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The PGA Championship was hit by tragedy -- a Sheriff's K-9 overheated in a patrol car and died in the line of duty.

Diddy's son, Justin Combs, better be ready for two-a-days, 'cause he's back on the football field for the UCLA Bruins ... who've buried the mess of Diddy's alleged kettlebell fight with a coach.

We're told head coach Jim Mora met with Justin last week to hash things out once and for all, and move forward ...so the junior cornerback could get back to practice.

TMZ Sports broke the story ... Diddy was arrested for the alleged assault of Bruins strength and conditioning coach, Sal Alosi, back in June. The D.A. eventually rejected the case for felony charges, but the LA. City Attorney is still considering filing a misdemeanor.

Our UCLA sources say Diddy is not allowed at practices, at least for now.

One of Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s protege's just made a crucial mistake by showing weakness ... in the locker room -- and now the Money Team is piling on the dude.

Ashley Theophane ended a workout by climbing into a cold tub, and whined like a bitch while doing it. That was his first mistake. The second was allowing someone to record the session ... because now it's all over social media.

Theophane's teammate Ishe "Sugar Shay" Smith called him out, saying ... "Wow this guy is embarrassing." It's just a matter of time before Floyd joins the fun.

2:15 PT: The ATP has announced Kyrgios has been fined $10,000 for the comments made during the match.

Tennis player Nick Kyrgios couldn't stop trashing his opponent last night -- a new video clip shows him hurling even more sexual innuendo -- and the ATP says it's fining his ass for it.

The ATP announced the punishment for Australian Kyrgios, but didn't specify how much he'll have to pay. It's unclear if it is based purely on the initial remarks everyone heard about -- Kyrgios telling Stan Wawrinka, "[Thanasi] Kokkinakis banged your girlfriend" -- or yet another jab.

Kyrgios also mumbled, "He's banging a 19-year-old." A clear reference to Wawrinka's GF, Donna Vekic, who turned 19 back in June.

So, what have we learned here? Microphones at tennis matches rule.

Rex Ryan is 100% sticking it to his old team by signing the player who broke Geno Smith's jaw ... according to former NFL stud Shawne Merriman.

IK Enemkpali was signed by the Buffalo Bills yesterday -- 24 hours after the Jets booted him for tuning up Smith, and when we got former Bills star Merriman at LAX ... he said it's totally gamesmanship on Rex's part.

Check out the clip -- Merriman says Rex fired a "direct shot" to put the Jets on notice.

Lamar Odom says he absolutely did NOT ambush Khloe Kardashian -- and he's heartbroken because he says Khloe knows what really happened, but ... for some reason ... won't go public to clear his name.

Lamar wanted to vent to TMZ about the story we broke -- that, according to witnesses, he shocked Khloe outside a SoulCycle ... jumping out of a car and demanding to talk to her. Khloe eventually ran away after a witness threatened to call cops.

But an enraged Lamar went off ... denying he stalked her, touched her or ambushed her -- and in a powerful rant says the meeting was actually prearranged with Khloe. He's hurt that she's not standing up for him. Even further, he threatens to spill secrets -- whose, he doesn't say -- if something like this happens again.

In the video, Odom goes between anger and sadness -- especially when opening up about how his life has spiraled out of control. He also rips TMZ for what he calls racist reporting about celebrity beefs.

Kobe Bryant's romantic night out in Japan with his wife is sparking a battle royale in our office -- prepare to join the melee.

The issue: Kobe and Vanessa went out for dinner in Tokyo and ordered sake. Totally NON-controversial -- right up until they drank the sake.

However, every etiquette guide to drinking sake points out it is actually supposed to be sipped. That is, unless you're an uncultured 22-year-old frat boy.

Even John McEnroe might say this crossed the line -- tennis player Nick Kyrgios telling his opponent, DURING a match ... that his girlfriend is juggling another tennis player's balls.

The supreme trash talking went down during a televised match in Montreal ... Kyrgios had just aced French Open champ Stan Wawrinka, and as he prepped for his next serve, Kyrgios mutters, "Kokkinakis banged your girlfriend. Sorry to tell you that, mate."

Unclear if Wawrinka heard him from cross-court, but spectators and the TV audience definitely did. More importantly ... we have no idea if Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis really did have sex with Wawrinka's chick ... tennis player Donna Vekic.

Point is ... Kyrgios is ready for the NBA with a mouth like that.

Wawrinka is demanding the ATP punish Kyrgios.

Nelly is already a certified sneakerhead -- courtesy of his song "Air Force Ones" -- but he solidified his position in the shoe lovers hall of fame when he told us about his all-time FAVORITE pair.

Nelly was in NYC when we got a hot second to talk sneakers with him. No hesitation on his part -- his Jordan 3s get top ranking in Nelly's closet. Probably explains why he keeps 'em "all white, crispy."

But which pair did he drop $600 to lock down? Check out the clip ... and keep in mind, sounds like he got a good deal. We checked, and they're going for around $800 today.

It's only been a month since Steph Curry's wife, Ayesha, gave birth ... and she's already back in hot arm candy mode.

Shout-out to BSO for calling out the IG shots of the Currys out for date night -- one of their first since baby Ryan arrived.

And don't sleep on the NBA's MVP ... he's working on his handwork, even in the offseason. Ayesha's caption included ... "#stoptouchingmybutt"

Khloe Kardashian was blindsided at 6:45 AM Wednesday by soon-to-be ex-husband Lamar Odom, who launched a verbal attack.

Khloe was on her way into SoulCycle in Beverly Hills when Lamar came out of nowhere, screaming at her. An eyewitness tells us Lamar was demanding that she talk to him. She kept walking as he was screaming. At that point Lamar touched Khloe's arm and she screamed at him, "Get off of me, get off of me. Stop. Stop."

Another eyewitness asked Khloe if she wanted them to call the cops, and Lamar screamed, "You're not going to call the cops on Lamar Odom."

Khloe then screamed, "How did you know I was here?" He didn't give a clear answer.

We're told Khloe was visibly freaked out and bolted to her car and drove away.

TMZ broke the story, Khloe and Lamar signed divorce docs last month, after the divorce lay dormant for more than a year.

Buffalo Bills head coach Rex Ryan just snatched up the ex-Jets linebacker who busted Geno Smith's jaw ... just 24 hours after he got cut.

Kinda makes sense ... Rex drafted IK Enemkpali 2 years ago while still coaching the Jets, so he clearly thinks the guy has potential. Not to mention, when the Bills play the Jets ... Rex knows he's got a guy with a penchant for hitting their QB.

If IK makes the Bills roster ... the drama will start playing out in early November when the teams meet for the first time. Geno is expected to be off the injured list by then ... so stay tuned.

Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane will no longer be on the cover of EA's "NHL16" due to the criminal investigation he's now facing.

Kane was slated to be on the cover of the game for the second time but EA just released a statement saying they're pulling the plug.The company said he won't be on the cover and he also will not be involved in any promos for the game.

As we've reported ... Kane is under investigation for an alleged incident that went down with a woman in an Upstate NY bar.

This is Tom Brady sitting in a Manhattan Federal Court ... trying to get his 4 game NFL imposed suspension overturned.

Roy Hibbert sees himself as more of an adolescent white kid struggling to make sense of high school ... than a 7'2" NBA shot blocking machine.

TMZ Sports uncovered this secret about the brand new Lakers big man when we saw him out in Bev. Hills on Wednesday night, and asked about celebrity aliases.

We all know most celebs use fake names when they check into a hotel, and Roy's gonna need a new one -- since he blew his own cover with our photog.

Roy also gives us a Kobe Bryant update, as in ... what happened after that super awkward news conference where he was asked if the Mamba called when he joined the team.

Pretty clear evidence Rihanna and Lewis Hamilton are a thing now -- they popped up at the same NYC club together ... fresh off their Barbados bump and grind session.

RiRi and the Formula 1 driver left 1OAK in NYC separately Tuesday night, but within minutes of each other -- at 4:30 in the morning! But when the 2 international superstars got outside ... someone else stole the spotlight.