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One day after he was allegedly attacked by Diddy, UCLA strength and conditioning coach Sal Alosi returned to practice with the football team yesterday ... as if nothing ever happened.

Eyewitnesses tell TMZ Sports ... Alosi supervised as players ran sprints and stretched -- and the players seemed to be receptive to Alosi, even huddling around him at one point ... as they usually do at workout sessions.

BTW, Alosi had no visible injuries.

Unclear if Justin Combs was at the athletic facility.

The top ranked prospect on Phil Jackson's board stands just 5'1" tall and has never played a lick of professional basketball -- and she goes by the name of Lady Gaga.

While other NBA execs are hammering the phones, scouring through pages of scouting reports and reviewing game tape, the Zen Master spent his Monday night at Radio City Music Hall seeing Gaga perform with Tony Bennett.

Unless Gaga and Tony did a special performance with Kristaps Porzingis, we're guessing this outing didn't help him prepare for Thursday's draft one bit.

NASCAR is reminding everyone where it stands in the raging debate over the Confederate flag ... saying it BANNED the controversial symbol a long time ago ... and ain't nothing changed.

The debate over the flag has intensified ever since South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley vowed to have the flag removed from the statehouse in the wake of the tragic racial attack in the state last week.

NASCAR -- headquartered next door in North Carolina -- released a statement today, commending the governor and reminding the world ... they dissed the flag a long time ago.

We now know what triggered the confrontation between Diddy and the UCLA coach -- eyewitnesses tell TMZ Sports that Sal Alosi embarrassed the rap mogul in front of the whole team.

Our sources tell us ... strength and conditioning coach Sal Alosi was riding Justin Combs hard -- and screaming out loud, "I don't care if your dad's here. This is UCLA. I'm going to treat you just like I treat everyone else."

We're told Diddy got super heated -- feeling as if the coach was trying to humiliate and embarrass both him and his son in front of the rest of the team.

Of course, Diddy and Justin went to meet with Alosi in his office following the training session ... and the rest is history.

Now, Mike Vick knows how all those defenders felt ...

The NFL quarterback got crossed over HARD at his celebrity basketball game in Virginia this week ... and was left swingin' at air ... and the culprit is one of his closest friends -- LeSean McCoy!

The two former Philadelphia Eagles teammates hit the hardwood at Warwick High School in Newport News -- where Vick grew up -- to raise money for the Mike Vick Foundation, which works with underprivileged kids.

We're told Vick beat McCoy in a 40-yard dash a few years ago ... and McCoy had vowed revenge ... which he finally got on the court.

Mo'ne Davis won't have to worry about that whole "finding a job" thing when she grows up -- 'cause the 13-year-old Little League phenom was just DRAFTED by the Harlem Globetrotters.

The legendary hoops team just conducted its 9th annual player draft -- in which it selects people who get an open invite to play with the team whenever they want.

Among the 2015 "draftees" ... soccer star Alex Morgan, 2015 NCAA slam dunk champ LaQuavius Cotton ... and Mo'ne!

"We talked to her yesterday," Globetrotters Sr. V.P. of Communications Brett Meister tells TMZ Sports ... "she was thrilled to be drafted."

Unfortunately, Mo'ne won't be able to join the squad yet because she's about to begin high school ... but the Globetrotters are hopeful they can work something out in the future.

In fact, Meister tells us the team was super impressed with Davis when she played with the gang back in March ... saying, "She fits the Globetrotter DNA. Great athlete, entertainer and personality."

By the way, Mo'ne's birthday is tomorrow ... helluva way to turn 14!

Diddy's alleged terrorist threat involved a bomb ... an f-bomb ... with sources telling TMZ Sports the rap mogul threatened to "f**k up" the UCLA strength coach during their office fight.

Law enforcement sources tell us ... after Diddy swung a kettlebell at strength and conditioning coach Sal Alosi, he allegedly screamed out that he was "going to f**k him up."

Prosecutors believe the comments amounted to a "terrorist threat" -- so that's why he was hit with the charge in addition to 3 counts of assault with a deadly weapon.

As far as the case goes, one insider tells us important UCLA officials met this morning and we're told "charges will most likely be dropped but [Diddy] won't be allowed on the field anymore."

8:15 AM PT -- More info on what led up to the confrontation ... sources tell us the drama began earlier in the day on Monday when Sal booted Justin from a conditioning session for "lack of effort."

When Diddy -- who was a once-a-week regular at UCLA practices -- heard about the situation, he was PISSED and stormed down to Alosi's office with Justin.

When they arrived, Alosi was on the phone and told Diddy and Justin to hold on -- which only made them more upset. Alosi told Justin he would speak with him ... but instructed him to get his father OUT of the office.

This only pissed Diddy off even more, according to BruinReportOnline.

Alosi reportedly had his hands up in a non-threatening way ... but Diddy "walked into Alosi's hand" ... and then warned Alosi not to put his hands on him.

That's when Diddy exploded and attacked Alosi -- interns rushed in to break it up. Diddy was pulled out of the office and into the connecting gym, where he picked up the kettlebell and swung.

Alosi reportedly suffered cuts on his face and a torn shirt.

Yelling and screaming can make your kids BETTER athletes ... so claims Metta World Peace who says he's very aggressive when he coaches because he thinks it's best for the players.

With Diddy allegedly attacking a UCLA football coach for being too hard on his son, we had to ask Metta if he feels coaches can go too far when it comes to verbal motivational tactics.

That's when Metta told us ... he not only supports "aggressive" coaching styles -- that's how he operates when he coaches his son's basketball teams.

Things just went from bad to worse for Diddy ... like "terrorist" worse ... 'cause the rap mogul is now being accused of making TERRORIST THREATS during the fight at UCLA.

We broke the story ... Diddy was arrested Monday after allegedly attacking UCLA football strength and conditioning coach Sal Alosi at the university athletic complex.

Diddy was initially held on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon because witnesses say he swung a kettlebell at Alosi -- but later that night, officials tacked on more charges:

-- 3 counts of assault w/ deadly weapon
-- 1 count of making terrorist threats
-- 1 count of battery

It appears Diddy was allegedly screaming threats at Alosi -- and 5 or 6 people rushed in to break up the fight.

Personal issues, schmersonal issues ... if Michael Sam wants to play football again, the Montreal Alouettes tell TMZ Sports they'll welcome him back with open arms.

Charles Rooke, a rep for the team, tells TMZ Sports they don't hold a grudge against Sam for leaving them earlier this month for "personal reasons," but they admit even they don't know the reason ... even now.

Rooke says, "I don't know what his problems were, so it's hard to say if he'll be back. If he wants to play football, we want to have him."

Sam signed a two-year deal with the team, so if he wants to come back in the next two years ... Rooke said he can do so in Montreal.

10:02 PM PT -- Diddy was released after posting $50,000 bail. According to the university, Diddy was charged with three counts of assault with a deadly weapon, one count of making terrorist threats and one count of battery.

6:50 PM PT -- Diddy was cuffed in the back of a campus patrol car as officers transferred him to L.A. County jail.

4:35 PM PT -- Sources connected with Diddy tells us the rap mogul is adamant he acted in SELF DEFENSE and was not the aggressor.

Our Diddy sources tell us ... Diddy insists the drama began during a workout session yesterday because strength and conditioning coach Sal Alosi was "riding Justin badly" and told him not to come back until the end of the summer.

Diddy went to the campus today to speak with Alosi -- believing he has an "issue" with Justin -- but things didn't go well when he arrived to campus.

Our Diddy sources say the coach would not see him and staff told him to leave ... but Diddy went to Alosi's office instead where Alosi told him to get out and threatened to call security if he didn't leave.

We're told Diddy said, "Fine, I'll call police" ... and Alosi snapped -- going after Diddy with his hands.

We're told Diddy insists he grabbed a kettlebell and held it up in a defensive position ... but did not attack with an intent to injure the coach.

4:15 PM PT -- Our UCLA sources tell us Diddy confronted Strength and Conditioning Coach Sal Alosi while Alosi was on the phone. We're told Diddy was told to "hang on" but he wasn't having it and picked up a kettlebell and swung it, narrowly missing Alosi. One source said if Diddy had connected, it could have killed Alosi.

We're also told the entire altercation is on video.

And get this ... we're told Diddy is referred to by the UCLA staff as a "helicopter dad" for hovering over practices.

By the way ... Alosi is infamous in his own right. He was a NY Jets coach who was suspended by the NFL in 2010 after tripping a Miami Dolphins player who was covering a punt.

4:00 PM PT -- Law enforcement sources tell TMZ, Diddy allegedly attacked the coach with a kettlebell weight. He was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon ... a felony.

Head Coach Jim Mora called this an "unfortunate incident for all parties involved" -- and said they would let the legal process run its course.

P. Diddy has been arrested for allegedly getting into a fight with a football coach at UCLA ... where his son is on the team, TMZ Sports has learned.

We're told Campus Police took the music mogul into custody early Monday afternoon. Diddy's son, Justin Combs, is a defensive back on the team. We're told the fight went down at the UCLA athletic facility.

One source says a strength and conditioning coach was screaming at Justin on the field during a strength and conditioning session. We're told the coach "was riding Justin, screaming intensely at him." Diddy watched the whole thing from the sideline.

At some point later, we're told Diddy confronted the coach in his office and grabbed him. Diddy was arrested for assault.

A source connected with Diddy tells TMZ Diddy himself initially wanted to call police, but the phone was taken out of his hands.

Diddy is still in custody at campus jail.

It's not uncommon for Diddy, who lives mostly in L.A. now, to be on campus for UCLA football practices. We got video of him roaming the sidelines back in April.

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It only took 50 Cent a few minutes to put together a video mocking his rap mogul adversary Diddy -- and it's pretty hilarious.

While managing to promote his vodka line and his cable TV show, Fiddy explains how Diddy is locked up at UCLA because "sh*t got real with the coach!"

50 and Diddy have been going after each other in public for years ... and most of the time it's been pretty funny.

L.A. Kings star Jarret Stoll has been charged with cocaine possession ... stemming from a crazy party weekend in Las Vegas back in April ... TMZ Sports has learned.

As we previously reported, Stoll -- boyfriend of Erin Andrews -- was busted on April 17th for allegedly bringing cocaine and ecstasy to a Vegas pool party.

According to the criminal complaint filed today in Nevada ... Stoll will only be charged for the cocaine -- not the ecstasy.

If convicted, he faces up to 4 years in state prison.

The guy who played NFL star Michael Oher in "The Blind Side" says he understands why Oher would have beef with the movie ... but says at the end of the day -- GET OVER IT!!!!

Oher recently bitched about the movie to ESPN ... saying it hurt his NFL career because it set unrealistic expectations -- "People look at me, and they take things away from me because of a movie. They don't really see the skills and the kind of player I am."

Now, actor Quinton Aaron has responded ... saying he understands where Oher is coming from but says the positives that came out of that movie FAR OUTWEIGH the negatives.

"You gotta at some point notice the amount of people's lives this movie has touched in a positive, encouraging and inspiring manner."

"At the end of the day bro you are a millionaire, you're famous, you are a SuperBowl Champ, you have an amazing family that loves you, friends, fans and teammates."

"Who gives a damn about what people say or think who wanna criticize your game bro, that shouldn't matter. Somebody is always gonna have something to say that you're not gonna like."

Lance Armstrong has a brand new riding partner ... NFL legend Brett Favre.

The two connected at Lance's bike shop Mellow Johnny's in Austin, Texas Monday ... and decided to go out on a ride together.

We spoke with someone at the shop who tells us the two came into the shop together this morning -- Brett had some service done to his bike ... and then the two hit the road.

Houston Rockets star Trevor Ariza might've just committed basketball blasphemy ... 'cause he told TMZ Sports he thinks he'd actually beat 52-year-old Michael Jordan in a 1-on-1 game.

Trevor was in L.A. when we asked the 29-year-old who'd win in a mano a mano face-off between him and #23 ... the topic du jour amongst NBA players this summer.

"I better be able to beat him 1-on-1 right now."

Check out the clip -- Ariza's tune is slightly different from some of the other ballers we've spoken to on the subject ... namely Pistons big man Andre Drummond, who said Jordan could still get it done.

Be warned Trevor ... Jordan NEVER forgets a challenge ... remember that Hall Of Fame speech?