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The N.Y. Giants need a coach, and former star RB Brandon Jacobs believes he's got the guy who will return the G-men to their Super Bowl-winning ways -- Antonio Pierce!

TMZ Sports talked to the former Giants running back, as the team begins its hunt to replace Brian Daboll ... after their eighth loss of the season on Sunday.

Jacobs says his former teammate, Pierce, with whom he won Super Bowl XLII, is the ideal choice for the high-pressure gig, believing AP's grit and toughness are exactly what the Giants need.

No surprise here -- the New York Giants released kicker Jude McAtamney after he missed two crucial extra points on Sunday ... and Big Blue fans didn't hold back when reacting to the news.

The G-Men made the roster move on Tuesday following their 33-32 loss to the Denver Broncos on Sunday ... with McAtamney's errors proving costly in the result.

This, of course, was just a few weeks after NY activated the undrafted kicker from the practice squad.

4:30 PM PT -- A rep for Wendy tells TMZ ... "Contrary to recent media reports, Dr. Wendy Osefo was not terminated from a faculty position at Wesleyan University. She formally submitted her letter of resignation prior to any public announcement made by the university."

They added ... "Dr. Osefo made the voluntary decision to step down from her role. This decision was made independently and communicated directly to the university before any external reports surfaced."

1:23 PM PT -- Wesleyan University now tells TMZ that Wendy resigned from her position at the university.

More bad news for "The Real Housewives of Potomac" star Dr. Wendy Osefo ... she and her husband Eddie were booked on fraud charges Friday ... and today TMZ has learned she's also lost her job.

Wendy had been a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Sociology at Wesleyan University, but the school released a statement to TMZ Tuesday, writing simply, "Wendy Osefo is no longer an employee of Wesleyan University."

In addition to Wesleyan in Connecticut, Wendy also taught at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland before resigning in 2024. She has degrees from Temple University and Johns Hopkins, and a Ph.D. in public affairs and community development from Rutgers.

Garry Chapman -- Dog the Bounty Hunter's son -- has been fired following the high-speed crash which killed a teenager and put six others in the hospital.

WHNT -- a local news outlet -- reported the Priceville Police Department in Alabama let Chapman go in connection to the tragic car crash ... though Chapman’s attorney, Scott Morro, told them Chapman plans to appeal the decision before the town's city council.

Morro tells TMZ ... the loss of life in this incident is tragic -- and, Garry is mindful of the young man's family and friends, but the suspect in this situation is really the one at fault.

Rachel Bilson's reflecting on how her past comments about her sex life got her dropped from an acting gig ... and it looks like she's placing some of the blame on the production company's politics.

FYI, the actress made her remarks while appearing on the "Women On Top" podcast back in 2023, and the conversation got pretty spicy, as she admitted she liked being "manhandled," among a few other NSFW comments.

The thing is, she subsequently revealed her commentary resulted in her being fired from a job on an episode of her "Broad Ideas" podcast, and claimed it was the first time she'd been dropped from a gig over something she'd said.

MSNBC has cut ties with political analyst Matthew Dowd ... following his controversial on-air remarks moments after Charlie Kirk was shot at Utah Valley University, TMZ has confirmed.

ICYMI ... Dowd was asked about "the environment in which a shooting like this happens" -- and he pointed to Kirk, saying, "He’s been one of the most divisive ... who is constantly sort of pushing this sort of hate speech or sort of aimed at certain groups. And I always go back to, hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions."

He went on to say ... "You can’t stop with these sort of awful thoughts you have and then saying these awful words and not expect awful actions to take place. And that’s the unfortunate environment we are in.”

OnlyFans was a double-edged sword for former University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow and his wife, Carmen Wilson ... their adult content got him fired from a cushy job, but it gained them tons of new paying subscribers.

Joe and Carmen joined us on "TMZ Live" Tuesday and detailed how their pornographic home videos got him sacked from his university chancellor job.

The middle-aged couple says everything changed when they uploaded their OF videos to Pornhub ... a less restrictive website than OF. They say someone reported their videos to his university and he got fired as chancellor ... over email.

Howard Stern’s keeping his lips sealed for a bit longer -- his SiriusXM comeback got yanked today, so those cancellation rumors? You’ll just have to sit tight until next week!

"The Howard Stern Show" teased fans Tuesday ... posting that Howard won’t speak out until Monday, Sept. 8 ... even slapping an X over today’s date and telling everyone to "stay tuned."

With his $100-million-per-year, 5-year SiriusXM deal set to expire at the end of 2025, Stern already tried to get ahead of the cancellation chatter last month ... dropping a promo that totally leaned into the drama.

President Trump's FCC finally gave the green light for a merger between Skydance Media and Paramount Global ... and the timing is interesting.

FCC chair Brendan Carr announced the merger Thursday in a statement that also referenced DEI.

Paramount and Skydance, a Hollywood studio, have been trying to merge under one umbrella for a while now ... and there was a bunch of politics involved, including a narrative that Trump used his power to get CBS to cancel Stephen Colbert's late-night TV show.

Diddy's controversial verdict may have cost the lead prosecutor in the case her job ... 'cause a new report indicates Maurene Comey has been fired ... TMZ has confirmed.

Law enforcement sources tell us the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey was let go from her job as a prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday.

The report hinges on two sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity since they weren't allowed to publicly reveal the news. We've reached out to the U.S. Attorney's Office for more info.

The New York Knicks fell just short of making their first NBA Finals appearance since 1999 ... but they'll be looking to build off their recent playoff run without head coach Tom Thibodeau next season -- the team has relieved him of his duties.

The Knicks announced the news minutes ago ... saying days after losing to the Indiana Pacers in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals, it was time to take the franchise in a different direction.

"We can't thank Tom enough for pouring his heart and soul into each & every day of being the New York Knicks head coach," Knicks president Leon Rose said. "He led us not only with class and professionalism for the past five seasons, but also to tremendous success on the court with four playoff berths and four playoff series victories."

Foo Fighters drummer Josh Freese surprised fans today when he announced the band called him Monday and told him they decided "to go in a different direction."

In Josh's post on Instagram, he says he wasn't given a reason why ... but he isn't angry, just more shocked and disappointed because of how much he's enjoyed the past two years.

We reached out to a rep for the Foo Fighters to get their side of the firing ... they had no comment.

President Trump's doing what he's known for -- firing people ... but this time it's a bunch of board members at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum who were appointed by Joe Biden.

Kamala Harris' husband, Doug Emhoff, was among those fired by Trump.

In a statement, the former Second Gentleman tells TMZ ... "Today, I was informed of my removal from the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. Let me be clear: Holocaust remembrance and education should never be politicized. To turn one of the worst atrocities in history into a wedge issue is dangerous -- and it dishonors the memory of six million Jews murdered by Nazis that this museum was created to preserve."

A Catholic nursery school teacher in Italy ain't gettin' the unconditional love and forgiveness the Bible preaches ... 'cause parents of children at the school found out she made content for OnlyFans and got her fired.

Elena Maraga -- a 29-year-old woman working at a nursery school near Treviso, a town in Northern Italy -- was fired earlier this week, with the school claiming her adult content account "contrasts with the Catholic inspiration that guides the educational direction of the school."

This comes a few weeks after she was suspended from the school, when a student's father allegedly purchased photos from the account.

Mike Budenholzer is out in Phoenix ... the Suns have axed their head coach after just one disappointing season at the helm.

Shams Charania broke the news Monday morning ... a day after reports indicated the organization was going to take the drastic step of firing their coach.

Budenholzer signed a 5-year deal worth $50 million last offseason ... and expectations were high with MB on the bench. but the org. was clearly in no mood to be patient.