Larry Merchant, one of the most iconic boxing broadcasters of all time, was rushed to a hospital Thursday night and is in the critical care unit of a L.A. area hospital … sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ. We’re told an ambulance came to Larry’s building at around 6 PM Thursday and rushed him to

Patrick Mahomes says Travis Kelce‘s boo, Taylor Swift, is seeing a lot of love from the Kansas City Chiefs… ’cause according to him, she’s basically a teammate! Play video content CBS The Chiefs’ QB had glowing things to say about the singer during a chat on “CBS Mornings,” admitting the guys kinda kept their distance

The Coastal Carolina football team had second thoughts after sharing a pic of its head coach posing shirtless on the beach with a bunch of female students in bikinis … ’cause the controversial post was promptly deleted. The Chanticleers program — which is in Honolulu for the EasyPost Hawai’i Bowl — initially published an image

Andre August is still feeling that knockout punch from a week ago, but Jake Paul is already moving on to his next boxing match — he’s entering the ring again in three months … and “Euphoria” star Wanna Walton will be on the card, too!! The Problem Child announced the huge event just minutes ago

Play video content Cold As Balls from LOL Network The greatest wide receiver in NFL history is … Randy Moss! That’s according to the first-ballot Hall of Famer himself who gave his list of greatest wideouts ever when he joined Kevin Hart on his Cold As Balls” show this week … and yes, that means

Univ. of Alabama offensive lineman Elijah Pritchett was arrested on Wednesday night after cops say he was accused of knowingly spreading a sexually transmitted disease. The Tuscaloosa Police Department tells TMZ Sports … the 19-year-old — who was released from custody on $500 bond shortly after his arrest — has already been hit with a

A Lil Wayne and Kevin Durant track exists … and the rap legend just revealed it almost made it onto his most recent project with 2 Chainz, but he decided it simply wasn’t time to share it to the world. Weezy spilled the beans in a Bleacher Report interview with Taylor Rooks, who said she

Two men have been hit with criminal charges for their alleged roles in an altercation that eventually ended with the death of a Patriots fan at Gillette Stadium earlier this year, TMZ Sports has confirmed. According to the Foxborough Police Department, 59-year-old John Vieira and 39-year-old Justin Mitchell were charged with assault and battery and

Play video content Logan Paul and KSI are rivals-turned-business partners, but they got back to beating each other up during a backyard football game with Patrick Mahomes this week … when the WWE Superstar went all Ray Lewis on his buddy’s ass!! The two Prime entrepreneurs suited up in pads and helmets to run some

Deep breath paisanos, PR crisis averted for Tommy DeVito! 😰 Just hours after the NYG signal caller caught grief online, DeVito made things right with a local Jersey restaurant owner and fans by showing up and hanging out with a gang of Big Blue fans … where he took photos, signed autographs, and ate! The

Rashard Mendenhall wants to see the NFL’s annual All-Star game get a big-time makeover … suggesting the Pro Bowl evolve into — get this — a contest that pits the league’s Black players vs. its white ones. The ex-Pittsburgh Steelers star came up with the eyebrow-raising idea after he said he became agitated listening to

Rejoice, Eagles fans … Jalen Hurts has just arrived at Lumen Field despite dealing with a gnarly illness — and, as of right now, the quarterback looks set to play in the pivotal game against the Seahawks. Of course, about 24 hours ago, it was unclear if Philadelphians would see the sight — because the

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is clearly recovering nicely after breaking his hip during a nasty fall last week — ’cause he’s now firing off jokes about the situation, calling himself “Humpty Kareem!” The NBA legend shared an update on his status on his Substack page on Monday … revealing he was actually on his way to delivering

Donald Trump showed up to watch one of the most violent knockouts ever in the UFC, but his attention got diverted by a bikini-clad ring girl. Play video content Trump was there to support one of his die-hard fans, UFC fighter Colby Covington, who ended up losing by decision in the main event to Leon

Play video content UFC Sean Strickland and Dricus Du Plessis had the most memorable fight of the year at UFC 296 … thing is, it wasn’t in the octagon. Sean was cage-side for the eventing when Du Plessis, who was sitting behind Sean a few rows, started smack-talking him. Sean then got out of his

Taylor Swift is in Tom Brady country this weekend — once again dropping in to catch Travis Kelce run and catch … hoping for better luck this time around. The pop star was up and at ‘em early Sunday to catch the Chiefs’ game against the New England Patriots in Foxborough … where she swung

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar took a nasty spill at a concert in Los Angeles — and the NBA legend ended up in the hospital with a broken hip, TMZ has learned. His rep, Deborah Morales, tells us … Kareem was attending the show Friday night — but it was unclear who was performing and where. Anyway, the

Justin Bieber‘s been out of the spotlight for the majority of the year — focusing on his own health — and it looks like he’s capping off 2023 going downhill … literally, that is. The singer was spotted in Aspen Saturday, where he was snowboarding … a bit of a tradition for him this time

Britney Spears is firing a shot at Justin Timberlake and what she considers his lack of basketball skills, claiming he was a sore loser when she’d take him down on the court. The pop star took to Instagram Friday to throw some shade at the “Suit & Tie” singer … without naming names, she writes,

Play video content TMZSports.com If Shawne Merriman was in Dean Spanos‘ shoes, he would NOT hire Bill Belichick or Jim Harbaugh to replace Brandon Staley … telling TMZ Sports he thinks his former team needs to go younger with its next hire. Of course, both coaching veterans have been rumored to be on the Bolts’

Pacman Jones pleaded guilty to a charge of disorderly conduct in a Kentucky courtroom on Thursday in his airport meltdown case — and after he submitted the plea, the ex-NFL star apologized to the cops he screamed at during the outburst. Jones appeared before a judge in Boone County to issue the plea after reaching

Play video content Los Angeles Dodgers After a ton of speculation, Shohei Ohtani is finally spilling the beans on what he named his dog … and as it turns out, it has nothing to do with his new team, the Los Angeles Dodgers. His name is Decoy!! The 29-year-old Japanese superstar met with the media

Metro Boomin was the guest of highest honor in his St. Louis hometown on Thursday … presented with a Key to the City for his years of giving back to single mothers. TMZ Hip Hop got pics of Mayor Tishaura O. Jones bestowing the key to Metro on Thursday inside City Hall, surrounded by dozens

Talk about getting lucky … a card collector in Minnesota pulled a unique, one-of-one Topps Tom Brady Montreal Expos Superfractor card, signed by the legend himself!!! We know what you’re thinking … the Expos were a baseball team, and well, Brady’s a football player, right? Not always! Way back in 1995, Tom was a talented

Buster Posey says San Francisco’s current issues with crime and drugs might very well be the reason Shohei Ohtani is currently wearing Dodger blue instead of Giants orange. The S.F. legend — who was part of the Giants’ consortium that made its pitch to Ohtani recently to get him to sign with the Bay Area

Draymond Green is going to be away from the Golden State Warriors for a while … the NBA hit him with an indefinite suspension after he smacked one of his opponents in the face. The NBA says Draymond’s “repeated history of unsportsmanlike acts” is playing into his indefinite suspension. Play video content Golden State Warriors

Roger Clemens‘ son, Kory, has been sentenced in his DWI case and will spend the next year on probation after striking a plea deal with prosecutors, TMZ Sports has learned. According to court documents, Kory Clemens — one of the MLB legend’s four sons — agreed to plead guilty on Tuesday to one misdemeanor count

Deion Sanders has completely revamped the Colorado football program, and now he’s leaving a mark on the classrooms, too … ’cause Coach Prime has inspired a full-blown college course in Boulder!! The in-person lecture course is called “Prime Time: Public Performance and Leadership” … and is being offered for those majoring in College of Media,

It’s pretty crowded up in the Crypto.com Arena rafters already, but the Los Angeles Lakers will have to make some room — the team is reportedly expected to hang a banner in honor of winning the In-Season Tournament. The Purple and Gold — who already have 17 championship banners above their home court — will

Play video content TMZSports.com Former World Series champ Jerry Hairston says the Dodgers didn’t overpay when they dropped $700 million to get Shohei Ohtani … telling TMZ Sports, “He’s worth it.” L.A. inked the two-way star to the deal over the weekend … and with his pitching career in question due to a second Tommy