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Hulk Hogan tried to maintain his daily regime by hitting the gym Saturday.

Hulk is on the ropes after his racist comments surfaced ... comments he made 8 years ago which were recorded on a sex tape that is now the basis of a lawsuit. He's been sacked by the WWE.

The Houston Texans cheerleaders' have AWESOME timing, which is why they're about to co-star in a music video for the #1 song in the country, "Cheerleader."

TMZ Sports found out how the Texans ladies ended up in an impromptu video shoot with Jamaican singer Samantha J. It went down last month in Atlanta ... where the team and Samantha happened to be at the same cheerleading convention.

Samantha had recently teamed up with Omi to remix his huge hit, and sources at the convention tell us she got a blast of inspiration when she met the Texans cheerleaders.

We're told the convo was as simple as you'd expect ... "You're cheerleaders. I have a cheerleading song. Let's make a video."

The remix vid is due to be released any day now. Until then, enjoy the behind the scenes pics.

Floyd Mayweather won't be in 'Creed,' but his swag will be -- Sylvester Stallone tapped Floyd's favorite boxing glove company to be the official mitt of the movie.

Elvis Grant, CEO of of Grant Worldwide tells us Sly called him personally to request his company outfit all the fighters in the latest Rocky flick. It's no wonder Stallone reached out -- Mayweather uses Grant exclusively for his fights, and umm ... last we checked that guy's 48-0.

The only thing cooler than having your company's gear in a Rocky movie ... is being in the movie yourself -- and Grant got that too. He says Sly gave him a cameo.

Baseball legend Reggie Jackson went nuclear Friday night when some autograph hungry fans tried to double dip.

You see Jackson confront a guy who he claims got back in line after already scoring an autograph outside a Cooperstown, NY restaurant. Jackson calls the guy a "c**k su**er" among other things.

In another video we've seen, he yells at a security guard, "You guys disperse the motherf***ers, tell them to get the f*** away from me!" "I need a f***ing bodyguard to keep them the f*** away."

Vince McMahon proudly hurled the n-word on national TV, which makes his decision to fire Hulk Hogan for the same offense outrageous ... so claims Hulk.

Vince was doing backstage color after a WWE event back in 2005, when he very deliberately used the n-word as he pranced away from John Cena. Even more shocking, he said it right smack in front of black wrestlers Booker T and Sharmell.

Hulk is outraged Vince is acting so self-righteous, condemning him for spontaneously using the epithet in private when the wrestling boss used it in a premeditated way, on TV and for profit.

Several pro wrestlers like Virgil and George Foreman have to come to the Hulk's defense, as well as his daughter.

But a WWE rep says everyone recognizes the 2005 segment "was an outlandish and satirical skit involving fictional characters, similar to that of many scripted television shows and movies.”

LeSean McCoy could be in over his head ... according to Jerome Bettis who says Shady's "females only" bash sounds like a great idea ... but only IF the Bills RB is well rested.

We broke down McCoy's plans for Sunday night with the Bus -- he's not hating on it and thinks there's very little down side. As he put it, "You gonna have a good time, I don't know about everybody else."

Check the clip -- Bettis thinks the buddy system might be in order.

John Cena naked might be a glorious thing to behold, but his fellow WWE star Big Show draws the line at seeing the man's semi-erect penis on a massive movie screen.

We got Big Show at LAX, and filled him on (spoiler alert) Cena's scene in "Trainwreck" where he shows off a good bit of his championship goods. The big man's reaction is priceless -- at first, he's totally comfortable, but the details of the scene push him over the edge ... in a funny way.

Also comical -- our photog suggested Big Show, who played college hoops at Wichita State, could have taken Shaquille O'Neal back in the day.

Boxing legend George Foreman isn't jumping on the bandwagon against his "friend" Hulk Hogan -- and swears he's not a racist.

Foreman told TMZ Sports ... “I have known Hulk Hogan for well over 20 years. I do not condone the language he used, but he is no racist, he is a good guy."

And instead of distancing himself from Hogan -- on the heels of the n-word scandal -- the ex champ went out of his way to verbally embrace him.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. taught Hollywood "It" girl Ruby Rose a few things about boxing -- during a Las Vegas meet-and-greet that must've had Floyd thinking he was seeing double.

Ruby went to the TMT gym on Thursday to watch the champ training for his upcoming fight against Andre Berto. Sources at the gym tell us the "Orange Is the New Black" star said she's been a longtime fan of Floyd's and just really wanted to meet him.

We're told a mutual friend of Floyd and Ruby's doppelganger, Justin Bieber ... helped set up yesterday's meeting.

James Harden and Khloe Kardashian have a HUGE supporter (ask Lisa Ann) in John Salley ... who tells TMZ Sports he thinks it's a genius move for the NBA superstar.

Ex-NBA champ Salley was out at LAX when we asked if Harden was playing with fire by dating Khloe ... since it hasn't exactly worked out for the last few athletes who've gotten in deep with the Kardashian girls. Yeah, we're looking at you ... Kris Humphries, Lamar Odom, and Miles Austin.

Virgil -- one of the most iconic black wrestlers ever -- says the Hulk Hogan he considered a mentor and a friend never showed any signs of racism in all the years he's known him.

Virgil tells TMZ Sports he was saddened Friday morning when he read about Hogan's N-word rant on a sex tape, and says he doesn't condone racism or racist behavior one bit.

But Virgil tells us, "You can only judge a person based on past experience. Hulk Hogan has never given me a reason to believe he is a racist."

Hogan has since apologized for the comments he made on the sex tape -- which was recorded 8 years ago.

Dennis Rodman's not only standing up for Hulk Hogan ... he's desperately trying to get together a squad of famous African-Americans to vouch for Hulk NOT being a racist.

Rodman says he's known Hulk for 25 years, and claims ... "There isn't a racist bone in that man's body." The Worm also called in the cavalry ... or tried to anyway.

He tweeted, ""Lets lend our support to the Hulkster who most certainly is not a racist @Scottiepippen @MagicJohnson @Shaq @MikeTyson." So far, he's gotten zero response publicly.

Conor McGregor is the greatest thing to come out of Ireland since Guinness -- or at least that's how you're gonna feel after watching his countryman Colin Farrell gush about the UFC badass.

We got Colin outside Jimmy Kimmel's studio Thursday evening ... and, somewhat foolishly, asked if he was a fan of the UFC Featherweight champ. Colin went way beyond Conor's fight skills, and went off about his character and spirit.

He even says Conor's having a HUGE effect on "all the people at home." Check it out ... Colin makes it sound like Conor could be a bona fide Irish leader. Take that Bono!

Hulk Hogan is apologizing for using the n-word during an angry rant about his daughter's ex-boyfriend, and it doesn't reflect who he really is -- but a transcript of the remarks paints a much different picture.

Hulk tells us ... "Eight years ago I used offensive language during a conversation. It was unacceptable for me to have used that offensive language; there is no excuse for it; and I apologize for having done it."

The language he's referring to is outrageous -- coming on the tail end of his sex tape. Hulk says ... "I mean, I don't have double standards. I mean, I am a racist, to a point, f**king n**gers."

He continues, "I mean I'd rather if she was going to f**k some n**ger, I'd rather have her marry an 8-foot tall n**ger worth a hundred million dollars! Like a basketball player."

Hogan is suing a website for releasing the sex tape, and the n-word rant is expected to come out when the case goes to trial later this year.

In his apology, Hogan says ... "I am disappointed with myself that I used language that is offensive and inconsistent with my own beliefs. It is not who I am. I continue to work every day to improve as a person, and this matter is an important learning experience for me in that regard."

He adds, that language "is inconsistent with my own beliefs."

For NASCAR star Brad Keselowski ... getting devoured by fake flying sharks is way harder than driving into a corner at 180 mph -- cause he told us his "Sharknado 3" cameo was actually a bitch to shoot.

The former Sprint Cup champ joined us on "TMZ Hollywood Sports" to talk about his epic death scene in the latest 'Sharknado' flick ... and dropped a bombshell.

Brad says it took him 40 to 50 takes to get it right, even though the scene is less than 10 seconds long! It's not what you think -- BK says he has acting experience. He just doesn't have "Sharknado" acting experience, and it's a totally different beast.