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Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski are back together and causing chaos -- literally breaking a Lombardi trophy during a faulty stunt at Fanatics Fest 2025 in New York City.

Check out the video posted by Michael Rubin ... the former NFL teammates got a bit excited and decided to have Tom toss the coveted trophy to Rob down a hall lined with reporters -- but the setup was an epic fail.

Though Rob landed the pass ... his grip was a little too strong -- causing the top football-shaped portion of the trophy to break free from the stand.

Welcome to New York, Travis Kelce! The Kansas City Chiefs star ditched his posh pad in Florida in favor of an NYC date night with Taylor Swift Friday evening ... and some lucky fans caught a glimpse of the pair!

The lovebirds were seen taking their time while strolling out of the Italian restaurant Torrisi -- TK shook a staff member's hand while the popstar followed closely behind. The pair seemed in no rush to take cover from thrilled onlookers ... chatting before grabbing each other's hands and eventually stepping into their SUV.

Tay and Trav seemingly coordinated their outfits for their late-night rendezvous ... with the singer sporting a light blue tank paired with a pleated mini skirt and white heels, and her better half in an all-white T-shirt and shorts ensemble.

A new rule change has made Mike Leach suddenly eligible for the Hall of Fame ... and Sonny Dykes -- one of his former assistants -- tells TMZ Sports he sure hopes "The Pirate" will now soon be dubbed an HOFer.

The regulation reviser came last month, when the College Football Hall of Fame decided to reduce the career win percentage required for eligibility from 60% to 59.5%.

Leach, of course, held a 59.6 winning percentage prior to his death in December 2022.

If Saquon Barkley had any lingering concerns about falling victim to the "Madden" curse, he should be able to sleep like a baby moving forward -- 'cause Eddie George tells TMZ Sports the Eagles running back will be just fine!!

Earlier this month, EA Sports revealed Barkley -- who signed with the Eagles in 2024 -- will grace the cover of "Madden NFL 26," featuring his viral backward hurdle from this past season as the image.

Congrats are certainly in order, but Philly fans are understandably a little worried ... as historically, the jock who gets the cover can sometimes experience hardships in the following season or down the road -- but some have gone unscathed.

Stephen A. Smith sparked quite the controversy after claiming NBA players avoid signing with the Grizzlies due to safety concerns in Memphis ... and while Danny Green says the talking head "isn't far off" with his take, he tells TMZ Sports it's more so due to the fact it's "not a pretty city" in general.

We caught up with Green -- who had a very short stint in Memphis (we're talking three games here) back in the 2022-23 season -- at LAX this week ... and he weighed in more on the city's apparent obstacles to landing free agents.

"I just don't think it's a destination city," he said. "Nashville is one of the cities that people enjoy. Memphis, it is in Tennessee so you get a tax cut. It's good on taxes, but it's just not a city that's pretty, people would say."

Riley Gaines and Simone Biles ... working together?! Could happen, according to the former All-American swimmer herself, who tells TMZ Sports she'd "absolutely" be open to the idea.

Of course, this comes on the heels of the two athletes' social media dust-up earlier this month ... which culminated with the 7x Olympic gold medalist apologizing to the former University of Kentucky swim star for likening her physical stature to that of a man while the women debated trans athletes' participation in youth girls' sports.

We spoke to Riley, a political activist and host of Outkick's "Gaines For Girls" podcast, where we asked her if she'd be down to team up with Biles.

Congrats are in order for Justin Verlander and Kate Upton ... TMZ Sports has confirmed they had another baby!

A rep for Kate tells TMZ ... She and Justin welcomed their son, Bellamy Brooks Verlander, on June 19.

Verlander was just placed on paternity leave by the San Francisco Giants on Friday afternoon ... as he and his wife's little bundle of joy entered into the world Thursday.

There's no crying in baseball ... but there was an exception on Friday, when Sammy Sosa returned to Wrigley Field for the first time in 21 years -- and was met with a passionate standing ovation from Chicago Cubs fans.

The hatchet burying went down at the iconic stadium when the Cubs hosted the Seattle Mariners ... a sign the organization and its former superstar were ready to leave the past in the past for good.

The 56-year-old was essentially exiled from the franchise due to his ties to performance-enhancing drugs ... as he tested positive for a banned substance in 2003.

Eli Manning and Tom Brady are reigniting their rivalry ... but not on the gridiron -- at Fanatics Fest 2025 in New York City!!

The Super Bowl 42 and 46 opponents were in the Big Apple, taking in the sights and sounds of the massive fan experience. During the event ... Brady made his way over to the WWE entrance ramp, where fans are welcomed to perform their own walkout.

The 47-year-old took on the bad guy role ... stomping and spitting on a Jets jersey and ripping up an Eli jersey -- with the NYC crowd hitting him with boos.

Not even a trove of celebs was a match for Joey Chestnut's stomach on Friday ... the greatest eater alive took on a grip of A-listers during a food inhaling competition -- and he came out victorious yet again.

Jaws faced off against two teams at Todd Graves' Raising Cane's booth out at Fanatics Fest 2025 in New York City ... and he obliterated both easily.

One of the squads featured Livvy Dunne, DJ Khaled, Druski and Michael Rubin. The other had Dom Mysterio, Julian Edelman and a pair of fans.

Zunilda Hoyos Mendez -- a 43-year-old Colombian bodybuilder known as "She Hulk" -- was found beaten to death with a hammer this week ... and her husband was also discovered deceased from self-inflicted knife wounds, according to reports.

Local outlets say cops visited a rental home in the Spanish town of Fuengirola on Thursday after Mendez was reported missing by a friend a day prior. When officers arrived ... they discovered Mendez and her husband, Jarrod Gelling, dead in the house.

Canarias7 stated cops determined the wounds on Mendez's body showed "clear signs of violence" ... and the wounds on Gelling suggest he died by suicide. An autopsy will determine his official cause of death.

Sam Reinhart tells TMZ Sports he's barely gotten a wink of sleep since the Panthers won the Stanley Cup -- but like a true hockey player, he said he's doing just fine running on fumes!!!

Reinhart and his Florida squad finished off the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night ... and since then, the 29-year-old told us he's managed only a handful of hours of shut-eye.

"I got maybe an hour or two last night," he said while working a ceremonial shift at a local Raising Cane's on Friday. "And a couple the night before."

Kim Zolciak and Kroy Biermann have their parenting responsibilities ironed out -- at least for the first few weeks of summer -- and, their little girl is getting some quality time with her grandparents ... TMZ has learned.

According to court documents, Zolciak and Biermann's daughter -- Kaia Rose -- should have headed to Montana earlier this week for at least three consecutive weeks ... without Mom and Dad.

Kaia's staying with Kroy's parents in the state ... but, she's supposed to have her flip phone on her at all times -- and, both her parents will get one 15-minute phone call a day with her.

TMZ Sports has obtained the 911 calls related to the tragic accident that took the life of Baltimore Orioles minor leaguer Luis Guevara -- and in them, you can hear nearly a dozen Good Samaritans frantically trying to get the injured baseball player help.

Eleven calls in total were provided to us through a public records request ... and in one of them, a woman can be heard telling a dispatcher she saw two jet skis collide with one another while in Sarasota, FL on June 15.

Speaking with someone nearby, the caller described that one jet ski was stopped ... before another "guy ran into him. Full throttle."

Kamala Harris was considering Mark Cuban as her running mate, but the billionaire flat out rejected the campaign, explaining he wasn't the type to play second fiddle ... saying for that reason, I'm out!

Cuban recently joined "The Bulwark" podcast ... when host Tim Miller asked him about "some green room gossip" he'd heard suggesting Mark was on the short list for the veep gig.

The former "Shark Tank" star confirmed the rumor, and revealed why and how he told the Harris campaign he wasn't interested.

After a sweaty flight to the West, the only thing Jordon Hudson seems to be perspiring over these days is the California sun.

Bill Belichick's girlfriend took to her Instagram page on Friday to show that following a stressful airplane ride from Charlotte to Las Vegas, she's now catching plenty of R&R somewhere in the Golden State.

In a photo she posted, the 24-year-old can be seen lounging with chips and gauc, a trio of chicken tenders, some fries ... and a fruity beverage.