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There is NO rift between Chris Paul & DeAndre Jordan ... despite reports to the contrary, so says Clippers teammate Dahntay Jones who tells TMZ Sports the L.A. superstars are still like "brothers."

"Guys fight and argue on the court, but that's just the emotion of the game," Jones says ... "but people want to blow things out of proportion."

Jones is responding to an explosive report that Jordan could bolt Tinseltown this summer because he can't stand playing with CP3.

But Jones says he hasn't seen anything between the guys that make him think beef is on the menu.

"Those guys are brothers, man. They sit with each other on the plane, on the bus. If you don't like a guy you stay away from him."

Wrestling legend Diamond Dallas Page says he knows his friend Scott Hall has "stumbled" in his ongoing battle with substance abuse ... but says he still has Hall's back -- no matter what.

Page has essentially been a sober mentor for both Hall and Jake "The Snake" Roberts -- who both had serious issues with alcohol and drugs after becoming world famous wrestling stars.

Now, with Hall being escorted out of a wrestling event in NJ this weekend for allegedly showing up drunk, Page says he wants Hall to know he can count on him for support.

"Scott is going through a life process. He's stumbled along the way, but he is doing well over all. I've got his back."

Page adds, "Even Jake 'The Snake' has fallen a few times, but he is now one year sober and doing great."

DDP says he plans to speak with Hall soon ... and hopes he can help get Hall back on the sober path, asap.

Nick Swardson is a massive Minnesota Vikings fan ... HUUGE ... but the actor tells TMZ Sports his team needs to drop Adrian Peterson, ASAP ... saying he just can't root for a convicted child abuser.

Swardon's love for the Vikes is well known -- remember, we shot him going berserk in a bar when they passed on Johnny Manziel last year -- so, when we saw him out in NYC today, we had to ask about AP.

"Get rid of him."

You gotta watch the clip, Swardson says that while AP is a beast on the field, he just can't get past the brutal images of Peterson's abused 4-year-old son.

"I'm a diehard Vikings fan but I'm also a fan of children."

Did you know ... John Travolta was a jock in high school?

Turns out, back before he was a world famous movie star ... Travolta says he was a member of his high school hoops squad back in Englewood, New Jersey.

In fact, Travolta says he's got a solid 5 years of experience under his belt ... and still considers himself a pretty big basketball fan.

So, we had to ask about some pretty shocking poll results that came out over the weekend -- 34% of people believe 52-year-old Michael Jordan would beat LeBron in a 1-on-1 game RIGHT NOW!!!

Check out Travolta's answer -- it makes sense.

Meantime, here's some footage of Travolta hoopin' at Rydell High ...

Fear not Bills fans ... your new owners will NOT double-cross you and move the team out of Buffalo ... so says legendary Bills QB Jim Kelly.

Of course, billionaire Terry Pegula promised the fans the team would stay put when he bought them in 2014 ... but with markets like L.A., Toronto and even London calling ... you never really know.

But Kelly's VERY confident that Pegula's a man of his word -- he's also pumped about the man Pegula brought in to coach the team ... telling TMZ Sports, "The Rex Ryan era is on the way!!!"

Ronda Rousey eats chicken wings. Boxer Danny Garcia immediately has sex. But Daniel Cormier says he has a different post-fight ritual planned for UFC 187 ... he's going to Mariah!!!

Since the UFC star is set to take on Rumble Johnson in Vegas this weekend ... Cormier says he plans on taking in a local show the night after the fight -- and he picked Mariah over Britney and Celine!

But Cormier says he's not usually a "Diva" kind of guy -- admitting he's OBSESSED with Boyz II Men ... and has basically become a regular at their shows!!!

Cormier's not joking ... he's a bona fide B2M'er ... and he's damn proud of it.

Check out the clip.

Imagine getting paid $60,000 ... just to bang.

That's how much it costs to mate with American Pharoah's father right now ... and the prices are going UP UP UP in the wake of AP dominating at the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness.

The horse that's getting all the action is Pioneerof The Nile -- who's been nailing mares professionally since 2010 ... and churning out some of the fastest ponies in the game.

TMZ Sports spoke with the people at WinStar Farms, where Pioneer lives (and bangs), who tell us ... "The phones have been ringing non-stop with people asking about him [since the Derby]."

When Pioneer first got into the baby making game, his rate was $17,500. But that was in 2010 ... before his kids started crushing it on the track. Now, his seed runs $60k-a-pop and we're told the price is expected to go WAY up.

A rep for Pioneer's owner tells us, "He was busy before. His babies were hitting the ground running. But we haven't experienced anything like this. Not even close."

So, how much higher could the prices go if Pharoah wins the Belmont Stakes and takes the first Triple Crown since 1978?

No one would give us an exact price but they did say it would provide a VERY significant boost.

After all ... "Everybody loves a winner."

UFC superstar Anderson Silva tells TMZ Sports ... Jon Jones should NOT return to the Octagon ... instead, saying Bones needs to focus on fixing his life outside the ring.

The Spider explained that he LOVES Jones (the two have been friends for years) but says he has a message for the embattled fighter -- "You need to change everything in your life."

It's been a rough year for Jon ... he's been suspended by the UFC indefinitely after being charged with felony hit and run ... just months after testing positive for cocaine.

Meantime, Silva is also currently suspended .... after testing positive for PEDs before his UFC 183 victory over Nick Diaz.

But Anderson says he is already putting together some post-fight career plans ... plans that could have him working with Sylvester Stallone.

WWE Hall of Famer Scott Hall was physically escorted out of a wrestling event in NJ this weekend ... after promoters say the recovering substance abuser was way too hammered to do his job.

Hall has battled drug and alcohol issues for years ... but had teamed up with some other wrestling legends in recent years in a public effort to clean himself up.

Which is why the people at the Skate and Surf Music Festival in Asbury Park, NJ were so disappointed Saturday when Hall appeared to be wasted ... hours before he was supposed to host a meet and greet with fans.

According to our sources, Hall was given multiple chances to sober up ... but never did. Organizers told Hall to leave ... but he refused, demanding to be paid.

Eventually, security stepped in and escorted Hall off the property.

The event promoter, Ricky Otazu, tells TMZ Sports, "The event was too well run for us to make a fool of ourselves by allowing him to appear. We will no longer be associated with him until he gets his life in order."

Hall was arrested in 2012 for allegedly choking his girlfriend during a drunken rage and was sentenced to 10 days behind bars for a 2010 DUI arrest.

We made several efforts to reach Hall for comment -- and even called his close friends and family members -- but so far, no word from the wrestling star.

Adrian Robinson Jr. -- the 25-year-old ex-NFL linebacker -- committed suicide by hanging on Saturday ... officials tell TMZ Sports.

We spoke with Jeff Moran of the Philadelphia Medical Examiner's Office who tells us, "The manner and cause of death was suicide by hanging."

Floyd Mayweather's uncle says he was going to make a woman "feel the real deal" ... after she blasted him with pepper spray in Vegas ... insinuating he was going to beat her up ... and TMZ Sports has the video.

FYI -- Roger Mayweather was a famous champion fighter in his own right who went on to train Floyd for some of his biggest bouts ... and worked in Floyd's camp for the Pacquiao fight.

In the video, which we're told was shot on March 14th in a discount shop in Vegas ... the 54-year-old admits he was blasted with mace ... and vows revenge on the woman who did it.

Sources connected to the incident tell us ... Roger had approached two women and began to hit on them ... saying they had "fat asses."

But we're told the women weren't having it ... and tried to tell him to leave. When Roger pressed on ... one pulled out the pepper spray, fired on him, and ran out of the store.

In the clip, shot moments after the incident, the photog suggests the women were lucky Roger didn't punch them -- to which Roger replies:

"Man, don't worry about that ... I don't even wanna think about what I'm gonna do to her ass when I see her, for real."

He continues, "When I see her again, she gonna feel the real deal."

We're told the people at the store wanted to call the police -- but Roger insisted they leave the cops out of it.

FYI -- Mayweather was convicted of battery in 2011 for attacking a female boxer he used to train at his Las Vegas apartment.

Warren Sapp has pled GUILTY in his Arizona prostitution case -- but he (probably) won't spend another day behind bars thanks to an INCREDIBLE deal he made with prosecutors ... TMZ Sports has learned.

We broke the story ... Sapp was arrested in Phoenix on February 2nd after admitting he paid 2 women $300 each to perform sex acts on him in his hotel room. Sapp was charged with solicitation and assault for allegedly roughing up the women after a fight over money.

Now, we've learned Sapp agreed to plead GUILTY to one count of solicitation and one count of assault and in exchange he must complete 2 counseling programs -- the first is a "Prostitution Solicitation Diversion Program" ... the 2nd is essentially an anger management course.

If Sapp FAILED to complete the prostitution program in 160 days -- he faced up to 30 days in jail.

The good news for Warren ... he already completed the program and the hooker charge will most likely be dropped.

As for the assault conviction, Warren is still working on completing that counseling program ... if he doesn't, he faces 30 days in jail and 2 years probation. But that's probably just a matter of time at this point.

Sapp has also been ordered to pay restitution to the two prostitutes ... $150 to Quying Boyd and $1,171.24 to Britney Osbourne.

All things considered, it's a GREAT deal for Sapp.

Both Snoop and Diddy are proud parents of UCLA football players this season -- and the head football coach is PUMPED ... saying, "I've got the East Coast and the West Coast rap game covered!"

As we previously reported, Justin Combs (DB) and Cordell Broadus (WR) will be suiting up for the Bruins this season ... and their famous dads are super excited about it.

So, when TMZ Sports spoke with Coach Jim Mora at the Tour de Pier charity race in Manhattan Beach this weekend ... we had to ask how he felt about uniting two of the biggest rappers on the planet.

Check out the video ... and watch how Mora expertly handles himself when we ask him to pick his favorite rapper -- Diddy or Snoop.

Hope Solo is still a role model ... and she's got some very powerful supporters -- Kobe Bryant ... who took his two little girls to meet Hope and the rest of the US Women's soccer team.

Kobe is a HUUUUGE soccer fan ... this weekend, he brought his wife and daughters to the StubHub Center outside L.A. to watch the USWNT defeat Mexico in a 5-1 blowout!

The Bryants also posed for pics with some of the biggest stars in the sport -- including Alex Morgan, Sydney Leroux, Abby Wambach and Hope Solo ... who's been in some serious hot water off the field (see here, here and here).

After the game, Kobe's wife Vanessa congratulated the squad ... saying, "Thanks for always being so awesome and sweet to our girls! We're all rooting for you!!!! #TeamUSA."

Bob Arum just put his money where his mouth was -- giving a paparazzo (not ours) a $100 ... to apologize for telling the guy to bet on Manny Pacquiao!!!

Manny's promoter was leaving Craig's in West Hollywood this weekend ... when the photog approached him and reminded him that he told bettors to put their money on PacMan to beat Mayweather.

Obviously, Pacquiao didn't win ... and Bob felt bad ... so he reached into his pocket and PERSONALLY paid the guy back!!!

Michael Jordan has called in the big guns to sell his insane Chicago mansion -- hiring "Real Housewives" star Mauricio Umansky ... who tells TMZ Sports he's "honored" to work for the legendary #23.

MJ has been trying to sell the pad since 2012 -- but couldn't move it for the price he wanted (originally $29 mil) .. so swapped out his real estate people and called in Mauricio and Kofi Nartey of The Agency.

"I'm so honored, such a privilege to be hired by the great Michael Jordan,"Mauricio told us.

So, what's Umansky's strategy? It starts with the new asking price ... $14,855,000 ... and when you add those numbers up ... it comes to 23! Pretty cool right?

Check out the clip ... Mauricio explains why some lucky rich guy is about to land one of the greatest homes he's ever seen.