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Listen up Cubs fans, the Curse of the dreaded Billy Goat's about to end, courtesy of some famed competitive eaters -- including the legendary Kobayashi -- and a 40 lb. spit roasted goat.

Pro eaters Tim Brown and L.A. Beast tell TMZ Sports they came up with a genius plot while boozing in Chi town Monday night ... "We said, 'lets eat a f**king goat! We can reverse the curse!!'"

So, L.A. and Tim called Kobayashi and "Deep Dish" Bertoletti to tag team the goat. Their only problem was ... WHERE to do the deed? Naturally, they wanted a spot as close to Wrigley, but Brown says, "This morning we called bars around Wrigleyville, but no one would have us."

After 70-years under the curse, superstition runs deep ... so Brown kinda gets it. "If we don't finish the goat, they don't wanna be associated with re-cursing the Cubs."

The guys are still going for it. They'll begin chowing down at 7:30 PM local time at "Deep Dish" and Tim's restaurant called Taco in a Bag. It's not near Wrigley, but it could work.

Then again, the Cubs are already a virtual lock for the playoffs (as a wild card team). One might say, why rock the boat?

This is pretty cool ... Buffalo Bills safety Aaron Williams received an outpouring of love from teammates and Patriots players after suffering a neck injury on Sunday -- with one teammate bringing over a home cooked meal ... TMZ Sports has learned.

Williams was hospitalized after a nasty collision with Julian Edelman on Sunday -- but was released a short time later.

We spoke with Aaron's mom, Val Williams, who tells us she was "terrified" during the incident -- especially because she was at the game and tried to get to her son while he was down on the field.

"I was at the 28th row and ran all the way down to the 1st row when I saw he wasn’t moving ... people were just praying with me."

The next day, Val says Aaron's teammates went above and beyond to show their support.

"Corey Graham (safety) came over to his house and his wife made some food for Aaron, and the whole team has just been coming in bunches checking on him just seeing what he needs offered him rides to work."

Aaron's dad, Anthony, says his son's even getting love from the enemy -- Patriots players and fans ... including Pats DT Malcolm Brown, who called to check in.

NFL safety Sanders Commings is taking swag to a new level -- the ex-Kansas City Chief is slangin' socks with friggin' 24k gold stitched right into 'em.

Sanders is a free agent right now, on the mend from a knee injury, but his pimped out plan B is his company Young Hearted Socks -- and the brand's most unique design has to be the Honeycomb.

Commings tells TMZ Sports each sock has a 1/2 gram of gold, and a pair will set you back $150.

The best part? Commings and his partner, Kyle Green, say they're donating 10% of Honeycomb profits to the Atlanta Children's Shelter.

Swag for a cause ... darn genius.

It pays to be Rick Ross' ride or die chick -- the Boss just iced up his GF Lira Mercer with an enormous diamond engagement ring that set him back $350,000.

Rick and Lira Galore have only been together for a few months. She was by his side during his Georgia arrest for kidnapping and assault, and the commitment has paid off.

We're told the centerpiece of the 11 carat sparkler is a whopping 5ct emerald-cut diamond. Ross didn't hold back on the wedding band either ... it's 6 carats and all diamonds.

Ross slipped the ring on Lira's finger in NYC, in the Rafaello & Co. jewelry store. We're told he did NOT get on one knee.

The newly engaged couple celebrated with a chicken satay dinner at Red Stixs.

The massive "Game of Thrones" star who popped the Viper's eyes out of his head, didn't do so well in the arm wrestling arena, and shockingly went down HARD to champ Devon Larratt.

Yeah, hard to imagine 6'9" 419 pound Thor Bjornsson losing any test of strength, but "The Mountain" met his match in Larratt ... who gives up 200 lbs. to Thor!

2-time champ Larratt joined us on TMZ Hollywood Sports to talk about how he took down Thor ... who, by the way, has been a finalist in the last 4 World's Strongest Man competitions.

"Star Trek: Voyager" actress Jennifer Lien is behind bars after cops arrested her for allegedly exposing herself to 3 kids under 13.

We've learned 2 weeks ago Lien was at her Tennessee home when she got in an argument with her neighbor outside her house. She was angry that a small child was crying over a cut foot.

Lien allegedly exposed her breasts and rear end to the 3 neighbor kids. Cops took a report and Lien denied exposing herself. But they didn't believe her and got a warrant for her arrest.

When cops went to Lien's house to arrest her she didn't go down without a fight. Cops say she refused to put clothes on, was carried to the police car and threatened to have them shot and killed.

Lien, who played Kes during the first three seasons of "Star Trek: Voyager" has been in jail since her arrest Sept. 3. Her bond is set at $2,500.

A pack of vicious and cowardly 49ers fans bashed in a Vikings fan's face during a chaotic melee outside the Monday night game, and if not for one brave security guard ... the Vikes fan might be dead.

One of the 'Hobbit' villains got drunk, and knocked a guy out cold during a Comic-Con after-party, and ended the night in handcuffs ... according to cops and witnesses.

According to police docs, obtained by TMZ, Manu Bennett was hanging with a bunch of people in a San Antonio hotel room ... drinking and having a good time ... until he was asked to leave. Witnesses told police that Bennett -- who played Azog in the 'Hobbit' -- had too much to drink.

Before Bennett left the room he stared down the other guests, and when one of them dared to ask, "What?" ... witnesses say the actor unloaded a knockout punch to the guy's face.

The victim's nose was broken and bleeding. Cops showed up and went to Bennett's hotel room. At first he didn't remember the fight, but then claimed he was defending himself.

Bennett -- who also stars in "Arrow" and the "Spartacus" TV series -- was arrested and booked for assault.

Kim Kardashian is shrugging off criticism over the $2.99 monthly fee she charges for access to her website ... she says it's actually a great deal.

Kim's taking heat from blogs and users who think she's already made enough money on consumers. But our sources close to Kim say she's cutting her fans a break for her makeup tutorials.

There's big business with makeup lectures ... people paying upwards of $500 to see Kim and her makeup artist Mario Dedivanovic live, so Kim thinks a $3 monthly fee is a steal.

And Kim says she's offering a lot more ... a style section where you can copy her everyday looks.

If that's not your thing ... there's always Khloe's new app where $2.99 buys you unlimited access to her workout videos.

Capitalism rules.

7:45 AM PT -- We spoke to the venue ... the heavy pyrotechnics used at the end of Taylor's show triggered smoke detectors. Everyone had filed out and Taylor was backstage chilling in her dressing room when the fire alarm went off. No one was injured.

Taylor Swift's got nerves of steel ... even when she's barely clothed.

Fire alarms sounded backstage in the Houston stadium where she performed Wednesday night -- and even though everyone was urging her to get dressed and get out ... Taylor stood her ground, and recorded the moment for Instagram.

It turned out to be kinda funny since it was a false alarm.

The real fireworks came once T-Swizzle hit the stage for the first of her H-Town concerts with special guest Wiz Khalifa.

Survivor frontman Frankie Sullivan is outraged Mike Huckabee carted out the freshly-freed Rowan County clerk Kim Davis to their song, "Eye of the Tiger," and we've learned the group is now considering a lawsuit.

A sobbing Davis appeared in Grayson, Kentucky, arm-in-arm with Huckabee, as the song roared through the loud speakers.

The group is hedging on its plan of attack, but the band's rep tells us they are determined to protect the integrity of their music.

Huckabee obviously didn't hear about the whole "Rockin' in a Free World" thing.

The man with hands just bagged himself the chick with that ass.

TMZ Sports has learned ... New York Giants superstar Odell Beckham Jr. is in the "early stages of dating" with Amber Rose.

Chris Brown claims he never cancelled a show during ATL Black Gay Pride Weekend ... because he was never scheduled to perform in the first place, but the event promoter claims otherwise.

CB's reps tell TMZ ... Brown was in Atlanta for his "One Hell of a Nite" tour last weekend ... in a totally different venue from the Pride event, which was organized by Traxx Girls, a lesbian owned and operated entertainment company.

Traxx claims it paid Brown to perform for the 4,000 women at the Georgia Freight Depot -- and when he no-showed ... Fetty Wap stepped in at the last minute.

Brown's people say the event promoter's story is completely fabricated ... claiming Traxx just slapped Breezy's name on posters and flyers to drum up interest in the show, and now it's just trying to save face with customers.

Traxx reps won't say how much cash they paid Brown ... but they are considering legal action to recover the money.

Someone touched Kanye West with a tribute to his mom.

Kanye was going into his NYC apartment with Kim, when an artist stood at the front door with a multi-media portrait of Donda West holding North West, the granddaughter she never met. Kanye was clearly moved, took the portrait and walked inside.

Donda died in 2007 after undergoing cosmetic surgery.

The artist, Andrew Gonzalez, tells us it took him a day to create the work and he attached his contact info. Smart man.

Rob Gronkowski isn't just about party buses and booze cruises, he can class it up sometimes ... but with a touch of Gronk thrown it in.

The New England Patriots stud recently picked himself up a new Mercedes AMG S63 from Bernie Moreno and the folks at Mercedes Benz of Berlington, MA.

Moreno tells TMZ Sports dealing with Gronk was a breeze, saying, "He’s the absolute real deal. What you see is what you get. A really nice guy who loves what he does and is as genuine as I have ever met."

As for the actual car, Moreno says it was "fully-loaded" with 577hp, rear seat entertainment system and -- in a feature that sounds like it was created specifically for Gronk -- the car comes with a small fridge in the back.

Gronk gonna Gronk.

The man "Big Bang Theory" star Jim Parsons singled out for praise during his Emmy acceptance speech in 2010 has been arrested for having an improper relationship with his high school student -- a felony.

42-year-old Greg Stanley -- who was Parsons' roommate in college and longtime friend -- was arrested in College Station, Texas after a 17-year-old complained Stanley lured him to his home last month, served him alcohol and sexually assaulted him.

Stanley was a theater arts teacher at College Station High School, where the 17-year-old attended.

According to cops, a conversation after the incident between Stanley and the 17-year-old was recorded, in which Stanley reportedly said he would give the boy a prominent position within a student organization "if we could just move on."

As for why Stanley wasn't charged with child molestation ... the age of consent in Texas is 17.

Stanley has been placed on administrative leave.

A rep for Parsons tells TMZ, "They were friends but have not been in contact for several years."