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It's the most wonderful time of the year ... which means epic NBA showdowns -- and the gorgeous wives and girlfriends that come with them!!

The first matchup takes place at Madison Square Garden ... where the Cavaliers face the NBA Cup champion New York Knicks.

Turns out Taylor Swift and Andy Reid are two peas in a pod -- Big Red's wife says the pop icon actually reminds her of her husband!!!

Everyone knows Taylor as the biggest musician on the planet ... but the Reids have been tight with Swift for decades -- way before she became a huge Chiefs fan thanks to her now-fiancé Travis Kelce.

Tammy -- who was giving back to kids at a Raising Cane's event -- said Swift is a genuinely great human being, despite her stardom ... a quality that reminds her a lot of her hubby.

Mookie Betts spent some quality time with a former Commander in Chief last week ... 'cause TMZ has learned the Dodgers superstar teed it up with Barack Obama for a full round of golf in Southern California.

Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ ... Mookie and Barack played 18 holes together last Tuesday at Lakeside Golf Club, the ultra exclusive, members only course in Burbank.

We're told multiple Secret Service agents were stationed around the course, with cops on motorcycles nearby to keep things secure while the two enjoyed their day on the green.

In his first interview since being released from the same prison that houses Diddy, former NBA player Sebastian Telfair tells TMZ what it was like being locked up with the music mogul.

Telfair chatted with our cameraperson just hours after being released from FCI Fort Dix, revealing it was rough for him getting locked up after living such a successful life, but he "couldn't imagine how Diddy felt."

Still, Telfair says the Bad Boy cofounder is making the most of it and staying in good spirits.

He said, "Diddy's holding it down. He's doing what he gotta do. And where he's at, they're going to help him."

The Browns are getting a brand-new stadium in a few years ... and Cleveland legend Joe Thomas tells TMZ Sports he wouldn't mind if the team decided to decorate the place with a big ol' statue of himself!!

The Orange and Brown announced their plans earlier this year to build a domed venue in Brook Park ... a polarizing decision for the folks in Northeast Ohio, to say the least.

The six-time first-team All-Pro tackle admitted he was initially hesitant about losing the elements with an indoor facility ... but has since come around after considering the new home-field advantage that'll come with it -- and how it'll help the economy.

Nyjah Huston had our camera guy hustlin' at LAX recently ... skating through the airport as we fired off some questions ... and as it turns out, staffers are pretty chill about him cruising through the terminal on wheels!!

We saw the Olympic medalist rolling through on his board before boarding ... so naturally, we had to ask his thoughts on how airports would hold up as makeshift skateparks.

"The airport would be sick to skate around," Huston said. "Surprisingly, they're pretty chill about us cruising around."

Matthew Stafford is a favorite to win MVP this season ... and he's sure as heck the No. 1 guy in the locker room, too -- 'cause Rams defensive end Larrell Murchison tells TMZ Sports the whole team rides "with Nine."

The 37-year-old quarterback is having one of the best seasons -- if not THE best -- of his career in 2025 ... and as of right now, the sportsbooks have him as the leading candidate to take home top honors at the end of the year.

He's thrown for 4,179 yards, 40 touchdowns, and just five interceptions ... and it's not just the spectators that have been wowed -- Murchison says he's just as impressed.

Greg Biffle and his wife sent their holiday card in the mail before they died in a fatal plane crash ... and the season's greeting is just now showing up in mailboxes of relatives and friends.

One of Biffle's friends, a restaurant owner in North Carolina named Ron Herbert, says he checked his mail Sunday and found a holiday card from the Biffles.

Herbert shared the card on social media ... and it shows Greg, wife Cristina, his daughter Emma, and their son Ryder in matching outfits -- blue jeans and white shirts -- smiling and laughing in front of flocked Christmas trees.

Brooks Koepka is set to leave LIV Golf following the 2025 season, TMZ Sports can confirm.

According to a rep for the five-time major champion, the reason to step away is quite simple -- he wants to spend more time with his family.

"Family has always guided Brooks' decisions, and he feels this is the right moment to spend more time at home," a statement read.

Ex-NBA player Sebastian Telfair got a special holiday gift -- he's out of prison.

TMZ Sports has learned the 40-year-old was released from the Bureau of Prisons custody this week ... after spending the past few months at Fort Dix FCI in New Jersey.

Telfair said he's feeling good and rehabilitated now ... telling Antoinette Media he's ready to get home to his loved ones after taking care of himself.

12:40 PM PT -- The DOJ has just released a statement on X that the FBI confirmed the letter from Jeffrey Epstein to Larry Nassar is "FAKE."

Jeffrey Epstein may have had a pedo pen pal in Larry Nassar ... and President Donald Trump is also in the mix as a lover of "nubile girls," according to new documents released by the Department of Justice.

The DOJ just dumped a new batch of Epstein Files, in which there's an August 2019 letter allegedly written by Epstein to Larry Nassar while both men were incarcerated in separate federal prisons.

Nassar had been convicted of sexually assaulting hundreds of young female gymnasts and sentenced to life behind bars. Epstein was awaiting trial at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in NYC for allegedly sex trafficking minors ... but he died by suicide the same month -- August 2019 -- he allegedly penned the missive to Nassar.

The letter opens, "We shared one thing ... our love & caring for young ladies and the hope they'd reach their full potential. Our president also shares our love of young, nubile girls."

Jake Paul is set to take a much-needed hiatus from the ring after breaking his jaw against Anthony Joshua last week ... but it sounds like he'll be staying busy outside the ring -- 'cause El Gallo has a bad case of baby fever!!

Paul spared a few minutes of his time on Logan's "Impaulsive" podcast not long after undergoing surgery on his jaw ... where they asked him what's next following his loss.

"I'm gonna take some time off to go support Jutta [Leerdam] at the Olympics," Paul said of his fiancée. "Then she's gonna move to Puerto Rico. Move her here. Maybe go snowboarding or something."

Three months after Jerry "The King" Lawler suffered a stroke at his home ... the WWE Hall of Famer provided fans with an update on how he's doing these days -- and even talked about how he might even have one more wrestling match in him!!

The 76-year-old sat down with a local news outlet in Tennessee for a wide-ranging interview, where they asked him how he's feeling after his second medical scare in the last seven years.

"I get asked that question fifty times a day," he said. "I like to say something I saw in the news recently, people say six or seven."

Nice to see The King still has a sense of humor.

But on a more serious note ... he dove deeper into the day he suffered his medical emergency -- saying it came from out of nowhere.

33 MILLION people tuned in to watch Jake Paul get knocked out by Anthony Joshua on Friday ... with Most Valuable Promotions sharing the official viewing numbers from the Netflix event.

According to Paul and Nakisa Bidarian's organization, the main event scored an estimated average minute audience of 33 million Live+1 viewers globally from start to finish.

To compare, Paul vs. Mike Tyson grabbed 108 million global viewers in November 2024.

The co-main event between Alycia Baumgardner vs. Leila Beaudoin also had a good amount of folks glued to the screens ... with an estimated 15 million global viewers.

Despite a rough year for Kansas City, Chiefs Kingdom and the Swiftes still made noise for Travis Kelce's chances in the NFL's Pro Bowl ... as the team announced Taylor Swift's fiancé led the entire league in fan voting for the second consecutive year.

The Chiefs shared the news on Tuesday morning ... hours after the submissions for the 2026 game were cut off. It hasn't been the best year for Kelce -- he has 803 yards and five touchdowns -- but we're assuming the voters weren't breaking down game footage when making their decision.

Of course ... we all know it wasn't just Chiefs backers who helped Kelce achieve that mark -- but also the work of the Swifties, who have also infiltrated the fanbase amid the Swift/Kelce romance.

Tensions were high on the Golden State Warriors' bench on Monday ... with Draymond Green getting up and storming off to the locker rooms after a fiery back and forth with head coach Steve Kerr.

The moment went down in the third quarter of the Dubs' home win over the Orlando Magic ... when Kerr was addressing the team on the bench during a timeout.

It's unclear what was said in the passionate exchange ... but after the final buzzer, both Kerr and Green spoke with the media.