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Chicago Cubs owner Thomas Ricketts is used to getting an earful from fans about his baseball team ... but now he's even drawing the ire of LITTLE KIDS -- 'cause a six-year-old child called him cheap straight to his face!

TMZ Sports obtained the hilarious clip shot last weekend at the team's annual fan summit called "Cubs Convention." In the clip, Ricketts, owner and team chairman, was making the rounds signing autographs and chatting it up with supporters ... when he encountered the disgruntled young boy.

We're told the plan was for the kid to ask Ricketts to sign a bat inscribed with "The cheapest owner in Baseball" ... though TR obviously didn't play along.

Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs just know how to win ... and that’s why Warren Moon is giving the quarterback a "slight edge" over the Buffalo Bills this Sunday, even with Josh Allen playing lights out this season.

The legendary quarterback shared his prediction for the Bills vs. Chiefs AFC Championship game with TMZ Sports, saying Mahomes’ playoff experience and home-field advantage at Arrowhead gives the QB the upper hand.

"I mean this is a guy who has been to seven straight AFC championship games," Moon said.

Saquon Barkley's dominance this season is working wonders for his fellow running backs ... so says Jamal Lewis, who tells TMZ Sports it proves teams can't get away with neglecting the position if they want to win.

We spoke with the former Baltimore Ravens RB after Barkley rushed for 205 yards and two touchdowns against the L.A. Rams in the Divisional Round last week -- his second game with over 200 rushing yards and his sixth game with two rushing touchdowns this season.

With numbers like that, it shouldn't come as a surprise that Lewis feels Barkley's on a whole 'nother level when compared to his fellow running backs.

Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag are choosing to help their community instead of dwelling on their misfortune ... hitting up an L.A. wildfire fundraiser at a local cafe -- and meeting up with the ultimate Sk8er Girl.

The reality television stars stopped by La La Land Kind Cafe in Santa Monica, just south of the Pacific Palisades -- their neighborhood which was decimated in the disaster.

We're told the duo hung out and took pics with fans, chatting with the patrons -- some of whom made donations to support charities connected to L.A. fire relief.

Justin Baldoni won't be "bullied" by Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, his lawyer says ... claiming their recent court filings show how scared they truly are.

Bryan Freedman -- Baldoni's lawyer -- tells TMZ ... Blake's team asking a judge for a gag order to stop Freedman and co. from talking about the case to the media is an ironic attempt to gag the truth in a case where she claims she wants all the facts to come out.

BF says the A-List couple have wielded power in Hollywood built on "pure fear" cultivated by both themselves and their powerful friends in entertainment ... but, that all ended when they reached out to the New York Times for what Freedman calls a "well calculated hit piece."

Woody Harrelson's brother Brett Harrelson isn't ruling out the possibility they are half-bros with Matthew McConaughey ... and says he might have to start pinching hairs from the famed duo to find out.

We got Brett out in Bev Hills -- seemed to be on a date -- when he told us MC's the one holding up things, because Matthew doesn't want to possibly find out the guy he thought was his father his whole life isn't actually related to him. His dad, James, died in 1992.

Still, Brett says Woody's been working on his longtime pal, trying to convince him that finding out he has new brothers might be worth the overall shock.

Donald Trump may be being hailed by some for saving TikTok amid the U.S. shutdown drama ... but one mega-influencer on the hugely popular app says more people deserve credit -- like 2 billion more!

OnlyFans model and TikTok star Sophie Rain tells TMZ ... she predicts the China-based app won't permanently shut down in the U.S. ... and that's all thanks to the billions of users creating kick-ass content that made the platform an everyday must-have.

Sure, DT has TikTok on a 75-day extension in the U.S. after President Biden refused to enforce the ban prior to leaving office last week ... but, Sophie tells us the entire situation has become too political, strictly for grandstanding -- and it's "silly."

A$AP Rocky is staying positive despite going to court on a gun charge that could put him behind bars ... just take a listen to what he had to say after the first day of his gun trial.

The rapper broke his silence Friday after court wrapped, sending a three-word message to his fans.

Rocky tried to sneak out a side door to avoid a throng of reporters and paparazzi ... but TMZ has the first video of him speaking since his trial began.

Karma is a dish best-served cold, ice cold ... just ask the naughty patron at the center of the now-viral ice penis saga.

TMZ broke the story ... an unruly bar customer got intoxicated and argued with others at the East Village Pub & Eatery in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada earlier this month, which resulted in the man getting pinned down by security guards on an icy sidewalk ... leaving his penis inadvertently stuck to ice on the ground and causing an impromptu circumcision, of sorts.

Now, in new video obtained by TMZ of the incident, it's apparent just how belligerent the patron was before his detainment and subsequent cold awakening.

Travis Kelce and Dante Hall have a lot in common -- the two are not only Chiefs legends ... they're both also huge Taylor Swift fans!!

The Human Joystick revealed to TMZ Sports this week that after he met the popstar at one of Kansas City's recent games ... he considers himself now "an ultimate Swiftie."

Hall told us that wasn't always the case -- "her music just wasn't for me" -- but the way she treated him during their Arrowhead Stadium meetup changed everything.

If Derrick Henry ever wanted to make the switch from the gridiron to the squared circle, there's one WWE Superstar who thinks he'd THRIVE in the sport ... with Bron Breakker telling TMZ Sports the Ravens running back would "be a beast" as a wrestler!!

BB knows how to make the transition -- after a solid college football career, he had a stint with Baltimore as a fullback before going pro in wrestling.

We caught up with the Intercontinental Champion ahead of his title defense against Sheamus at "Saturday Night Main Event" on NBC ... and while we talked all about the huge showdown, he also weighed in on which NFL talent could have a future in his world.

Jeremiah Smith's freshman season was so impressive, Ohio State legend Archie Griffin believes not one, but TWO Heismans could be in his trophy case by the end of his college football career ... telling TMZ Sports it's a "great possibility!!"

19-year-old Smith wasted no time making his presence known in the program ... erupting with 15 touchdowns and 1,315 yards on the season -- and a stellar outing in the national championship against Notre Dame.

We caught up with Griffin -- the only two-time Heisman winner in college football history -- fresh off the Bucks' big win ... and he couldn't say enough great things about the young superstar.

The infamous raid on Diddy's cell in a New York City jail was spearheaded by the very federal prosecutors who charged the music mogul with sex trafficking and other serious crimes -- at least according to Diddy's lawyers, who say they have the proof!

Diddy's lawyers filed new legal documents flat-out accusing Southern District of New York prosecutors of directing the November 2024 sweep of Diddy's cell with the help of Bureau of Prison correctional officers inside Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center.

In the docs, Diddy's lawyers point to a meeting between BOP officials and other federal agencies on the morning of the second day of the sweep to discuss a potential search of Diddy's unit ... and they say supervisors from SDNY, including the Diddy trial team's unit chief, weighed in that a search of Diddy's cell was warranted.

Jennifer Lopez's search for a new post-Ben Affleck home might be over, but she's holding off on pulling the trigger just yet due to L.A.'s wildfire disaster ... TMZ has learned.

J Lo recently toured a $20 million off-market mansion in Brentwood ... according to a source with direct knowledge. Of course, that's the same L.A. neighborhood where Ben purchased his new home after they split.

We're told Jen "really likes" the home, but has "serious concerns" about the air quality around it. Remember, Brentwood was affected by the deadly Palisades Fire right next door -- many residents there, including Ben, were forced to evacuate, and the air quality is still pretty poor.

Sirhan Sirhan, the man who assassinated Robert F. Kennedy, is eager to see the government's classified files on RFK's assassination ... he's searching for an answer to a question he's always wondered -- was anyone else involved???

Sirhan's attorney, Angela Berry, tells TMZ ... they hope the FBI files President Trump just ordered to be released will finally paint a full picture of what happened that fateful day in 1968 when RFK was shot dead while running for president.

Angela tells us Sirhan's legal team has gotten some FBI files over the years, but they were redacted ... and they're hoping Trump's action opens the floodgates for the whole truth to come out.

At least one Super Bowl MVP thinks Pete Carroll's going to do great in his new gig ... Malcolm Smith tells TMZ Sports he's sure the Raiders just hired the right guy!!

Smith, of course, is biased ... he not only won a championship with Carroll in Seattle, but he played for him in college at USC too. Nonetheless, he told us just hours after it was revealed that Carroll was going to Las Vegas that his former boss is going to cook in the Silver and Black.

"I'm so excited for him, man," said Smith, who logged snaps at linebacker in Carroll's Seahawks defenses from 2011-2014. "I think he's going to do an incredible job."