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NFL superstar Greg Hardy -- aka "The Kraken" -- is having a bad month ... 'cause days after he was found guilty of assaulting his ex-GF, his rap show CRASHED AND BURNED on stage ... and TMZ Sports has the footage.

The Carolina Panthers defensive end (and aspiring rapper) was scheduled to host a party at Club Label on Sunday July 20th -- and graced the crowd with a special live rap performance.

Sources at the club tell us the show was a mess ... with people turning all the way down when Kraken hit the stage. Some even left the dance floor.

But the worst part (for Hardy) was during his 2nd song, the mic mysteriously died -- and a confused and disappointed Kraken eventually walked off the stage.

Sources at the show tell us crowd members suspected the DJ cut the mic to spare the crowd and save the party -- though the DJ tells TMZ Sports it's not the case ... blaming a technical mishap.

Hardy kept his cool -- which is good for him considering on Tuesday a judge had sentenced the NFL star to 18 months probation for beating and threatening to kill his ex-girlfriend Nicole Holder during an altercation back in May.

Donald Sterling is now willing to talk about selling the team over which he's waging legal war ... because he just met with Steve Ballmer to talk about the sale of the Los Angeles Clippers.

Ballmer went to Sterling's Beverly Hills estate Monday at 3 PM, along with Shelly Sterling's lawyer, Pierce O'Donnell ... who brokered the $2 billion deal.

Sources tell TMZ Sports ... Donald has softened his position and is now considering signing off on the sale ... in no small part because his lawyers have told him he's going to lose his court case.

Our sources say Donald himself requested the meeting.

"Magic Mike" star Alex Pettyfer royally pissed off the wrong guys -- some muscle-bound dudes at world famous Muscle Beach in Venice, CA.

Watch this ... it's a safe bet AP will never again ask another dude with 8-pack abs and 38DD pecs about his lifting regimen!

Here's a shot of Lamar Odom flashing some intergluteal cleft while lotioning himself up over the weekend before a mid-afternoon hike in the Hollywood Hills.

Fun Fact -- there are several clinical names for the "butt crack" ... including natal cleft, the vertical gluteal crease and the gluteal cleft.

Da Brat tackled the biggest MJ debate of them all -- and it turns out there's NO ONE better to settle the ongoing issue.

When our photog hit Da Brat with the question ... she was dressed head-to-toe in #23 Jordan gear, but also showed off an awesome Michael Jackson tattoo.

So, we gotta ask ...

He's got drama in Gaza ... outrage in Ukraine ... but President Barack Obama still made time to hang with NBA superstar Chris Paul in Washington D.C. today.

Just minutes after delivering a speech on the situation in Ukraine on the White House south lawn ... Obama went to the Walker Jones Education Campus to meet with the L.A. Clippers to participate in a town hall focusing on the importance of the 'My Brother’s Keeper Initiative.'

FYI -- the MBKI is a program aimed at providing "boys and young men of color" with mentoring, support networks, and the skills they need to find a good job or go to college and work their way into the middle class.

Obama was all smiles during the event -- where he was introduced by Paul himself.

After the event, the President went to the East Room to award the Medal of Honor to Staff Sgt. Ryan M. Pitts for his heroic action in Afghanistan.

A former UCLA associate athletic director will have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life ... after pleading no contest to possession of child porn.

TMZ Sports broke the story ... officials say Michael Sondheimer was in possession of child porn on his work-issued laptop in April 2013. He was charged with a felony. Sondheimer initially pled not guilty.

Now, officials say Sondheimer struck a plea deal -- in which he plead no contest and in exchange was sentenced to 3 years probation and was ordered to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.

Michael Sam is responding to Tony Dungy's comments -- by not responding -- with Sam's rep telling TMZ Sports he refuses to engage with the legendary coach ... and wants to keep his focus on football.

It's not the first time Sam has had to deal with a former NFL coach claiming his sexual orientation would be a distraction -- earlier this year, Herm Edwards said Sam has "issues" and coaches would have to decide if they want to bring that kind of "baggage" into the locker room.

Sam didn't respond to Edwards either.

Now, with Rams training camp officially opening up for rookies today (veterans report on Thursday), Sam's camp is once again issuing the perfect response ... "no comment."

Tony Dungy's comments about NOT wanting to draft Michael Sam because he's gay are MISGUIDED ... so says fellow NBC employee Sam Champion who says it would be a "shame" to pass on a capable player because of his sexual orientation.

As we previously reported, Dungy told a reporter he would pass on drafting Sam because he wouldn't want to "deal with" the gay factor ... even though he thinks Sam is talented enough to play in the league.

Sam -- a superstar weatherman at NBC (where Dungy serves as an NFL analyst) who's also openly gay -- tells TMZ Sports, "With all due respect to this great former coach, you don't have to deal with any of it, much less all of it."

"As a coach, you should have one policy for your players and who they are dating -- and that is to leave it off the field."

Former Super Bowl winning coach Tony Dungy says he wouldn't have drafted Michael Sam because he wouldn't want to deal with the gay factor.

The WWE is getting the smackdown from some fans after two "Russian" characters ripped Americans for blaming Russia for the MH17 tragedy.

Right before Alexander Rusev's pay-per-view bout last night ... his manager Lana teased hecklers with a very thinly veiled reference to the Malaysia Airlines crash, saying ... "You blame Russia for current events?"

Lana added that America is to blame for "war-mongering in Afghanistan and Iraq."

By the way, Lana is played C.J. Perry -- an American actress with a shaky Russian accent.

A.J. McCarron may not have a starting job ... or a huge contract ... but he's got a super hot wife.

Katherine Webb (McCarron) posted a pic of one of the bikinis she rocked during her honeymoon with the NFL rookie ... and it's good.

#BrentMusburgerWasRight

The Claret Jug's probably nursing a pretty nasty syrupy hangover this morning -- 'cause Rory McIlroy filled it up with JAGERMEISTER after his British Open victory.

It appears Rory's mom was part of the raging after-party ... and stabilized the Jug while one of Rory's pals loaded it up with the Jager like it was a college sophomore in 2003.

Rory's victory drink was about $39,980 cheaper than Phil Mickelson's ... who recently said he filled the Jug with a $40k bottle of wine after he won the Open last year.

FYI -- seems Jager's his drink of choice ... Rory filled the U.S. Open trophy with the black sauce after winning that tourney back in 2011.

An NBA free agent was tased in the ass cheek outside a Miami nightclub this weekend ... after getting into a crazy brawl with an NFL player ... this according to the police report obtained by TMZ Sports.

Former Destiny's Child singer Farrah Franklin was so drunk when she was arrested Sunday morning ... she was found laying in a random person's front yard and told cops she planned on sleeping in the woods.

TMZ broke the story ... Franklin was arrested early Sunday morning for disorderly conduct, and the details are crazy.

According to the police NFL player Da'Quan Bowers flew Franklin to Myrtle Beach. The two of them, along with NFL player Ricky Sapp went out on the town Saturday day and night ... and the alcohol was flowing. They all went back to Sapp's place and it became apparent to everyone Franklin was wasted.

Sapp and Bowers both told police they thought Franklin had been doing drugs. Bowers told police he was suspicious of Franklin because she would go to the bathroom for extended periods of time.

Bowers and Sapp say they called cops after Franklin went nuts, screaming and slamming doors. They told police Franklin fled. Cops combed the neighborhood and eventually found Franklin laying down in a neighbor's lawn.

Police described Franklin as "highly intoxicated" and "unsteady on her feet," but she denied using drugs. She told police she had nowhere to go and planned on sleeping in the woods.