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Good news for Ronda Rousey's mom ... UFC legend Chuck Liddell is totally willing to take over for the trainer she hates ... saying he'd love to be in Rowdy Ronda's corner for her rematch with Holly Holm.

We got Liddell out in San Fran partying for Super Bowl 50 and asked about Ronda's mom blasting trainer Edmond Tarverdyan ... basically blaming him for Rousey getting waxed.

Hilary Duff and Mike Comrie are now officially divorced, but before the ink dried on the docs they hit the beach together in Hawaii with their kid.

As we reported, the divorce became final last week. They have joint custody of their 3-year-old son, Luca, and despite some hard feelings between Hilary and Mike when the divorce papers were filed, they are clearly working the whole co-parenting thing out.

BMX bike legend Dave Mirra -- who once had the record for the most X Games medals -- has died of an apparent suicide ... TMZ Sports has learned.

Cops say the 41 year old's body was found in his truck in Greenville, North Carolina Thursday with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

We're told he had been in the area visiting with friends.

Mirra leaves a wife and two kids.

Officials tell TMZ Sports cops are investigating the death.

Earlier Thursday, a photo of Mirra and his wife together appeared on Dave's Instagram account with the caption, "My Rock! Thank god."

Mirra hosted 2 seasons of 'Real World/Road Rules Challenge' on MTV -- and was the namesake of several BMX video games.

Mirra also drove for Subaru rally car racing team.

Dave's good friend and fellow BMX legend T.J. Lavin tells us ... "I just wish he would have called me. I would have jumped on a plane in a second. There's always another way. If anyone needs help, just please get it. I feel sick about this."

Johnny Manziel tells TMZ Sports ... he did NOT strike his ex-girlfriend Colleen Crowley during a January 30th dispute saying bluntly, "It didn't happen."

When asked about the police report which says he allegedly threatened to kill himself during the dispute, Johnny denied that too ... adding, "I'm completely stable. I'm safe and secure."

It's interesting ... according to the police reports, as cops interviewed Colleen at her home she became irritated with the officer's questions and became "increasingly uncooperative." She also refused to allow cops to photograph her alleged injuries.

Johnny added, "I have great things coming ahead" ... though he didn't expand on what those things are.

"I know I've been having fun but I just need to get my body right."

"I'm 100% committed to playing football."

4:44 PM PT -- Dallas PD says Manziel will not be charged with a crime and the criminal investigation is closed ... according to Cleveland.com's Mary Kay Cabot.

The Dallas PD issued a statement saying, "The [DPD] has conducted the appropriate investigative follow-up to the report forwarded to us by the Ft. Worth Police Department regarding an alleged incident involving Johnny Manziel."

"Investigative efforts to date have not resulted in the filing of a criminal complaint and the incident is determined to be closed. No further statement is expected at this time."

Similarly, Fort Worth PD's Sgt. Enright tells TMZ Sports there's no investigation there either ... because "no criminal offense was reported to have occurred within our jurisdiction." Colleen lives in Fort Worth ... so police there took the initial report. But the alleged hitting would have happened in Dallas.

It's pretty clear ... the cops have problems with Crowley's version of events.

Johnny Manziel's girlfriend Colleen Crowley told police the NFL star struck her "several times" during a dispute on January 30th ... this according to the police report obtained by TMZ Sports.

The night Johnny Manziel allegedly hit his girlfriend, Colleen Crowley ... one of her Dallas neighbors called 911 to report hearing Colleen's screams.

TMZ Sports obtained the 911 call the woman made, and she calmly says she went outside when she heard Colleen in distress. She says Colleen said her boyfriend had "beat her up."

Nothing brings a group of tough football players together like a bottle of California red ... just ask Jim Kelly -- who reunited with a bunch of his former Bills teammates in Napa Valley this week.

The QB hooked up with Bruce Smith, Thurman Thomas, Cornelius Bennett, Steve Tasker and Darryl Talley (and their wives) for a 25 year reunion from Super Bowl XXV.

TMZ Sports spoke with Thurman's wife Patti who told us, "These guys are obsessed with each other. It amazes me that after all these years they are still so close."

"They try to visit each other as much as possible. But this was definitely a special occasion with them all being together. This is a special group of guys. It was nice to be together for a few days before a couple of the guys have their commitments at the Super Bowl."

Mike Piazza's timepiece game just got stronger ... courtesy of a SWEET GIFT worth $25k from the CEO of a luxury watchmaker ... TMZ Sports has learned.

The gift giving went down in Miami at a party thrown by Swiss watchmaker Ulysse Nardin and luxury lifestyle magazine Haute Living ... and the soon-to-be Hall of Famer was in attendance.

Piazza -- who's a friend of U.N.'s CEO -- was given a Ulysse Nardin Midnight Express Special Edition watch -- 1 of only 100 in existence -- to celebrate his election into Cooperstown.

It's good to be one of the greatest baseball players of all time.

You win ... you get roasted -- and Thursday, the Golden State Warriors became targets for the comedic stylings of President Barack Obama!!

It's pretty funny -- the entire team arrived to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave to be honored by POTUS ... and Obama delivered zinger after zinger, targeting everyone from Steph Curry to Klay Thompson.

Really, the only person who got some love was Steph's daughter Riley (besides Steve Kerr who got props for being on the Bulls).

Warren Moon doesn't believe he did anything wrong using a rape analogy to describe the treatment of Cam Newton ... chalking up the controversy over his comments to people simply overreacting.

Moon raised eyebrows during a recent interview about the QB -- saying the way he's been attacked by his critics, "You'd think he raped like five pastors' daughters."

We got the Hall Of Famer out in San Fran and Warren makes it plain ... he believes his statements were TOTALLY OK ... and the negative reaction is total BS.

Bengals WR Marvin Jones says it's all love between his team and the 2 players who cost them a playoff win ... saying when it comes to Vontaze Burfict and Pacman Jones -- "people make mistakes."

Of course, the duo has been under fire for the late unsportsmanlike conduct penalties against the Steelers that many believe cost the Bengals their first playoff win in forever.

But Jones says it's all water under the bridge.

Antonio Brown will be BALLIN' OUT in S.F. on Sunday -- even though he's not playing in the game -- 'cause the Steelers WR just rented out a CRAZY bachelor pad ...with a pool in the living room!

TMZ Sports has confirmed ... Brown is shelling out roughly $4,000 per night to live in a swagged out party palace for the week ... a place that comes with a pool in the living room, indoor hot tub, 3 huge projection TV screens and a 24-hour BUTLER!!

We spoke with the booking host for the place who says, "Antonio loves the place."

FYI -- Brown had company Wednesday night ... eating dinner and playing ping pong at the 4,000-square-foot pad with Vikings QB Teddy Bridgewater.

Team hotel

Here's some Peyton Manning news ... straight from the horse's mouth.

"Miles," the official Broncos mascot, tells TMZ Sports ... he believes Peyton will finally hang up his cleats for good if the team hoists the Lombardi Trophy at the end of Super Bowl 50.

Well, he didn't actually "say" that -- 'cause he can't talk -- but he definitely used hand signals to convey the message.

BONUS -- we also asked if he had a dance move to compete with Cam Newton's dab ... and he totally does!!

Carson Palmer's teammates still have his back -- especially superstar defensive end Calais Campbell -- who says the QB is still a WARRIOR who just had one bad day at the office.

Palmer got all sorts of heat after throwing 4 picks in the NFC championship game -- but clearly, his teammates aren't throwing him under the bus.

But the best part of this encounter is when the 6'8" 310 pounder admitted he tried STAND-UP COMEDY a few years ago!

Turns out his brother Jared Quay is a professional comic -- and says he's trying to get Calais to get back onstage. Question is ... will he do it? Check out the clip.

Seems Michael Schumacher's health has taken another turn for the worse -- so says his former Ferrari boss who gave a cryptic update about the 7-time Formula One champ.

"I have news and unfortunately it is not good," said Luca di Montezemolo, the former president of Ferrari.

Luca didn't get into specifics when addressing reporters Thursday.

Even when Serena Williams loses on the court, her body still dominates off it -- exhibit A was spilling out of her shirt Wednesday night in L.A.

Serena hit up celeb hotspot The Nice Guy in a severely buttoned-down shirt ... showing off most of her black bra and a ton of cleavage.

While she might still be stinging from that Australian Open loss last weekend, this should help Serena's fans recover.