketball player.

Smith was leaving the SiriusXM radio studio in NYC when we asked if there's been any movement in their relationship since the epic, "You really wanna start something with ME?" moment on Monday.

"Kevin Durant and I are just fine," Smith said ... "Just fine."

That may be ... but probably don't expect to see these two getting beers together anytime soon.

Jessica Mendoza -- the 1st woman to announce an MLB playoff game -- says she's well aware of the radio host who attacked her Tuesday night -- but says he's "ignorant" and not worth her time.

TMZ Sports spoke with the Olympic softball legend who says she expected to have some haters when she broke the gender barrier by calling the Yankees vs. Astros game ... and tried her best to mentally prepare.

"When I did my first game on August 24th, I remember prepping myself. I remember saying, 'No woman's been in the booth. They're going to attack you.'"

Enter radio host Mike Bell, who's been suspended by his station after referring to Mendoza as "Tits McGhee" on Twitter and essentially saying a softball player has no business calling a MLB game.

"I had someone send me the link," Mendoza says ... "Just before I clicked on it, I said to myself, 'I don't want to open it. If I do, he wins.' I didn't want to give it my time, because if his objective was to get to me, I didn't want to give him that."

"At the end of the day, I don't care about the ignorant people. It's one thing if he attacks me because he didn't like the job I did. That I can understand."