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Start spreading the news, the Toronto Blue Jays are on to the ALCS after defeating the New York Yankees Wednesday night in the Bronx ... and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and his teammates let it all out during their celebration, trolling their division rivals!

The team from up north popped the champagne bottles at Yankee Stadium not long after the 5-2 victory, and Guerrero Jr. was loving the fact that he sent Aaron Judge and the rest of the Yankees home for the winter.

Speaking with David Ortiz during the postgame show, Vlad let out Big Papi's iconic "Da Yankees lose" catchphrase multiple times ... much to the chagrin of Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez.

Another Kelce is offering up thoughts on Taylor Swift's raunchy song about her sex life with Travis -- this time it's Kylie who's weighing in ... and while she admits it's a little TMI, she loves it!

Jason Kelce's wife opened up on "The Life of a Showgirl" during Thursday's episode of "Not Gonna Lie With Kylie Kelce," and it didn't take long for "Wood" to enter the chat.

Kylie admitted a tune about her brother-in-law's junk made her just a bit uncomfortable, but she nonetheless was a fan.

Taylor Swift is pulling back the curtain on what it was like having Travis Kelce join her on the road with her during her "Eras" tour ... telling a hilarious story about a time where he confused an A-list actor's wife with his favorite director.

Swift sat down with Seth Meyers on 'Late Night' -- part of her press run for her new album "The Life of a Showgirl" -- and dished on what it was like watching Travis rage alongside celebs like Tom Cruise, Ashton Kutcher, Liam Hemsworth and more at one of her star-studded London shows last June.

Tay says before the show, Travis was over the moon when she told him his favorite director, Greta Gerwig, would be in the VIP tent -- and he couldn't wait to tell her how much he loved "Barbie."

Chase Budinger is back home in SoCal this week, competing in a prestigious volleyball tournament ... and he tells TMZ Sports if he ends up winning the whole shebang, he's already got some cute plans for the prize cash.

The former NBA star -- who's now a volleyball pro -- is one of several huge names participating in the the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Elite 16 and the Newport Beach Volleyball Invitational ... which all kicked off in Orange County, Calif. on Tuesday.

The first event is a 2-on-2 competition, which will go until Saturday, and then on Sunday, the second event is a 4-on-4 tourney.

One person’s backing House Speaker Mike Johnson’s call to swap Bad Bunny for Lee Greenwood at the Super Bowl ... it’s the country singer himself!

Lee tells TMZ he’s right in step with what Speaker Johnson said yesterday ... confirming he’d crush the Super Bowl gig, thanks to years of belting it out for NFL teams, especially at their Salute to Service games.

In fact, the 82-year-old's such a hot ticket, he’s set to rock halftime for the Dallas Cowboys on MNF come November 3rd -- and since football’s basically America’s favorite pastime, he says busting out the anthem or "God Bless the U.S.A." at games is always a thrill.

A Los Angeles Lakers fan is suing LeBron James ... alleging the NBA superstar duped him with "The Second Decision" -- and cost him hundreds of dollars.

Andrew Garcia, a 29-year-old, lifelong Lakers fan, filed the lawsuit in a small claims court in Los Angeles County on Wednesday ... claiming James owes him $865.66 after he says the hooper seemingly intimated he was about to announce his retirement.

Garcia tells TMZ Sports ... when James on Monday teased he had a big choice to make -- he figured The King meant he was hanging up his sneakers, so he raced to Ticketmaster to score some seats to what would be LBJ's last-ever matchup with his former team, the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Bad Bunny raised eyebrows at the New York Yankees game Tuesday night ... choosing not to stand during the singing of "God Bless America."

During the 7th inning stretch, the crowd mostly stood and sang during the rendition of "God Bless America." In a live photo obtained by TMZ, you hear the crowd singing "guide her" ... as in the verse "stand beside her and guide her," which is toward the beginning of the song.

The Grammy winner was snapped taking in the game alongside friends during the Bronx Bombers' 9-6 rout of the Toronto Blue Jays.

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Arturo Gatti Jr. was found dead in his apartment this week at just 17 years old ... in a scene eerily similar to the death of his father, boxing great Arturo Gatti.

Chuck Zito, Gatti's former bodyguard (and actor and stuntman), broke the shocking news on social media Wednesday morning ... announcing the teen's tragic death.

"It's with a heavy heart that I have to say,.... R.I.P. to 17-year-old ARTURO GATTI JR. who was found hanging in an apartment in Mexico yesterday. The same way they found his Father dead in an apartment in Brazil 16 years ago," Zito wrote.

Former UFC fighter Suman Mokhtarian has died at the age of 33 after being shot and killed in an alleged targeted attack in Australia.

According to The Daily Telegraph, New South Wales officials believe Mokhtarian was out for a walk when the fatal encounter happened. Witnesses told police shots rang out of a red Audi around 6 PM local time before the car sped off.

Mokhtarian was shot in the upper torso ... and paramedics tried to revive him, but efforts were unsuccessful.

Ryan Seacrest just got conveniently ordained (where does this man find the time?) ... so on top of his million other gigs, he’s tossing his hat in the ring to officiate Taylor Swift’s wedding ... and the pop queen is already in the know!

On Tuesday’s 'On Air' show, Ryan told Taylor over the phone he’d just officiated cohost Tanya Reid’s wedding ... and Taylor asked if he’d done a good job, with Tanya giving Ryan a whopping 20 stars out of 10.

Ryan told Taylor he’d taken the online course to get ordained ... and said he’d be down to officiate her wedding to Travis Kelce.

11:09 AM PT -- Court documents, obtained by TMZ Sports, show Julian Fleming is facing nine total charges ... including one count of homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence, one count of homicide by vehicle and one count of aggravated assault by vehicle while driving under the influence.

Additionally, the docs note Fleming allegedly had a BAC of .118 shortly after the crash.

9:54 AM PT -- Julian Fleming's attorney, David Bahuriak, tells TMZ Sports ... one of the charges his client is facing is homicide by vehicle -- and he's convinced the prosecution's filing is "wrong."

"In my view," the lawyer said, "the prosecution here took a tragic and unavoidable accident and turned it into a crime when the facts don't support that. The facts don't support criminal homicide."

Bahuriak added Fleming "lost the love of his life" during the crash ... and "this prosecution does nothing to advance the interests of anyone."

Former Penn State wide receiver Julian Fleming is facing multiple criminal charges related to the tragic ATV accident that killed his girlfriend earlier this year.

Deion Sanders underwent surgery to address blood clots this week ... and Karrueche Tran was right by his side at the hospital once again, helping him prepare for the procedure.

The NFL Hall of Famer's son, Deion Jr., posted a new vlog Tuesday evening ... showing Sanders at a medical facility gearing up to go under the knife.

The "Claws" actress made an appearance in the 24-minute clip ... helping Sanders put on his hospital gown.

Give Yankee Stadium security a tryout with the New York Giants ... 'cause staffers perfectly executed open field tackles on two fans who stormed the ALDS!!

The chaos occurred in the fourth inning of Game 3 between the Blue Jays and Yankees -- right when Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was at the plate.

The first fan, who seems to be holding an Aaron Judge jersey, rushed the outfield ... only to get leveled by a security guard who charged all the way from first base.

Travis Kelce has finally publicly addressed Taylor Swift's new song about his penis ... and the Chiefs tight end got a little stiff when talking about the tune.

Jason Kelce was actually the one who got the footballer to open up on "Wood" during Wednesday's episode of "New Heights" -- and while Travis said he liked it, he was quite shy when pressed to give further comment.

Jason, though, had no problems giving his take on the track -- even joking that if someone wrote a song about his junk ... it certainly wouldn't include the line, "Redwood tree, it ain't hard to see."

David Ortiz clearly isn't over what Yankees rookie pitcher Cam Schlittler did to his Red Sox last week ... 'cause the Boston legend says the sensation's name sounds more like "Hitler" to him.

Big Papi dropped the eye-popping zinger after the Pinstripes kept their season alive with a comeback against the Blue Jays in the ALDS on Tuesday ... which set up a Game 4 on Wednesday.

With the 24-year-old slated to take the mound in the pivotal matchup, Ortiz asked Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter and Kevin Burkhardt how Schlittler's name is pronounced.