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The 76ers had a big offseason -- they brought in LeBron James and Jaylen Brown -- and the Miami Heat added Giannis Antetokounmpo ... to which John Starks says, cool, but the Knicks are still top dog in the Eastern Conference!

TMZ Sports ran into the legendary Knicks shooting guard Friday morning in NYC, and asked him if he believed the champs were getting the proper level of respect after winning the chip.

"They're getting their respect, but I know coming back into the season you have to be hungry. If they still have that underdog mentality coming into the season, it's gonna be good for them," Starks told us.

The Dominatrix who strapped a nearly naked man to the Hollywood Sign has struck again ... this time taping someone to a SoHo street post as he held a high-end bag.

New York City-based performing artist Sabine Tautou tells TMZ ... after she mummified a man with gray bondage tape to a street post outside the Alexander Wang store ... over 50 people sent her screenshots of Citizen alerts.

She says ... "This is actually the first performance I’ve done that ended up going viral on Citizen, too."

Several videos show a violent fight break out in front of rappers Lucki and Playboi Carti outside L.A.'s ComplexCon ... and Lucki was struck in the side of the face.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... Lucki was in the parking lot around 4:40 PM Saturday surrounded by fans for photos when an unknown suspect hit him in the side of the face, causing a laceration.

That's when another victim was observed getting stabbed ... before LAPD then located 2 additional victims who were injured.

Streamer BenDaDonnn has been arrested after a chaotic video showed a police officer tasing him before placing him in cuffs ... TMZ has learned.

BenDaDonnn -- real name Benius Beard -- was booked into Brazos County Jail in Texas on a charge of evading arrest or detention Sunday.

The College Station Police Department tells TMZ ... officers were working to clear patrons from the roadway in front of a bar when they encountered a group who refused to comply with their commands.

Gypsy Rose Blanchard has started an online petition aimed at putting an end to cyberbullying after Ken Urker's death ... and she's honoring him in a special way.

Gypsy posted the Change.org petition Sunday to help support Kenan's Law -- otherwise known as the Online Harassment Reporting and Accountability Act.

In the petition ... Gypsy says that Ken suffered merciless cyberbullying across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and Reddit.

Jada Pinkett Smith wants Will Smith's former friend, who is suing the actress and claiming she threatened him, to submit to a mental exam ... TMZ has learned.

According to court docs, obtained by TMZ, Jada is asking the judge to give her permission to have Bilaal Salaam sit for a lengthy mental exam to test the claims he made in his lawsuit about suffering emotional distress due to her alleged conduct.

As we've previously reported ... Bilaal is seeking $3 million in damages, claiming Jada threatened him and inflicted severe emotional distress.

The New York Attorney General is now investigating allegations of gang rape at Cornell University, which means some fraternity brothers could become rape defendants ... so based on what we know now, who would win at trial?

Harvey and Mark Geragos have reviewed some of the most salient evidence based on transcripts of the police investigation and other evidence that has surfaced.

They spend half their time on the latest edition of the "2 Angry Men" podcast making the best case for prosecutors, and the other half on how the defendants would try to poke holes in the prosecution's case.

Gypsy Rose Blanchard dove into her life and what a possible future wedding to Ken Urker might look like on our "TMZ Podcast" ... just months before his sudden death.

The social media star sat down with Charlie Neff back in May ... and the two discussed marriage -- with Charlie specifically asking if Gypsy felt pressured to tie the knot with Ken.

Gypsy said Ken wasn't putting any pressure on her ... but she certainly felt like the world was -- even though she said she could see a future where they stay together but never marry, Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell style.

Zach Bryan is making a pretty loud statement at Robert Kraft's Gillette Stadium … hitting the stage in a "Free Palestine" shirt not long after the venue was at the center of Ed Sheeran's Macklemore controversy.

Bryan performed Friday night at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, MA, as part of his "With Heaven On" tour, and he and members of his band were seen sporting shirts reading "Free Palestine."

The timing is especially interesting considering what went down at the very same stadium just one week earlier.

Howard Stern's Wack Packer, Big Black, seemed perfectly "fine" and was actually "extra giggly" in the weeks leading up to his death, according to his good buddy, Lawrence Coward.

Coward, a fellow Wack Packer dubbed by Stern as the "King of All Blacks," tells TMZ ... he spoke with Big Black 2 weeks before BB died of natural causes from arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease. The disease causes fatty plaque buildup inside the artery walls. 

Coward says Big Black called him up to see if he would join BB on an upcoming live YouTube discussion for fans of the Stern show. The two friends appeared with Howard and his sidekick, Robin Quivers, on "The Howard Stern Show" back in the day -- and talked about their funny, yet crazy life experiences.

Lethal Shooter has trained some of the biggest stars in Hollywood and sports, but now the social media sensation has his sights set on one of the most important figures in recent American history -- Barack Obama!

The viral shooting coach -- real name Chris Matthews -- swung by the TMZ Sports set this week and unloaded a dream list of clients he still hasn't gotten his hands on, and it's an impressive list.

"Mike Tyson. Samuel L. Jackson. You ready for the next one?" LS asked Babcock.

"Stevie Wonder. Trust me, bro. He can make a jump shot. If somebody can play the piano, if somebody can listen and hear the melody, if I'm in front of him, can Stevie Wonder knock down a jump shot?" he asked.

One of the men being sued over an alleged 2024 gang rape at Cornell University sued the college last March over the consequences he was hit with for the incident, TMZ has learned, and just days ago he lost his case.

John Doe sued Cornell over the investigation conducted into the alleged rape that took place on October 19, 2024, at the Chi Phi fraternity house.

According to legal docs, Doe says he received the Snapchat message -- "Free P***y" -- and he and one other frat brother went to the room ... he says because they were unsure if the message was a joke or not.

He also says he went there to get a new vape. He says "By no means were we going there to get free p***y." He says when they arrived "Everybody in there seemed fine."

Christa Pike's blood condition may have saved her life temporarily, a doctor says ... though he's making it clear she doesn't have a super resistance to pentobarbital -- the drug that was supposed to kill her.

Dr. Joel Zivot -- a respected anesthesiologist who previously examined Christa -- sat down with Jakson on TMZ's YouTube series, "In The Know," to discuss what happened during Wednesday's botched execution in Tennessee ... telling us he thinks Christa's thrombocytosis may have played a role.

Basically, Dr. Zivot says Christa has a high platelet count ... and platelets rush to the site of an injury to clot the blood -- keeping humans from bleeding out if they get a paper cut.

An IV punctures the vein ... so platelets rush to the area and, in a person like Christa with thrombocytosis, excessive clots can form inside the vein, blocking it off entirely.

A group of Las Vegas showgirls traded feathers for fists ... throwing down in a wild brawl on the Strip.

TMZ obtained a crazy video from Wednesday afternoon ... several women decked out in barely-there showgirl outfits and massive feather headdresses are right in the middle of the chaos ... swinging, shoving, and going at it as tourists look on.

And this thing gets out of control fast ... at one point, one of the showgirls charges right back into the madness and starts throwing punches ... while a shirtless man gets tangled up in the melee and people nearby scramble around the fight.

Porn stars Joanna Angel and Small Hands have been quietly battling in divorce court ... TMZ has learned.

According to court docs obtained by TMZ, Joanna filed for divorce in New York in November 2024. The case is sealed.

Multiple sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ ... the case has remained active for nearly two years as the parties try to divide their marital estate. We're told there's been a lot of back and forth over who gets what including the Los Angeles area home Joanna purchased during the marriage.