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Hanging out in the locker room with Team Ghana right before the World Cup???

This little girl don't care.

A big joke, huh??

SUCK ON THAT ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC!!!!!!!!

The Stanley Cup is so powerful ... it even has normally boring politicians fired up -- like L.A.'s Mayor Eric Garcetti, who decided to drop a televised F-bomb at the Kings celebration today.

The L.A. Kings victory parade ended with a ceremony at Staples Center ... and Garcetti took the mic to gloat about winning a bet with NYC's mayor. Then, on LIVE TV, said ... "They say never ever be pictured with a drink your hand and never swear, but this is a big f***ing day."

Watch the clip -- Garcetti totally caught the censors off-guard (they bleeped him a second too late), and you can imagine how the crowd reacted.

Marion Barber III -- former Dallas Cowboys running back -- was arrested in Texas yesterday ... TMZ Sports has confirmed.

According to police records, Barber was arrested just after 8PM on Sunday night -- and he's being held for "mental detention and observation."

"Today is a sad day for me. It's a sad day for the San Diego Padres ... and for baseball in general."
-- Fred McGriff on the passing of Tony Gwynn

TMZ Sports spoke with Gwynn's former Padres teammate moments ago ... and he told us that even though they only played together for 3 seasons, he considered Tony a good friend.

"He was the ultimate pro," McGriff said ... "Best hitter I ever played with."

Crime Dog says besides being a great ballplayer, Tony had one of the best reputations in pro sports for being a great guy.

"He was a good father. Everyone considered Tony a good person. No one ever had anything bad to say about him. I'll miss him."

FYI -- Tony's son, Tony Gwynn Jr., just tweeted ... saying:

Prosecutors believe a TMZ Sports photo shows Aaron Hernandez brandishing the gun he used to murder Odin Lloyd.

Hernandez is currently in court in an effort to have the murder charge dismissed -- but during the hearing, prosecutors raised several reasons why the case should go on ... and used the TMZ Sports pic to support their claim.

TMZ Sports published the photo back in June 2013 -- showing Hernandez taking a selfie while holding a pistol in his left hand.

The photo was subpoenaed by prosecutors -- who examined the meta-data from the pic and determined it was taken in 2009 at an apartment where Aaron was living at the time.

During today's hearing, prosecutors said the gun in the pic appears to be a "Glock firearm" -- which officials believe is consistent with the gun used in the Lloyd murder.

"It was consistent with the ballistic evidence in this case, projectiles recovered from the body of Odin Lloyd, as well as the shell casings that had distinct markings that at least were consistent with the markings from the Glock manufacturer," prosecutors said.

The hearing is still going on -- and the judge has yet to rule on whether she will toss the murder charge.

Stay tuned ...

Tony Gwynn Sr. -- one of Major League Baseball's greatest hitters -- died today after battling cancer for several years.

Gwynn played 19-years for the San Diego Padres and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2007. He was known for his tremendous batting skills. He had a .338 career batting average and 3,141 hits.

Swedish soccer star Zlatan Ibrahimovic -- considered one of the best players in the world -- just ripped Team USA soccer ... at least, we think he did.

The 32-year-old Swedish-born striker was out at Boa Steakhouse in L.A. over the weekend -- instead of Brazil -- because Sweden didn't qualify for the World Cup tournament

So, while he was in town ... we asked who he thinks will take home the title.

His response -- "USA."

We asked if he was joking. He shot back -- "A big joke."

Dude, did Zlatan just talk smack??

Pretty ballsy for a guy who's team couldn't crack the top 32 ... then again, the Team USA coach would probably agree with him.

After being able to rest up during the last 5 minutes of the NBA Finals, a bunch of the San Antonio Spurs players hit a local nightclub after the big win ... including MVP Kawhi Leonard.

The 22-year-old phenom -- along with Danny Green (26) and Marco Belinelli (28) -- hit up Elevate Rooftop nightclub in S.A. ... where they partied the night away with Spurs fans.

At one point, Danny Green went to the DJ booth and grabbed the mic -- firing up the already pumped Spurs crowd.

As for the post-30-year-olds ... Duncan, Parker and Ginobli ... no word on how they celebrated -- maybe some Ensure shakes and a good night's sleep?

A bunch of Dallas Cowboys players had to be restrained at a TNA Wrestling event Sunday night when one of the wrestlers spit beer at 'em ... and all hell broke loose ... in a scripted, wrestling sorta way.

It all went down at TNA Wrestling Slammiversary XII -- where bad guy "The Cowboy" James Storm went over to a bunch of Cowboys players in the stands (including starting defensive end George Selvie) and fired a mouthful of beer at the guys.

Selvie -- along with teammates Ben Bass, Nick Hayden, Tyrone Crawford, Caesar Rayford and Martez Wilson -- went crazy ... but were held back by security.

You know how they say say men with facial hair are "hiding something?"

Well, Eric Karros is one of those guys -- telling TMZ Sports his goatee is masking the scars from a 97-mph fastball that drilled him in the chin back in 2002.

The former L.A. Dodgers 1st baseman says he remembers everything about the pitch that struck him in the jaw -- hurled by former S.F. Giants pitcher Felix Rodriguez.

"Ironically, it was Family Picture Day," Karros says.

Despite the fact it's been 12 years, Eric says he never watched tape of the brutal pitch -- because if he did, Eric says he would have been "too scared to get back in the box."

Here's a brand new video of Johnny Manziel that's blowing up on the 'net -- showing the Browns QB clutching a brick of cash ... and talking to it like a cell phone.

Why? Why not.

The video first surfaced on Instagram over the weekend. Unclear exactly when and where the video was shot -- but Johnny sure seems be having a good time.

76ers star Nerlens Noel has declared war on the woman who claims she's the mother of his child ... this, after she accused the NBA star of being a deadbeat dad ... TMZ Sports has learned.

It's a nasty fight between Nerlens and a woman named Jamie -- who claims the 20-year-old signed an affidavit in May 2013 (one week after the child was born) admitting he is the father. She claims the two remained close after the pregnancy.

In legal docs, obtained by TMZ Sports, Jamie claims Nerlens agreed to pay $10k per month in child support -- and did for 3 months -- but suddenly cut her off and hasn't paid a dime since.

Jamie filed a lawsuit against Nerlens hoping the judge would force him to pay up -- but he fired back with legal docs of his own claiming he's not convinced he's the real father.

In fact, in Noel's legal docs he writes, "[He] does not have sufficient knowledge of information to know whether [Jamie] engaged in sexual relations with other men during the times pertinent to this case."

Jamie denies that claim.

Nerlens also states when he signed the affidavit saying he's the father, he did so "without first fully reading and understanding" the document.

Nerlens is now demanding a DNA test to prove whether or not he is the dad.

The case is due back in court later this month.

Something is rotten in the state of Magic Mountain ... and it's the carnival game 3-point challenge ... so says Matt Barnes who says the reason he only went 2 for 5 is because it's RIGGED!!!

TMZ Sports has the video of Matt and Deandre Jordan at the Six Flags themepark in Valencia, CA a few days ago ... where the L.A. Clippers star entered the contest ... and he didn't do great.

So, what's Matt's excuse?! Well, he was laughing about it when we saw him in L.A. the other day ... before making ALLEGATIONS OF SHENANIGANS!!!

(For the record, he's probably joking ... but, still funny!)

Check out the clip.

WNBA superstar Candace Parker is being investigated in L.A. after allegedly threatening to beat up a male college student ... though one source close to the situation tells TMZ Sports Parker never threatened anyone.

Here's what we know ... the 6'4" L.A. Sparks player was involved in a minor car accident on Tuesday with a 5'7" student named Andrew near the campus of L.A. Southwest College.

The California Highway Patrol was called to the scene and a report was taken. But roughly an hour later, Candace and Andrew had another encounter around the campus gym where Candace and the L.A. Sparks practice.

According to campus police, a verbal altercation went down between the two sides ... and Andrew claims Candace threatened to kick his ass.

Andrew tells TMZ Sports he's worried about retaliation -- "I don't know what she's capable of."

One source close to the situation tells us ... Candace never made any threats during the encounter.

Campus police investigated the incident and kicked the matter over to the L.A. County District Attorney -- who will decide whether or not to pursue charges against Candace.