Kids

Alex Rodriguez -- who made roughly $480 MILLION during his MLB career -- pulled out a wad of cash in Bev Hills Thursday to help out a kid who said he was raising money for football jerseys.

A-Rod was leaving Wally's Wine and Spirits when the kid walked right up to the baseball star and made his pitch.

So how much did Alex shell out?

We stopped the video and zoomed in ... looks like $6.

Hey, better than nothing.

Katie Holmes and Suri Cruise looked like your typical, everyday NYC fashionistas Wednesday during a summer stroll.

Sundress. Check. Cutoff shorts. Check. Smoothies. Check.

Bonus points for adorable pocket-sized pooch named Honey.

LeBron James is putting that new $100 million contract to good use, 'cause the Cavs superstar brought 5,000 kids and their families to an amusement park on Tuesday.

The annual trip to Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio encourages Akron kiddos to focus on their education before entering LBJ's "I Promise" initiative -- which offers a free college education after high school.

TMZ Sports spoke with a rep from CP, who tells us, "It’s an honor to work with a wonderful, dedicated group of people who provide so much to Northeast Ohio – and we’re happy to provide a 'Best Day' experience for their program families here at the park.”

LeBron teamed up with Chase Bank to help pay for the shindig ... which also offers an opportunity to attend a sit-down convo with the King himself.

Antonio Cromartie's wife says her husband went out and fathered 13 kids because of the lack of love from his own mother.

TMZ Sports broke the story ... Antonio is evicting his mom from the home he bought her in 2007 because she refuses to make the monthly mortgage payments, per the agreement Antonio claims they made.

But Antonio's wife, Terricka Cromartie, says there's a bigger issue -- claiming Antonio's mom simply doesn't like her ... and she's taking it out on Antonio's family.

"You can dislike me his wife as much as you want but look at what you are doing to your child," Terricka wrote in a statement posted to social media.

"This is why my husband prolly fathered so many kids because the lack of love from you."

Terricka says Antonio's mother has the money to pay for the home -- but instead she's stiffing the bank and ruining Antonio's credit in the process.

Gilbert Arenas says he's so hard on Nick Young's 4-year-old son ... because he doesn't want the kid to be a "vagina" when he grows up.

Gilbert has been posting videos with 4-year-old Nick Young Jr. -- doing things like throwing his scooter across the yard to toughen him up. He also mocked the kid for crying when he got hit with a basketball.

So, when we saw Gilbert at Skateland over the weekend for Dorell Wright's '90s-themed charity event -- we asked if he thinks he's going TOO hard on the youngster.

"Hell naw! That's how you're supposed to treat boys," Arenas said ... "can't treat boys like little girls."

"I'm worse off the camera to him. He used to be a vagina, now he's good."

Chris Brown annihilated his baby mama in custody court ... she lost so bad the judge ordered her to pay Chris back for the attorney fees he fronted her.

Sources connected to Chris tell us, Nia Guzman struck out on every single request regarding custody of 2-year-old Royalty. Nia wanted full custody -- DENIED. She wanted Chris to have monitored visitation -- DENIED. She wanted to deny Chris' mom the right to see the kid -- DENIED. She wanted Chris to submit to drug tests -- DENIED.

The judge maintained the status quo -- joint custody. Chris continues to get Royalty 12 days a month.

When Nia filed her legal docs asking for a change in custody the judge ordered Chris to pay her $20k so she could afford a lawyer. But she lost so hard, the judge said Nia wasn't entitled to the money and gave Chris a credit.

There was supposed to be a separate hearing on child support. Nia is currently getting $2,500 a month from Chris but she wanted nearly $16k. Nia has now dismissed her support petition.

Legal home run, Chris.

DJ Whoo Kid had an abrupt exit from work Monday ... after cops showed up and took him out in cuffs.

Nassau County Sheriff's paid Whoo Kid a visit at the SiriusXM office in Manhattan, and nabbed him on an outstanding family court warrant ... law enforcement tells TMZ.

Unclear what the warrant was for -- child support cases are confidential. Sources close to Whoo Kid tell us he had a warrant out for missing a court date ... the computer showed he was also 2 years behind on child support.

Madonna's son, Rocco, is officially a gold stud.

Madge took her son to Elite Jewelry & Piercing Friday in Manhattan -- 1 day after turning 16.

We're told Rocco got one of his earlobes pricked with a gold square stud -- $120 for the earring and $15 for the piercing.

Didn't take long -- our spies say mom and son spent about 30 minutes inside and split.

Snoop Dogg says he "ain't trippin'" over news that his son, Cordell Broadus, quit the UCLA football team Monday ... which is huge considering Cordell said he only played the sport in the first place for his dad's love.

Remember, when Cordell quit the team last year ... he posted a message saying, "I played football for my father because I thought that was the only way he would love me & be apart of my life."

"It took me 12 years to realize he loves Cordell Broadus the person not Cordell Broadus the football player."

Bad news for the Bruins ... Snoop Dogg's football star son has left the the UCLA football team again ... school officials confirm to TMZ Sports.

Cordell Broadus was not with the rest of the team at the first day of training camp Monday morning -- raising some red flags. Plus, L.A. Daily News reporter Thuc Nhi Nguyen says he wasn't on the official roster.

Now, UCLA associate director of communications Steve Rourke confirms ... he's NOT on the team.

Broadus was one of the top high school WRs in the country -- and accepted a scholarship to play for the Bruins last year. But he quit the team to pursue other interests before the 2015 season.

He rejoined back in March saying he "missed the game" -- and wanted to earn his spot back as a walk-on.

But sources connected to Broadus tell us ... his head wasn't completely in it and he recently decided to leave the program ... again.

Omarion passed on the Legos and Tonka truck for his son's 2nd birthday ... opting for an art piece that set the singer back $18k.

The R&B star hired artist Madsteez to do a surreal painting of his 2-year-old son, Megaa ... a gift he presented at his kid's Kidchella-themed b-day party over the weekend in Granada Hills.

We're told Omarion reached out to Madsteez four days ago to make the 36" x 36" acrylic and spray paint piece -- which took 2 days to create.

As for the party ... the kids performed on a mini-stage and played in a bunch of bounce houses. There was also plenty of face painting.

Not too shabby.

Guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree ... especially when that tree is FREAKIN' GIANT ...

TMZ Sports has exclusive video of Bol Bol -- son of late NBA player Manute Bol -- hooping against some high school competition at a recent high school hoops tournament ... and it just ain't fair.

Manute was one of the tallest players in league history at 7'7" and his kid, Bol, is already 7 ft -- AT 16 -- which is why peeps we talked to at the tourney say the kid is a lock to be a future NBA lottery pick.

Sasha Obama's summer job at a Martha's Vineyard restaurant is going to cramp her style in a big way, thanks to a slew of child labor laws.

We did some checking, and there are a bunch of things Massachusetts prohibits the president's 15-year-old daughter from doing at Nancy's Restaurant. Among them, she can't:

-- cook on an open flame

-- operate pressure cookers, broilers, food slicers, cutters or mixers

-- bake anything ... period

-- operate microwaves that heat above 140 degrees

-- transport grease hotter than 100 degrees

-- work in freezers or meat coolers

-- wash windows higher than 10 feet from ground level

And this is interesting. We've spoken with people who were at Nancy's when Sasha was there, and they say there was no visible evidence of security. We're told no one was searched and nothing seemed out of the ordinary.

Roy Jones Jr. says he's super stoked his kid is an elite athlete ... and even happier it's not in boxing ... 'cause according to Roy the sweet science is too dangerous and cutthroat for his boy.

Roy and his kid, Roy III, came on "TMZ Sports" (Thursday at 8:30 PM PT on FS1) when the guys asked why RIII -- who's a high school hoops star ... didn't pick up the boxing gloves like his old man.

Roy answers ... and we gotta say ... it's a pretty good one.

BTW -- stick around for some AWESOME father/son smack talk when we ask who'd win in a one-on-one game.

Is it even fair anymore?

Chad Johnson's 11-year-old daughter Cha'iel just ran away with yet another gold medal in the 800m Jr. Olympic Finals in Houston ... defending her title from a year ago.

Cha'iel crossed the finish line with a time of 2:19:60 at the AAU Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships ... a full 2 seconds faster than the 2nd place finisher and almost 8 seconds faster than her time last year.

But that's not all ... Cha'iel has a chance to go for gold in the 400m on Thursday. She finished with the best time (1:00.35) in the semifinals.

Good luck! Not like she needs it ...

Here's video of Roy Jones Jr.'s kid, Roy III, using his dad-given athletic ability ... but NOT in a boxing ring ... 'cause it turns out the kid is an absolute terror on the hoops court.

16-year-old Roy III is a junior at Pine Forest and by the looks of his highlight video he's doing the same thing to his HS competition that his pops did to his foes in the ring ... making them look silly.

It's not just flash though ... kid's got the numbers to back it up ... averaging 14.1 points, 2.0 rebounds, 1.9 steals and 1.6 assists per game this past season. We're told he's gotten interest from several colleges.

FYI -- Papa Roy used to get a little hoop himself ... famously playing in a pro basketball game THE SAME DAY he defended his super middleweight title.