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Got a couple thousand bucks lying around? Then you could own William "The Refrigerator" Perry's 1985 Super Bowl ring ... 'cause it just hit the auction block.

It's not Fridge selling the ring -- he already unloaded it back in 2000 to a private collector ... who sold it to someone else in 2007.

Now, it's up for sale again through Heritage Auctions -- which says it also has a picture of Perry holding the ring to prove its authenticity.

As for the specs -- it's 10 karat gold with diamonds ... and it's somewhere between a size 23 and 25 -- so it's HUGE.

Good luck ...

Another HUGE move for Jay Z's sports agency -- which just signed one of the biggest soccer stars in the world ... opening the door to HUGE CASH for Roc Nation Sports in the world of international soccer.

Jay just locked up Bayern Munich defender Jerome Boateng -- a World Cup champion who plays for Germany's national team.

BTW, he's 26 years old and a rising superstar ... so, it's a huge get for Jay, who personally signed Boateng at his private villa.

Boateng -- the 1st European athlete to sign with Roc Nation -- told a German media outlet, "It was a great day with Jay Z. We could ask him anything."

"We mostly talked about music and football. Jay Z knows about football and has watched numerous games."

Drake is going after Meek Mill and this time with a vengeance, ripping on his manhood for being girlfriend Nicki Minaj's opening act.

The song -- titled "Back to Back" -- is actually his second diss song against Meek, but this one is way more vicious. In it, Drake raps ...

Is that a world tour or your girl's tour?
I know that you gotta be a thug for her
This ain't what she meant
when she told you to open up more

Drake also makes fun of Meek for not being the breadwinner in the relationship ...

Shout-out to all my boss bitches wifin' n****s
Make sure you hit 'em with the prenup

And how's this for ironic ... Meek Mill was booed when he came out onstage during Tuesday night's show with Nicki because he was 90 minutes late. The show was in ... Toronto.

Drake 2, Meek 0.

Tom Brady took a shot at Samsung while defending himself in the Deflategate scandal -- claiming he didn't randomly destroy his cell phone ... but junked it because it was broken .. in exchange for an iPhone!

After the NFL issued a statement claiming Brady was more than suspicious when he 86'd his phone on the same day he was supposed to meet with investigators, TB finally fired back.

"I also disagree with yesterdays narrative surrounding my cellphone. I replaced my broken Samsung phone with a new iPhone 6 AFTER my attorneys made it clear to the NFL that my actual phone device would not be subjected to investigation under ANY circumstances."

"To try and reconcile the record and fully cooperate with the investigation after I was disciplined in May, we turned over detailed pages of cell phone records and all of the emails that Mr. Wells requested."

"We even contacted the phone company to see if there was any possible way we could retrieve any/all of the actual text messages from my old phone. In short, we exhausted every possibility to give the NFL everything we could and offered to go thru the identity for every text and phone call during the relevant time."

"Regardless, the NFL knows that Mr. Wells already had ALL relevant communications with Patriots personnel that either Mr. Wells saw or that I was questioned about in my appeal hearing. There is no 'smoking gun' and this controversy is manufactured to distract from the fact they have zero evidence of wrongdoing."

Tom Brady told the NFL he could not submit his cell phone as evidence in the Deflategate investigation because he destroyed it ... this according to the NFL.

Madness at the Tour de France ... where cops opened fire on a car that was speeding toward them at the finish line -- and now, officials say they have arrested the driver.

It all went down Sunday morning ... where cops say they fired several shots at the vehicle when the driver disobeyed orders to stop and was barreling at them. As the bullets flew, the car turned away and sped off.

But now, officials say they have arrested the driver ... a 17-year-old boy. Another person also surrendered in connection to the incident.

Cops say they also have the vehicle -- which was littered with bullet holes from the shooting.

Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown's daughter Bobbi Kristina has died at the age of 22.

She passed away outside Atlanta in the hospice care facility where she's been since June 24 ... when her family decided to take her off all meds. As we first reported, a specialist had told them there was no chance of recovery.

The family says Bobbi Kristina was surrounded by family and, "She is finally at peace in the arms of God."

Bobbi Kristina was found submerged in her bathtub on January 31, and police believe she was underwater for anywhere between 2 and 5 minutes. Paramedics were able to resuscitate her, but she was in a medically induced coma and placed on life support.

Ultimately, Pat Houston and Bobby -- co-guardians for Bobbi Kristina -- had to make the decision to withdraw medications. It was a rare moment of agreement for the Browns and Houstons ... who had battled about BK's condition throughout her hospitalization.

TMZ broke the story ... the D.A. has been gearing up for a murder case, and her boyfriend Nick Gordon would be their first person of interest. Police said there were bruises on Bobbi Kristina's face and body after Gordon and a friend, Max Lomas, found her in the tub.

Of course, Whitney died from a drug overdose in 2012 while sitting in a bathtub at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

Spelman College, one of the most prestigious African American colleges in the country has dropped Bill Cosby in a stunning way.

A college official says The William and Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby Endowed Professorship will be discontinued and all remaining funds returned.

Cosby was a big supporter of the all women's college over the years and the school acknowledged his contribution by honoring him at various times.

Quentin Miller, the guy accused of writing raps for Drake, is coming to the rapper's defense saying he’s never been and never will be a ghostwriter.

According to Miller, he was just your average baker with a passion for music when Drake took him under his wing. He says most of “If You’re Reading This It's Too Late” was done before he was brought in to collaborate on a few songs.

He adds ... Drake didn't even really need him, and he was just happy to take notes from "the best in the game." Miller was responding to accusations -- from Meek Mill and others -- that he wrote Drake's rhymes on “10 Bands.”

He didn't specifically address his version of "10 Bands" that leaked this week -- but says, ”I could never take credit for anything other than the few songs we worked on together."

Hulk Hogan is apologizing for using the n-word during an angry rant about his daughter's ex-boyfriend, and it doesn't reflect who he really is -- but a transcript of the remarks paints a much different picture.

Hulk tells us ... "Eight years ago I used offensive language during a conversation. It was unacceptable for me to have used that offensive language; there is no excuse for it; and I apologize for having done it."

The language he's referring to is outrageous -- coming on the tail end of his sex tape. Hulk says ... "I mean, I don't have double standards. I mean, I am a racist, to a point, f**king n**gers."

He continues, "I mean I'd rather if she was going to f**k some n**ger, I'd rather have her marry an 8-foot tall n**ger worth a hundred million dollars! Like a basketball player."

Hogan is suing a website for releasing the sex tape, and the n-word rant is expected to come out when the case goes to trial later this year.

In his apology, Hogan says ... "I am disappointed with myself that I used language that is offensive and inconsistent with my own beliefs. It is not who I am. I continue to work every day to improve as a person, and this matter is an important learning experience for me in that regard."

He adds, that language "is inconsistent with my own beliefs."

A screening of Amy Schumer's "Trainwreck" came to a horrifying end after a man opened fire on a theater full of moviegoers ... killing two and wounding nine others, before turning the gun on himself.

Officials in Lafayette, LA say a lone 58-year-old gunman stood up in The Grand Theatre 16 about 20 minutes into the movie ... and began shooting at the audience with a handgun.

According to law enforcement ... after the gunman, John Russel Houser, shot into the crowd, and attempted to flee the theater. He killed himself once he saw officers racing to the scene.

Police haven't determined what, if any, motive Houser had for the shooting.

Schumer sent out a message addressing the tragedy, saying, "My heart is broken and all my thoughts and prayers are with everyone in Louisiana."

10:40 AM PT -- Law enforcement sources tell TMZ, Ruby was not the one who called police and it didn't happen at her home. We're told a man was trying to break into her neighbor's house and was arrested.

Ruby Rose got a terrifying taste of L.A. -- she spotted an armed man in her backyard as police swarmed her house ... searching for the man.

Ruby shot video of the panic -- cop cars on the street and helicopters above her house. She narrated the clip, saying ... "Policemen ... looking for a f**king gunman."

She also live tweeted the incident throughout the search ... "This is petrifying. Helicopters, police, dogs ... and a crazy person"

Ruby says the gunman was eventually arrested ... and she deleted all her tweets about the incident.

It's unclear if the suspect was trying to get into her house ... or just running through the neighborhood. Either way ... scary night for the "Orange is the New Black" star.

Katy Perry just weighed in on music's biggest bitch sesh -- calling Taylor Swift a full-on hypocrite for accusing Nicki Minaj of taking down a woman.

Perry thinks it's hysterical Swift told Nicki ... "It's so unlike you to pit women against each other." The joke, to Katy ... is that Taylor went for her neck with "Bad Blood" -- and proceeded to make a ton of cash off the song that's all about throwing shade at Katy.

Nicki took notice -- and favorited Katy's tweet.

Taylor might wanna call for backup.

Meek Mill's unloading on Drake ... accusing him of the worst crime possible in the hip-hop game -- his raps verses are written by other hands!

Hours after his GF, Nicki Minaj, jabbed Taylor Swift ... Meek ripped Drizzy, saying ... "Stop comparing drake to me too.... He don't write his own raps!"

The criticism was even more shocking since Drake is ON MEEK'S ALBUM!! But Meek ... "He ain't even write that verse on my album and if I woulda knew I woulda took it off my album..... I don't trick my fans! Lol."

Upping the awkward factor -- Drake's tight with Nicki. So, Meek's pillow talk should be interesting.

Meanwhile in fake Twitter beef news, Bruno Mars and Ed Sheeran went at it too. As best they could, anyway ....

Chris Brown couldn't get into Canada earlier this year and now he can't get OUT of the Philippines ... all because he allegedly skipped out on a concert gig there.

Brown played a show in the country Tuesday night, but when he tried to leave Wednesday morning for his next show in Hong Kong ... he was blocked from doing so by the Philippine Department of Justice, reports the Philippines News Agency.

The issue at hand ... Brown was allegedly supposed to play a show last New Year's Eve, but never showed. The promoters of that gig were granted an order to bar Brown from leaving the country in order to get him to pay back money they say they are owed.

Back in February, Brown had to cancel a show in Canada because he was denied entry into the country due to his criminal background.

Ghostface Killah is threatening to put a hit out on Action Bronson -- bragging to the Queens rapper that he's got "shooters" ready to get the job done.

The beef exploded this morning when Ghostface responded to a few cracks Action made on ESPN's "Sportsnation" -- hinting the legendary Wu-Tang Clan MC was washed up.

If AB was joking ... Ghostface did NOT see the humor. Watch his video response ... it's borderline criminal.

Action got the message though -- he apologized moments after Ghostface posted the video, saying ... "When ur wrong ur wrong and I was wrong. I apologized for the comments."

One funny part of this -- the smooth Teddy Pendergrass cut in the background. Soul music makes everything better.