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Jay-Z is completely at ease after picking himself to perform the Super Bowl halftime show ... and he's not letting any outside noise put him under pressure.

We got Hov in New York City on Tuesday, and our photog asked him if he felt any pressure to deliver a top-notch performance at Super Bowl 61 when the big game rolls around in February.

Jay smiled, laughed, and told us there's no pressure involved ... even though millions of folks across the world will be tuning in.

Lamar Odom is pivoting to a new career ... becoming the first NBA star to join OnlyFans, TMZ has learned. 

The former Los Angeles Lakers star tells TMZ, "People hear OnlyFans and automatically think one thing, but I'm not here to tell you what you will or won't see." 

He adds, "I've lived a pretty wild life, and trust me, there are still a few surprises left. I've always been an open book, but there are some chapters people haven't seen yet."

i9 Sports is speaking out after a controversial incident involving a 3-year-old at a soccer game sparked backlash ... and the youth sports organization says local league owners and team members are now receiving threats.

i9 Sports tells TMZ it reviewed what happened during Saturday's game in Winter Park, Florida, including interviews with people who were there and information available from police.

The league made it clear the call to police was NOT related to the child ... instead, a league official was reporting a disturbance between adults and seeking help de-escalating the situation.

i9 Sports says the official described the parents as "disruptive," but the organization doesn't have video of the actual confrontation and won't characterize the family beyond what was reported to police.

Former NBA star Paul Pierce detailed his dire financial situation in court ... claiming he only has a couple grand left each month after paying his bills, TMZ has learned. 

According to court docs obtained by TMZ, Paul says he only has around $3,793 per month ... after paying his court-ordered child and spousal support, which totals $48K per month. 

The Truth says he was earning an average of $138K per month before he lost his Fox Sports gig. He says he earned around $10K from YouTube for the year and was paid over $60K from Fanatics.

Marcellus Wiley is being sued for sexual battery and assault by a woman who claims he raped her more than 25 years ago.

The Jane Doe filed the lawsuit against the former NFL star Tuesday ... saying she was a senior at USC in 1999 when she met Wiley while he was playing for the Buffalo Bills.

In the suit, obtained by TMZ, she says the pair went on a couple of dates, during which she made it clear she was not interested in having sex or starting a relationship with Wiley.

In late February of that year, Doe claims she and Wiley went out to a club together ... and then says she accompanied Wiley back to his hotel -- where she thought they would hang out in the lobby before parting ways.

CJ Perry and her husband, Miro Barnyashev, are about to have a new little tag-team partner ... because the WWE stars are expecting their first child together.

The couple -- better known to wrestling fans as Lana and Rusev -- revealed the exciting news to People Tuesday ... announcing they're having a baby boy after a long and emotional journey with IVF.

Perry tells the outlet they began IVF treatments in 2025 and underwent an embryo transfer this past August ... before getting confirmation she was pregnant just days later.

Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards fears his ex, Alexandria Desroches, is going to blow her child support payments from him on sports gambling online ... TMZ has learned.

According to court docs, obtained by TMZ, the NBA star said Alexandria testified that she gambled through DraftKings on dozens of occasions per month during 2025 while simultaneously arguing that the support payments from Anthony were inadequate.

He also claimed Alexandria had omitted income, including cash tips from a second job, and overstated expenses related to the kid.

Former NBA hooper Terrence Ross got into a screaming match with his neighbor in an Orlando suburb on Saturday ... and things got HEATED!

Kamran Farid, the guy jawing with the retired NBA star, posted video of the not-so-neighborly interaction, and you could cut the tension with a knife.

Farid -- an original Edible Arrangements partner -- tells TMZ Sports while things boiled over this weekend, the bad blood dates back more than a year to an alleged incident involving Ross's nanny and his son.

Last weekend, the neighbor claims he took a photo of Ross' basketball hoop, which he says angered Terrence and his wife, Matijana Ross, who allegedly followed him back home.

Pat McAfee isn't laughing at the University of Utah's attempt to poke fun at him ... especially given the deadly attack of Charlie Kirk, on a different college campus, in the same state.

The ESPN personality unloaded on the school during Monday's episode of "The Pat McAfee Show" ... revealing he was blindsided by a video posted to the university's official Instagram account just before Saturday's "College GameDay" broadcast.

The clip featured students doing impressions of McAfee ... with one calling him "corny" and another labeling him "creepy."

Paul Pierce claims he is "tapped out" financially while trying to keep up with his court-ordered support payments ... due to him no longer receiving income from Fox Sports ... TMZ has learned.

According to court docs, obtained by TMZ, Paul claims his last check from Fox Sports came in August. He said his average monthly income was $119K, but now it is zero. He said he earned around $23K last month from his partnership interests in other business ventures.

Paul said he pays around $28K in child support and another $20K in spousal support per month … but claims he only has $300K in the bank and $3 million in property.

Kylian Mbappé just lost millions of dollars over a comment about his favorite meme ... and while the damage is done, the soccer superstar says he's "sincerely sorry."

Expensive question.

The controversy started when Kylian was asked by the French talk show about his favorite meme of himself ... and responded, saying it was "a video someone made of a guy, I think he was a Chinese dictator."

The clip then shows an altered image of Mbappé's face on the body of Mao Zedong, the founding leader of Communist China.

Dez Bryant's confrontation with police in Texas over the weekend is now coming into focus as a new video has emerged showing the NFL great throwing a teen's cell phone to the ground during a heated argument.

The California Post obtained the footage of Sunday's incident in the parking lot of a restaurant in Southlake, TX, and it shows Dez arguing with 19-year-old Noah Reyes and his friend.

In the video, Dez seems all fired up as he accuses Reyes of having a gun -- which Reyes denies -- and of recording Dez with a cell phone. Dez then goes off the rails, slapping the phone out of Reyes' hand and then picking it up and slamming it back down on the ground before allegedly assaulting the teen.

Jay-Z has officially been named the Super Bowl 61 halftime show performer.

The music mogul released a statement confirming the news. He said, "Thirty years of music, work, and culture on the world’s biggest stage. This run continues to be a dream come true.”

As TMZ first reported ... Justin Bieber and Harry Styles were being considered for the halftime show, but neither were interested in the gig.

Rumors were swirling that Miley Cyrus was going to be named the performer ... but Jay ultimately crowned himself the headliner.

Ric Flair already back on his feet after his big fall ... and he's already hitting the town with some serious eyewear.

A couple photos of the retired wrestler are going viral, showing Ric out and about with his eyepatch tape all over his face.

Ric posted one of the photos himself, posing out on the street in a crowd of people and grinning ear to ear.