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WWE nailed it with Ronda Rousey's in-ring debut -- so says pro wrestling legend Diamond Dallas Page, who explains why Rousey slammin' Triple H through a table was a 10/10.

FYI, Ronda got her first in-ring action at "WWE Elimination Chamber" Sunday night ... and, while her mic work drew some criticism from fans, DDP says the setup to her fued with Trips and his wife, Stephanie McMahon, couldn't have gone any better.

"When she's staring down Stephanie you're wondering if she's gonna rip her head off," DDP told TMZ Sports at his performance center in Georgia.

"Now they have, what I would believe is the hottest woman -- and not just physically, hot like 'red-hot' -- and they just made her even hotter."

Turns out, stocking a "f*ckin' insane" amount of condoms did NOT lead to a ton of action inside the Olympic village -- so says Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris.

You know the deal -- over 2,000 hot, young athletes in an enclosed space and over 110,000 rubbers to strap up. So ... the Pyeongchang bangin' had to be next level, right?!

Not according to McMorris -- and he told TMZ Sports why not when we got him back at LAX.

"It's a 'dry village,' if you will -- no alcohol ... thus rendering us 'dry' all around."

Nice, Mark. Nice.

If Conor McGregor REALLY offered to step in and fight Frankie Edgar at UFC 222 in March -- it's news to Frankie, who tells TMZ Sports he never heard Conor was throwing his hat in the ring.

As we previously reported ... Conor says he reached out to the UFC to replace Max Holloway in the March 3 main event after Holloway suffered an injury in early February.

Conor claims the UFC shut him down, saying there wasn't enough time to properly promote the fight.

Edgar has a new opponent -- Brian Ortega -- and tells TMZ Sports he's currently focused on beating his ass.

Danilo Gallinari LOVES skiing -- but he's got $65 MILLION reasons to stay away from the slopes ... telling TMZ Sports his huge NBA contract forbids him from hitting the mountain!!

The Clippers star was leaving Delilah in WeHo when he started raving about fellow Italian Sofia Goggia's gold medal performance in alpine skiing at the Olympics ... calling her the "best skier in the world."

That's when Gallinari dropped the interesting nugget about his paperwork ... saying he's not allowed to ski because it's written in his multi-million dollar deal with the Clips.

It's not the first time we've heard of a clause like this ... In 2012, Matt Stafford told us his $41.7 million deal he signed in 2009 specified no motorcycles or skydiving.

Smart move by L.A. ... gotta keep that $65 million investment secured!!

You're looking at the car NY Jets linebacker Dylan Donahue was driving when he went the WRONG WAY into the Lincoln Tunnel on Monday and collided with a bus.

Yeesh.

Cops say 25-year-old Donahue was arrested for Driving While Intoxicated and reckless driving by Port Authority police when his Dodge Charger Hellcat entered the tunnel from New Jersey around 2 AM.

Officials say he smashed into a jitney bus (a private passenger bus) which was carrying 15 passengers -- 4 of whom were transported to a local hospital with minor injuries.

A second jitney bus arrived to the scene to pick up the remaining passengers -- and it brought them to their next location.

We're told Donahue bombed a field sobriety test AND didn't pass the breathalyzer -- so he was placed under arrest for DWI.

What do Rick Ross and Tom Brady have in common?? When they connect with Gronk ... amazing things happen.

Rozay -- who can basically be dubbed Gronk's off-season QB at this point -- recruited the Pats superstar to get the crowd turnt at Rockwell nightclub's 2nd anniversary party in Miami over the weekend ... and man, did it work.

We're told R.R. noticed Gronk in the crowd and called him up on stage for a song ... busting out moves that only Gronk can pull off. As a thank-you, Ross hooked up Gronk's table with some Belaire Rose after his lit performance!!

Of course ... Ross and Gronk go WAYYY back -- remember when the dynamic duo got CRAZY celebrating the Super Bowl win a year ago??

2:00 PM PT -- The Cavs have announced an investigation into identifying the fan behind the comment. As for the phrase, there are discrepancies with what has been reported and whether the fan said "Jamaica called."

“Hey, Jamaican dog -- they want their bobsledder back! Jamaica just called, they want their bobsledder back!”

That was the racist heckling directed at Spurs baller Patty Mills Sunday at The Q ... while he was at the free-throw line at the end of a blowout win over the Cleveland Cavs.

Patty -- who's not Jamaican, but Aboriginal Australian -- didn't hear the taunts during the game ... but when a fan brought it to his attention aftewards, he reacted like a true pro.

"I am a proud Islander. Like my Jamaican Brothers, me & my family in the islands of the Torres Strait have experienced racial slurs for decades. Hope your efforts will enlighten this confused, hateful fan. #BlackHistoryMonth," Mills said.

FYI, this is the second instance of racist heckling in a major U.S. sports league this month. A group of Chicago Blackhawks fans chanted "basketball" at black NHL player Devante Smith-Pelly last weekend ... and were later slapped with a lifetime ban.

Get happy, L.A. fans ... ex-Laker Steve Nash (remember that?) says the Lakers are "definitely" making the playoffs next year and they can do it with BOTH Lonzo Ball AND Isaiah Thomas on the team.

We got Nash and asked him about the great guard quandary in Tinseltown ... can Thomas and Ball share the backcourt together, or does one guy (looking at you, IT) got to go?

Not only did Nash say the guys can totally get along together, but when asked if the team -- currently 11th in the West -- will make the playoffs next year, Steve's answer was short but sweet.

"Definitely."

Dennis Rodman says he's 38 days booze-free -- but admits he still thinks about alcohol all the time and now realizes staying sober is a serious "struggle."

The good news ... Rodman seemed very serious about continuing down the sober path when we spotted him out over the weekend -- telling TMZ Sports he just wrapped up his 2nd Alcoholics Anonymous meeting in L.A.

"I feel great, man," Rodman said ... "It's kinda weird not to have a cocktail on a beautiful day in California but like I said, it's just one day at a time."

Rodman really opens up about his battle with alcohol abuse in the clip -- and also gives some advice to other people facing a similar struggle.

As we reported, Rodman entered rehab January 17 after getting busted for DUI in Newport Beach. He checked out a week later in order to continue long-term treatment at the Turning Point center outside L.A.

What's the first thing Super Bowl champ Chris Long did after crushing one of the gnarliest volcanic mountains on the planet?

Break out a dog mask and Philly flag -- to declare Mount Kilimanjaro EAGLES COUNTRY!!

Chris has been scaling the 20,000-FOOT mountain this past week to raise awareness for the water crisis in Africa through his charity, Waterboys (love the name).

The other waterboys on the climb included football stars Steven Jackson, Vince Young, Connor Barwin, as well as MMA star Justin Wren ... who's been on the front line of the clean-water fight for years.

FYI, all of the funds they raise are going toward drilling wells in East African communities that desperately need them.

Props to these dudes for "Conquering Kili" -- and doing it for a good cause.

Dana White wants to get Brock Lesnar back in the Octagon -- telling TMZ Sports the heavyweight division was "fun" back when Brock was in the UFC.

The UFC honcho posted a photo with Lesnar on Sunday -- and, while it's unclear when the pic was taken, it just so happens the WWE Elimination Chamber event went down in Vegas ... Dana's home turf.

Just a few days before, we spoke with White about Lesnar and the possibility of a return to UFC -- and he was hopeful the two sides could work something out when Brock's WWE contract expires in April.

"I'd like to see it," Dana said ... "I'd like to see him come back."

"When Brock Lesnar won the championship, he was fun ... it was fun."

How would he stack up against the reigning heavyweight champ Stipe Miocic? We asked Dana ... check out what he said.

Lesnar hasn't fought in the UFC since UFC 200 back in July 2016 when he defeated Mark Hunt -- only for his victory to be overturned after Brock tested positive for PEDs.

Nate Diaz chalked up a victory in his battle with his former agents -- the same people who claim Nate refused to pay them for the cash he got to fight Conor McGregor -- but the war might not be over.

TMZ Sports broke the story ... Diaz was sued by the Ballengee Group, which claimed they negotiated a fat deal for Nate to fight Conor at UFC 202 back in 2016.

Ballengee claims Nate unexpectedly fired them before the fight (after the deal was done) -- and Nate never paid them their cut.

They filed suit in Texas seeking more than $1 MILLION in damages.

But, according to court docs obtained by TMZ Sports, the judge threw out the case against Diaz -- claiming the agents really had no reason to file in Texas ... it's not the right jurisdiction.

"The Court ruled the case should have not have been filed in Texas because Nate has not fought in Texas and dismissed the case," Nate's attorney Jeremiah Reynolds tells us.

The Floyd Mayweather 41st birthday extravaganza continued on Sunday -- featuring Drake hitting the roller skating rink while his own music played in the background!

It was the 3rd major event for Floyd's birthday -- and maybe the most fun -- as the TMT crew took over at World On Wheels in Los Angeles for an old-school roller skating party.

Floyd tore it up in his Nike skates (as usual) ... and Drake didn't do too bad, either -- casually circling the rink in his in-line skates while the DJ played his hit, "Right Hand."

Afterward, Drake hit the arcade section -- and battled it out with the basketball free-throw game.

Floyd seemed to enjoy himself, too -- telling TMZ Sports he wants to keep the party going until 2019!!

He also bragged about his new 2018 Rolls-Royce ... which hasn't been released to the public yet.

Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz have been lobbying for a UFC fight for weeks -- but Dana White says there ain't a chance in hell Liddell vs. Ortiz 3 is happening inside the Octagon.

And it's all because Dana cares too much about Chuck.

"No, I couldn't do that fight," Dana told TMZ Sports earlier this week.

"I love Chuck Liddell. I love him. And as a friend, I don't think he should fight."

We told Dana about Chuck's claim that he could be cleared by UFC doctors -- and, while White didn't flat-out deny it, he says the Iceman's age is a red flag.

"Chuck's almost 50 years old ... 50-year-old's shouldn't be fighting."

A disturbing new twist in the Jonathan Martin saga ... law enforcement sources tell TMZ Sports the ex-NFL lineman had a gun in his possession when he was detained by police.

As we previously reported ... cops tracked down the former Miami Dolphins player Friday after he posted a photo on IG showing a shotgun and ammo -- along with a threatening message and the names of former teammates and high school acquaintances.

We're told cops believe Martin had recently purchased two weapons -- one of which matched up with the gun in the IG post. Sources tell us when they found him on Friday, he had a gun in his car that fit the description police had.

Multiple sources also tell TMZ Sports Martin is currently undergoing a psychiatric evaluation.

Of course, Martin was at the center of the Miami Dolphins bullying scandal in 2013, and had accused multiple teammates of physically and emotionally abusing him.

Iman Shumpert says just because his wife is down with G.O.O.D. music, it doesn't mean he is ... telling TMZ Sports he's never even gotten so much as a beat from his boss-in-law, Kanye West.

Shumpert is a pretty serious rapper himself, having released his Mixtape "Shumpman: The MD" back in 2016, and continuing to flood social media with new verses on the regular.

We got Iman at LAX, and asked him if his wife's label boss, Kanye West, has ever given Shump any help AT ALL in his rap career ... and here's a shocker, it's never happened.

Iman says he's never asked ... not outright at least ... however we did find a recent freestyle he dropped over Kanye's "Grammy Family" beat (and he killed it), so we gotta ask ...