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An L.A. home owned by LeBron James was the target of a hate crime -- someone spray painted the n-word on the front gate and detectives are now investigating, cops tell TMZ Sports.

Here's what we know ... multiple LAPD units and a neighborhood patrol vehicle responded to the home early Wednesday morning. We're told the word was scrawled on the outer gate.

We're told investigators are looking for security footage from neighbors which may show the perpetrator.

Records show LeBron bought the house back in 2015 but it does not appear he lives there on any regular basis.

The graffiti has since been covered up.

We're told LeBron was not at the home at the time of the incident -- he's presumably in the Bay Area gearing up for Game 1 of the NBA Finals, which starts Thursday.

UFC superstar Max Holloway says Conor McGregor is yesterday's news in the UFC ... and he's the man of the hour.

Holloway -- the UFC lightweight interim champ who's fighting at UFC 212 -- joined the guys on the "TMZ Sports" TV show (airs weekdays on FS1) and was asked how he felt about The Notorious.

"Conor was the 2015 champion. We're in the year 2017," Holloway says ... "It's about defending your whatever."

Conor defeated Holloway back in 2013 and eventually won the featherweight title in 2015 ... only to leave the division and take the lightweight title from Eddie Alvarez in 2016.

Police video of the Tiger Woods DUI arrest is expected to be released Wednesday ... this according to the Jupiter Police Dept.

Woods was arrested early Monday morning after cops found the golfer passed out behind the wheel of his banged up 2015 Mercedes-Benz ... roughly 8 miles from his Florida home.

Officials noted that the arrest was captured on at least one police dash camera -- which we were told was initially being reviewed for redaction and would "likely be available for release May 31st."

The entire Mexican world will be rooting for Canelo Alvarez to knock GGG the HELL OUT ... that's according to Mexican boxing superstar Mikey Garcia.

Of course, Gennady Golovkin fights in what he describes as the "Mexican style," something that he and his trainer, Abel Sanchez, have used to endear themselves to throngs of fans south of the border.

We talked to Garcia -- an undefeated champion and one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the sport -- and he tells us style or no style, all of Mexico is riding with Alvarez.

John Daly still supports Tiger Woods in a big way -- and says the best way to hush critics after his DUI arrest is to get back on the golf course.

TMZ Sports spoke with Daly -- who's famously battled alcohol issues in the past -- and John dished out some sincere advice to Tiger when it comes to avoiding DUIs in the future.

Turns out, Jay Z's nephew is the Jay Z of dunking on people ... 'cause the kid straight CAUGHT A BODY this weekend, and that body belonged to one of the best hoopers in America.

Nahziah Carter is his name (Carter, like Hov), and he's one of the best players in the country -- with offers from some huge schools under his belt.

He proved how dope he is this weekend by punishing 7'1" Bol Bol (a five star recruit and Manute's son) with a thunderous dunk in the Nike EYBL tourney this weekend ... all while Jigga looked on in the crowd.

Again, this is no disrespect to Bol Bol -- dude is an absolute monster.

But, sometimes, these things happen.

Tiger Woods' girlfriend is sticking to her own form of therapy in dealing with her man's DUI bust -- more shopping ... and lots of it.

Kristin Smith was in Dallas Tuesday loading up a hefty bag full of what looked like shoe boxes. While her face looks bummed out, Kristin seems to be getting through by doing what she does best ... shopping.

She's a stylist.

As we reported, Kristin broke out in hysterics Monday upon learning Tiger had been arrested and charged for DUI in Florida. That didn't stop her from finishing a $5,000 shopping spree though.

In the immortal words of no one ... Keep Calm and Shop On!

Tiger Woods' car was a wreck when cops found him during his DUI arrest -- with 2 flat tires, a broken tail light and mangled bumpers ... this according to the police report obtained by TMZ Sports.

The officers at the scene reported, "Both rims on the driver's side of the vehicle are damaged and both tires on the driver's side are flat."

Tiger was behind the wheel of a 2015 Mercedes AMG S65 at the time of the incident -- repairing that kind of a car ain't cheap.

Cops noted the damage appeared to have been inflicted recently.

In the report, officers say Woods -- who was a groggy mess -- told cops he believed he was in Los Angeles and was driving to Orange County.

There's more ... when officers arrested Tiger and confiscated his belongings, they noticed the golfer had a concealed weapons license.

Jack Nicklaus says he feels bad for Tiger Woods after his DUI arrest -- and says the golf community should rally around to help him.

Nicklaus was speaking with Golf Channel's Nick Menta and said straight-up, "I feel bad for Tiger."

"Tiger's a friend. He's been great for the game of golf. He needs our help. I wish him well."

Nicklaus added, "I'm a friend of Tiger's. I feel bad for him. He's struggling ... He needs support from a lot of people. I'll be one of them."

Antonio Brown ain't got nothin' on Shea Norton -- who celebrated a TD in the Legends Football League by going full motorboat on a female fan!!

Shea -- a tight end on the Seattle Mist -- caught a 9-yard out pattern and took it to paydirt in the Mist's 106-0 victory over the Denver Dream.

YOU READ THAT CORRECTLY -- A 106 POINT VICTORY.

But even crazier than the score, was Shea's celebration.

By the way, to the guy who reached over and slapped her ass ... THAT'S ASSAULT!

Warning: THIS IS VIOLENT.

A boxer in Indiana started off his pro career this weekend by obliterating his opponent's face with a shot that sent the guy through the ropes and out of the ring!

Even more impressive ... this was ROUND 1.

The fighter is Mikey Dahlman -- a promising middleweight who made his pro debut Monday against Rick Ogden at the Civic Center in Hammond, IN.

The entire fight lasted 2 mins and 14 secs. Obviously, Mikey was fired up.

Tiger Woods sent a "dangerous and deadly message" to his fans when he decided to get behind the wheel after taking prescription medication ... this according to Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

MADD is the nation’s largest nonprofit working to protect families from impaired driving -- and clearly, they're unhappy with Tiger's excuse that he simply had an "unexpected reaction to prescribed medications."

"When athletes and celebrities who serve as role models, like Tiger Woods, allegedly make the decision to drive impaired, it sends a dangerous and deadly message," a MADD spokesperson tells TMZ Sports.

"There are no excuses to drive under the influence of any impairing substance, whether its alcohol or any legal or illegal impairing drugs."

The Nashville Predators fan who chucked a DEAD CATFISH on the ice during game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals has been hit with criminal charges ... officials say.

Officials say 36-year-old Jacob Waddell smuggled the dead fish into PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh on Monday -- and flung it onto the ice as the Preds took on the Pittsburgh Penguins.

FYI, the catfish toss has become a tradition at Predators home games ... so doing it on the road is really like a slap in the face to the opposing team.

Waddell has bragged online that he snuck the fish into the arena by vacuum sealing it and stuffing it into his shorts ... then unwrapping it in a bathroom once inside.

He unleashed the fish in the 2nd period.

Waddell was immediately escorted out of the building -- and now, prosecutors in Pittsburgh have charged him with disorderly conduct, possessing instruments of crime and disrupting meetings/processions.

It's kind of a big deal -- if convicted on all counts he could face around 6 years behind bars.

The Preds lost the game 5-3, but Waddell is being hailed as a hero in Nashville ... just ask Carrie Underwood, who tweeted, "My hero."

Tiger Woods was asleep at the wheel in a stopped car at 2:03 AM -- about 8 miles from his house -- when cops came upon him before his arrest, and he was completely out of it.

According to the police report, obtained by TMZ Sports, Woods was in his 2015 Mercedes asleep at the wheel with the motor running and right blinker flashing. The report says Woods "had extremely slow and slurred speech."

He told cops he was "coming from L.A. California from golfing." He then changed his story and said he didn't know where he was.

According to the report, 4 drugs were listed under medical conditions -- Solarex, Vicodin, Torix and Vioxx. It notes Vioxx was not taken this year. It says Tiger had 4 left knee surgeries and 4 Achilles.

The report says he flunked the field sobriety test badly ... he couldn't do the one-leg stand or the nose touch. The report says when asked if he understood the Romberg alphabet test, he stated, "yes, recite entire national anthem backwards."

According to the report, Woods was arrested and taken to a testing facility. At 4:28 AM, he took a breathalyzer test and blew zeros. It says he was "cooperative as much as possible, very droopy, extremely sleepy, hard to keep eyes open, hard to walk."

Tiger has since said he had an "unexpected reaction to prescribed medications" ... adding, "I didn't realize the mix of medications affected me so strongly."

He's due in court in July.

Gilbert Arenas isn't buying Tiger Woods' prescription pill DUI excuse -- telling TMZ Sports, "That's the suckiest sh*t about being an athlete, you gotta lie."

The ex-NBA superstar was leaving Catch in West Hollywood (he was a passenger) -- when he told us what Tiger should have said in his statement ... instead of blaming Rx medication.

"Just say you got drunk, you got f**ked up like everyone else in America," Arenas said.

"Mixed medication, really??"

He also doesn't think the DUI charge will stick -- "As long as no one died, he should be fine."

Carmelo and La La Anthony are in a limbo stage of their relationship ... but they're perfectly fine with that.

Sources close to the ex-couple tell TMZ ... neither one is in any hurry to file divorce papers because they're happy with the way things are right now. We're told they're definitely not getting back together, but are working together to be there for their 10-year-old son.

As our source puts the situation ... "Divorce isn't on the horizon."

When we last saw them together, Melo and La La were co-parenting on Mother's Day ... dinner and fro-yo style.