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It's the diamond bracelet that would make Batman jealous ... 'cause this year's World Series of Poker Championship Bracelet has a hidden poker chip compartment shielded by a buttload of diamonds!

It might be the most baller trophy in all of professional sports ... with 35 carats of black and white diamonds ... 300 grams of 14 karat white and yellow gold ... and of course, the SECRET COMPARTMENT.

The bracelet, designed by Jason of Beverly Hills, took more than 300 hours to create ... and will eventually be worn around the wrist of the person who conquers the final table in November.

Oh, and besides the jewelry ... the winner also gets $10 MILLION in prize money.

Hopefully, Seattle Seahawks superstar Earl Thomas knows a trick to get SLIME out of his hair ... because the guy was up to his ears in the green stuff last night ... thanks to Larry Fitzgerald.

The NFL studs were battling each other at the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Sports Awards in L.A. -- firing projectiles at each other while standing over dunk tanks filled with SLIME.

Larry emerged victorious ... so Thomas went down in the goop ... HARD!!!

The Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders DON'T MESS AROUND when it comes to picking their squad -- ya can't just be hot ... ya also got to shake your ass like a champ ... and the auditions were all captured on video.

Check out the clip captured by the crew of CMT's "Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team" -- the competition is ferocious ... but it's obvious who's got the talent ... and who sucks.

Winners go on to do awesome stuff like tropical calender shoots, be on the sidelines at games and more. Losers go home.

It all went down last night ... McIlroy -- along with a bunch of other golfers including Bubba Watson -- did a segment for ESPN and were asked to name all 4 of the boys from Liverpool.

Rory's answer ... "I wanna say George Lucas."

Nope.

Still, closer than Bubba Watson ... who answered, "I have no clue the names of The Beatles."

The clip PISSED off Ben Hoffman from Comedy Central's, "The Ben Show" ... who blasted the golfers on Twitter ... calling McIlroy a "f**king idiot" before putting the crosshairs on Watson.

"Bubba Watson is 35. How uninteresting is your fucking life that you live 35 years without learning the names of the fucking Beatles?"

He went on, "Bubba Watson should be smashed over the head with a 9 iron. F**king s**thead doesn't even know who Paul McCartney is."

"They flew into John Lennon Airport, grabbed their clubs, and went to play golf. No idea who The Beatles were."

File Under: "Nuts" ... because NHL superstar Tyler Seguin let a pro golfer tee off ... FROM HIS MAN JUNK ... and the whole thing was caught on video.

Tyler agreed to the stunt to promote the TFP Charity Golf Classic -- hosted by the Dallas Stars player.

Seguin claims the man who smacked the ball off his genitals was a pro ... but still ... to let anyone swing a club that close to your wang ... wow.

He's not the first person to use his body as a tee ... earlier this year, John Daly smacked a ball out a woman's mouth.

And a few years ago a model let a Playboy radio host tee off from her butt crack.

The butt stunt didn't go as well ... and the model sued for damages to her ass.

Fortunately for Seguin, his penis seemed to emerge from the stunt unscathed.

V. Stiviano tells TMZ Sports she wasn't OFFENDED when Drake called her the "Side Piece of the Year" during the ESPYs ... she was FLATTERED.

Stiviano was leaving Villa Blanca in Beverly Hills ... when she told us the "Side Piece" shout out was "a very big compliment."

Funny, 'cause Drake certainly didn't mean it as one as he mocked her right before going into a song called, "Donald Sterling Never Loved Us."

Either way, Stiviano's biggest concern yesterday didn't seem to be the diss ... it was the fact she was getting into a Volvo ... instead of a Bentley, Ferrari or a Rolls.

Priorities.

Michael Jordan should NOT have won the '88 Slam Dunk contest -- and only emerged victorious because the whole thing was RIGGED ... so says ESPN's Bill Simmons.

The Sports Guy was in L.A. for the ESPYs when our photog asked the notorious basketball junkie who'd win a current day (and nearly geriatric) dunk-off between MJ and Dominique Wilkins -- a rematch of the '88 final.

Bill's response is near blasphemy to anyone from Chicago (as our camera guy is) 'cause not only does he pick the Human Highlight Reel ... he also claims the original battle was a total sham.

There's more ... Simmons also explains why LeBron and Blake Griffin will NEVER go head-to-head in a dunk contest ... no matter how much money people try to throw at them.

Meantime, check out the '88 footage ... does Simmons have a point?

How do you follow up when you've just bought your GF a $300k Rolls-Royce? According to Floyd Mayweather you get her something much more fly ... as in something that actually flies.

Money and his chick "Bad" Medina were out in L.A. on Thursday when Floyd -- the top money earner in all of sports -- told us what Medina can expect the next time he's in a giving mood.

For the record, a Gulfstream G650 (aka a G6) ... reportedly retails for about $56 MILLION.

In other words, that's half-a-year's pay for Mayweather.

Stuart Scott practices what he preaches ... especially when it comes to MMA ... so says the ESPN legend's sensei who tells us despite fighting cancer, the guy's a "battle horse" in the ring.

TMZ Sports spoke with Sensei Darin Reisler who was featured in a piece honoring Scott that ran during the ESPYs last night.

Reisler tells us ... the MMA footage was shot just 6 weeks ago -- in between cancer treatments.

"Stuart is a battle horse. The little bit that you saw last night – that was an hour and a half session ... grappling, ground fighting. He’s got a chemo port in his chest, is blind in one eye and gets kicked in the head and the chest ... the guy has NO quit in him."

Reisler says Scott has been coming to his Connecticut training center for the past 5 years -- and still wants to fight hard during every single session.

In fact, Reisler says Scott has said he doesn't want anyone taking it easy on him -- and once got a black eye during a sparring session. "The makeup department wasn't too thrilled."

As for receiving the Jimmy V award last night -- Sensei Reisler says, "It’s so great to see him getting recognized. But I’m very excited for the day that he won’t be fighting cancer – and the only fighting he’ll be doing is in the ring."

NBA legend Bill Russell is recovering at a hospital near Lake Tahoe after collapsing during a speaking gig early this morning ... the Boston Celtics tell TMZ Sports.

Russell was doing a speaking engagement when he "felt faint" ... and collapsed. We're told an ambulance was called to the scene and transported the 80-year-old to a nearby hospital.

Damn you, Tom Brady.

There were no ESPY after-parties for Floyd Mayweather last night -- just sweat and Gatorade -- 'cause the champ went straight from the awards show to the boxing gym ... and we got the footage.

Sources close to Floyd tell us ... Mayweather has his game face on when it comes to his upcoming fight against Marcos Maidana ... and knows there's no time to screw around.

So, instead of the nightclubs or the private mansion parties, Floyd hit up Ten Goose Boxing Gym in Van Nuys, CA -- where he worked out for nearly 3 HOURS.

Rihanna and Dwight Howard may say their tweets in support of Palestine were accidental -- but D.L. Hughley thinks they only hit delete because of social media pressure.

Hughley told us he believes the #FreePalestine tweets were intentional, and Dwight and RiRi should never have backed down -- with excuses and apologies -- if that's how they really feel.

But the comedian, who's been known to get political himself, added they shouldn't be bullied ... "I don't think they should be shouted down, no matter whether I agree with them or not."

Michael Sam is impressing his St. Louis Rams teammates -- on and off the field -- so says superstar Chris Long who tells TMZ Sports he's proud of the guy and can't wait to play with him.

After Sam was honored with the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage at the ESPYs last night, Long says he was getting a lot of positive text messages from other players on the Rams.

"I've been hearing a lot of really great feedback," Long says ... "To be able to go up there, when he was nervous I'm sure, and speak about such an emotional topic is impressive."

During the speech, Sam thanked the Rams for supporting him as he tries to become the first openly gay football player to take the field in an NFL game. Long says he's heading in the right direction.

Long also says Sam has done a great job managing the media circus that's been surrounding him ever since he went public with his sexuality.

"When he's been on the football field, it's been all business ... and the team supports him."

Long adds, "He's a great kid."

Stand down, strippers ... Carmelo Anthony tells TMZ Sports he will NOT be taking up Scores NYC on it's "Free Lapdances for Life" offer ... though he is open to another kind of free pie.

We broke the story ... Scores made the generous offer to 'Melo when he was deciding where to play next year -- and said if he picked the Knicks, he's be taken care of FOREVER.

So, when we saw 'Melo in L.A. last night after the ESPYs we had to ask if he would claim his prize -- and he told us straight up," I ain't messin' with that."