Super Bowl

Houston Texans star Whitney Mercilus is dishing out some advice to the Falcons AND the Patriots -- stay out of Houston's legendary booty clubs ... until AFTER the big game!!!

Whitney's great -- he says the nightlife in Houston is incredible (especially during Super Bowl week) but says the party scene can be super dangerous for the Super Bowl players.

By the way, it's not like this hasn't happened before ... a group of 49ers stars hit the strip club on the Thursday night before the 2013 Super Bowl. They lost that game to the Ravens.

Odell Beckham's little brother got a ride home from school LIKE A BOSS ... when the NFL star rolled up in a sick Rolls-Royce Wraith!!!!

Odell's 14-year-old lil bro is Kordell Beckham -- a rising football star who goes to school in the Houston area.

Since Odell is in town for the Super Bowl festivities, he decided to pay his bro a visit ... and the kid LOVED IT!

Beats the school bus.

When it comes to the greatest football coach of all time, IT AIN'T BILL BELICHICK ... not even close ... so says NFL Hall of Famer Dave Robinson, who says he'll never outshine Vince Lombardi.

Full disclosure ... Robinson is a Packers legend who won two Super Bowls under Coach Lombardi -- so, he may be a bit biased. But he's extremely passionate.

2 Chainz is so confident in his ATL Falcons ... he's bettin' a FAT STACK on 'em!!

The Georgia rapper was out in Houston last night where he told us why he's throwing BIG MONEY on the Dirty Birds ... he even predicted the final score.

He's not the only rapper throwing around a fortune in Houston -- Migos told TMZ Sports they've got $300K IN CASH!!!

Two more reasons to watch the Super Bowl halftime show -- because, once again, you can BET on whether Lady Gaga will show cleavage ... and the smart money's on "Yes."

The new Mr. Clean can't rest now that he's scored the iconic role -- instead he's got serious work to do in the gym.

We got Mike Jackson in Houston where his new employer's hooking him up with 2 Super Bowl tix. As they say, nothing's free though because Mike strongly hints he's been told to pump things up. He looks pretty big in this video, but insists he can't match the OG Mr. Clean just yet.

As for the best music to clean to -- Mike's fave is a classic, but he's saving his dance moves for Super Bowl Sunday.

For the record ... we think he's off on the size thing.

Tom Brady is an apostrophe abuser.

Here's Tom at Super Bowl practice on Thursday rocking one of those QB wristbands -- complete with what we believe to be some throwing motion notes.

We don't really know what "Light Light G.P." means ... but we DO know Tom didn't have to put apostrophes in "toes" and "knees."

Then again, who are we to talk ...

#dailydashabuse #alsoellipsesabuse #sorry

Terry Bradshaw ... STONE COLD PIMP!!

The "NFL on FOX" star got on the mic to ask Lady Gaga a question at the Super Bowl halftime news conference ... and totally hit on her grandmother!

A Super Bowl pregame party in Houston is about to put all other BBQs to shame by offering up more than 2000 lbs of beef in the lead-up to Sunday's big game ... TMZ has learned.

STK is catering the DIRECTV & PEPSI 3 day concert series -- an annual hotspot for celebs at the game -- this weekend where Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, The Chainsmokers, Sam Hunt and Snoop Dogg will all perform.

The talent ain't the only thing stacked -- check out this menu:

- 1100 lbs of ribeye
- 900 lbs of pork
- chili spiced chicken confit with roasted corn
- chili rubbed lamb chops
- pork belly buns with mango slaw
- mini burgers with caramelized onions and cheddar
- tuna tartare with avocado, jalapeno and soy honey emulsion
- 720 lbs of potatoes
- a 6 hour cooked risotto

Call the fashion police ... 'cause Cooper Manning straight-up STOLE his Super Bowl swag from Snoop's spiritual adviser, Bishop Don "Magic" Juan!

Peyton and Eli's older bro was cruisin' around Super Bowl media night this week in a money suit -- the same kind of outfit we've seen The Bishop rockin' for years.

Drake and Jas Prince held auditions for their new Super Bowl week pop-up "club" -- The Ballet -- and while Drake's insisted it's "not about no strip club s***" ... it sure as hell looks like it is.

We got a bunch of girls who flocked to Houston Tuesday night for a round of auditions, and just at first glance, we have a feeling about what kind of chicks Drizzy's in the market for.

The girls showed off their moves, and their impressive bods, to our camera guy -- who got treated to some ice cream at the end of it all by Jas ... the talent judge.

BTW ... turns out the term "Canadian Ballet" means strip club up north. So ... nice try Drake, but this is definitely on some strip club sh**. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

The guys from Migos have a message for Lady Gaga -- PUT US IN THE SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW!!!

They've got the #1 song in the country and a Change.org petition with 60,000 signatures trying to get them in the show ... so, we asked Quavo, Takeoff and Offset straight-up if there are secret plans in the works.

They didn't exactly say "no" during an appearance on the "TMZ Sports" TV show (airs on FS1).

They DID flash two MASSIVE stacks of cash -- $100,000 each -- and say they plan on making it thunderstorm all over Houston when they show up for the Super Bowl festivities this week.

The guy who took the Atlanta Falcons game plan is adamant ... HE'S NOT A PATRIOTS SPY!!!

By now you've heard the story ... Falcons offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan lost his backpack with the game plans in it during Super Bowl Media Night on Monday.

Turns out, the bag was taken by longtime sportswriter Art Spander (he's covered 40 Super Bowls) who returned the bag a short time later.

Spander says the whole thing was just an innocent mistake ... but some hardcore conspiracy theorists aren't buying it ... suggesting the whole thing was a Patriots plot.

We spoke with Spander who says he ain't no double agent.

ATL Falcons stud receiver Mohamed Sanu has one hell of an expert helping to guide his career ... NFL Hall of Famer Andre Reed.

The Buffalo Bills legend just touched down in Houston where he'll cheer on his 27-year-old protege -- so we had to ask how he felt about Sanu, who is Muslim, refusing to answer questions about Trump at Super Bowl Media Day.

It got all "Field of Dreams" at Super Bowl Media Day on Monday ... when Tom Brady fought back tears talking about how much he loves his father.

Brady was taking questions from reporters when he was asked to name his personal hero. What ensued was emotional.

"Well, I think my dad is my hero," Brady said with his voice starting to crack ... "Because he's the one I look up to every day ... and uh ... my dad."

It's interesting considering the anti-Roger Goodell comments Tom's father made over the weekend. Tom says he put a media ban on his dad ... but clearly, he ain't mad about it.

Now, go watch Ray Kinsella have a catch with his father and try not to lose it.

Bad guys, beware ... 51 teams of elite police dogs have been deployed to Houston from PDs all over the country to help their human counterparts keep fans safe, officials say.

In fact, the L.A. Sheriff's Dept. just announced it sent 8 trained K9 teams over to the Super Bowl to assist in explosive detection with the TSA and the U.S. Marshals Service.

The LASD officer dogs were even sworn in as Deputy U.S. Marshals so they could work with the Marshal teams.

LASD Lieutenant Richard Hoffman issued a statement saying, "Our K9 teams are constantly training and are used to crowds as large as those attending the Super Bowl."