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Barack Obama has made it clear ... he's worried about the state of our union, but it didn't get in the way of what looks like an awesome round of golf ... Italian style.

The former Prez hit the links at the Castiglion Del Bosco Resort during holiday in Tuscany.

Governor Nature Boy?

According to Mr. Stylin' and Profilin' himself it almost happened, and now Ric Flair is telling TMZ Sports what he saw that made him change his mind about getting into politics ... FOREVER.

Tony Romo & Jay Cutler better LISTEN UP ... one of the greatest voices in the history of sportscasting is about to give you a foolproof tip on how to kill it behind the mic.

We got Al Michaels out at the Palm in Beverly Hills and asked him if there's one piece of advice he could give to Tony and Jay since both guys are now off the field and in the broadcast booth.

Al -- who's been doing it for NEARLY 50 YEARS -- gives up the secret, and then gives the guys someone to shoot for, telling us who he thinks the greatest analyst of all time is.

Amanda Nunes says she and her girlfriend have already worked out the name issue when they tie the knot ... and the Nunes name won out.

Amanda has been dating UFC fighter Nina Ansaroff for a while and they've been talking A LOT about marriage lately (Nunes even fake proposed during the interview).

And, speaking of weddings ... we also asked if there was any chance she'll attend Ronda Rousey's wedding to Travis Browne, and she didn't exactly say "No."

The unlikely star of UFC 211 is a brand new fighter -- a single father of 2 -- who says the $50k fight bonus he got for trading BOMBS with Chase Sherman that night has changed his life forever.

Rashad Coulter's incredibly gutsy and explosive performance impressed Dana White enough to fork over the $50k ... and Coulter says it will have an immediate impact on his family.

Coulter and his 2 kids live in a 2-bedroom, 1-bathroom apartment -- and Coulter says the bonus (along with his fight check) will help him make a down payment on a house.

In fact, Coulter says he made more in those 9 minutes in the Octagon than he would have made in 1 YEAR in his previous job as a bill collector.

Coulter's got a great story. He's clearly motivated ... and tells TMZ Sports he won't stop until he's the champ.

Tommy Lasorda -- the Hall of Fame former manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers -- is in the hospital recovering from an infection ... TMZ has learned.

A Dodgers rep tells us ... Lasorda's been hospitalized twice recently for the same issue. We're told he's recovering well this time, though, and is expected to be fine.

The rep says Tommy should be released from the L.A. hospital by mid-next week.

The 89-year-old Dodger legend has been hospitalized numerous times the past year ... including 10 days in October for various issues. He was released in time to go to Game 3 of the NLCS against the Cubs, though.

Lasorda's in his 68th season with the Dodgers. He was their manager from 1976-1996 ... leading them to 2 World Series rings.

Oklahoma City Thunder center Enes Kanter is being held up in Romania ... and he thinks the Turkish government is behind it all.

Kanter's been posting about his experience all morning ... claiming Turkey's President Erdogan canceled his passport and the reason is "just of course my political views."

Enes is from Turkey but has been an outspoken critic of Erdogan. He called him a very bad man and a dictator, implied he ordered the recent attack of peaceful protesters in D.C. and even referred to him as "the Hitler of our century."

The good news -- Kanter seems to be getting along just fine with the Romanian officers keeping an eye on him.

Story developing ...

Pippa Middleton's wedding wasn't technically royal, but there were still princes there ... along with tennis royalty.

Several members of the Royal Family -- including Prince William and Prince Harry -- arrived at St. Mark's Church Saturday to see Pippa -- sister of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge -- walk down the aisle and marry hedge fund manager James Matthews.

The church is a 12th-century church just a couple of miles away from her parent's home in Englefield, Berkshire. The ceremony is believed to have cost over £250,000.

Hold on tight as you speed through the wet ‘n wild social media shots of buoyant babes makin’ waves on their larger than life water toys.

Houston Rockets star Trevor Ariza is the latest victim in the L.A. celebrity burglary crime wave -- this time, crooks jacked the NBA star for at least $50k in jewelry, law enforcement sources tell TMZ Sports.

Here's what we know ... Ariza contacted police on Wednesday after noticing signs of forced entry at his San Fernando Valley home. No one was home at the time of the break-in.

We're told Ariza believes the bad guys took several expensive items including jewelry -- the losses are estimated to be north of $50k.

Ariza is the 3RD current or former Laker to be hit by burglars in 2017. Nick Young and Derek Fisher were also jacked.

Yasiel Puig -- who lives in the area -- was hit back in March.

Redskins rookie Nico Marley is telling TMZ Sports how he stirs it up before games ... and of course it has to do with jamming to the iconic music of his legendary grandpa, Bob Marley.

Now that his dad, Rohan, told us about one thing Nico 100% WON'T be doing before games, we wanted to talk to the younger Marley about the type of things he DOES do.

Apparently that includes listening to the music of Bob, which Nico says gives him a positive vibration before he's gotta go on the field and put in work.

Bonus awesomeness? Nico tells about the all-world former NFL beast who's been an angel on his shoulder since the beginning of his football career.

Michael Jordan's Team USA jersey is goin' up for auction ... and could end up being one of the most expensive pieces of M.J. memorabilia ever!

His Airness rocked the #9 jersey when Team USA dominated the 1984 Summer Olympics and is part of Grey Flannel Auctions' summer catalog ... and we're told it's the only known jersey of its kind.

Of course, '84 was the last time an amateur-led team won the gold medal for the Red, White and Blue ... before switching to pro ballers with the "Dream Team" in 1992.

M.J. memorabilia tends to rake in HUGE bucks -- Jordan's "flu game" shoes sold for $104K in 2013 -- and our friends at Grey Flannel are estimating a big haul with the jersey.

Bidding starts at $10,000 on June 2nd.

Good luck.

If you're wondering how DeAndre Jordan feels about the Clippers trading Blake Griffin this off-season, TMZ Sports is gonna give you a pretty good indication that he's not into it.

We got DJ out in Malibu and peppered him with some questions about his off-season -- and he was game. Then we asked about his ex-teammate, Jared Dudley saying Lob City needs to move BG ...

And Jordan was NOT game.

Imagine getting a personal tour of Patriots headquarters with Julian Edelman -- capped off with a Madden showdown in the STADIUM VIP CLUB!

That's exactly what happened to 3 awesome kids on Thursday, by way of the Make-A-Wish Foundation ... and it was every bit as cool as it sounds!

Edelman (it's really him, he's just beardless now) met up with Dante (8), Carlos (17) and Tyler (14) and granted their wish to hang with the Pats star.

He even fired up Madden for a Super Bowl 49 rematch -- Pats vs. Seahawks -- and check out how fired up JE gets when his team reached paydirt.

Great game. Great day. Props to everyone involved.

Boxing superstar Keith "One Time" Thurman will have to wait a little while for that huge money fight he's been calling for ... after undergoing elbow surgery that will sideline him for months.

Thurman has revealed he went under the knife in April to remove calcium deposits from his right elbow -- a situation he was dealing with BEFORE his epic March 4th throwdown with Danny Garcia.

The 28-0 fighter still appears to be bruised up from the procedure -- but says he hopes to be fighting again by the end of the year.

We got Thurman out right before the surgery in April and he told us he's still gunning for a marquee bout with a huge star like Manny Pacquiao.

He's also down for a rematch with Garcia. We're down for that too.

ALL ABOARD!! Justin Bieber's back on the Cleveland Cavs bandwagon!

Case in point: his concert in Cape Town, South Africa a couple nights ago -- where he was rocking a pair of Cavaliers throwback shorts.

If you'll recall, the Biebs was decked out in Golden State Warriors gear back in March ... but also wore a custom LeBron James jersey at a show in Cleveland last year. You know ... the same gig where he predicted LBJ would bring home a championship.

No word on who JB’s picking to win this year ... or who he’s rooting for if and when the Cavs meet the Dubs in the Finals.