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Charles Barkley went scorched earth on the people throwing coaches Darvin Ham and Frank Vogel under the bus for the Lakers and Suns' early exit from the NBA playoffs ... saying the real blame for their woes should go on the folks putting together these "trash-ass" teams.

Ham and Vogel have been at the center of criticism following the first round of the postseason ... with many claiming their two squads would be better off with someone else at the helm.

Chuck's clearly heard enough ... 'cause the Hall of Famer unloaded on the notion during TNT's "Inside the NBA" on Wednesday -- calling out other outlets for pushing the narrative.

Brittney Griner says while she was locked away in a prison cell in Russia, she contemplated dying by suicide several times.

The WNBA superstar told ABC News' Robin Roberts in a lengthy interview that aired Wednesday night the thoughts crept into her mind just after Russian authorities threw her behind bars for packing vape cartridges in her luggage at a Moscow airport in February 2022.

"I wanted to take my life more than once in the first weeks," Griner said. "I felt like leaving here so badly."

A massive brawl at a bowling alley in Miami erupted this week -- which ended in a brutal attack on a woman who took a heavy ball to the head ... something that was caught on video.

This footage is making the rounds -- capturing an insane fight between multiple people who got into the gutter somewhere in the Brickell neighborhood ... and where bowling balls started being used as straight-up weapons, with at least one person getting clocked.

Unclear what exactly precipitated all this ... but in any case, several different parties were going at each other -- and eventually, one woman started throwing balls around.

O.J. Simpson's executor is ready to talk money with the people to whom Simpson died owing tens of millions of dollars -- but he's not making any promises about what the estate will pay them ... TMZ has learned.

Malcolm LaVergne -- O.J.'s longtime lawyer and now executor of his estate -- sent a letter, dated April 25, to lawyers for the Brown and Goldman families regarding their civil judgments against O.J. ... and inviting them to a meeting this month to discuss their probate claims against the estate.

Among the topics LaVergne says he wants to share with Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman's families -- O.J.'s living revocable trust, his last 2 years of federal tax returns, federal tax liens, cash and jewelry LaVergne took from O.J.'s house after he died and videos he shot of Simpson's residence.

Brooklyn Nets hooper Dorian Finney-Smith is opening up about his father's return home after a lengthy, near three-decade prison bid ... telling TMZ Sports pops is making up for lost time by spending time with his family!

Elbert Smith was reunited with his son in December after he was paroled ... following a mid-90s second-degree murder conviction. 52-year-old Smith was able to see his NBA player son ball as a pro for the very first time ... when he attended a home game in BK in April.

"It was exciting, man! I wish I probably would've played better that game, but we got the win, and he was just happy to be there," the 30-year-old forward joked at LAX.

It's the middle of the week, and TMZ's got a whole bunch of clips to get you over the hump (day).

TMZ Live

On "TMZ Live" ... Harvey and Charles analyze Britney Spears calling her sister Jamie Lynn a "bitch" in a rambling, somewhat incoherent video.

5/2 -- 6:00 AM PT -- Devin Haney addressed the reports of Ryan Garcia's test results ... saying it's "unfortunate Ryan cheated and disrespected both the fans and the sport of boxing by fighting dirty and breaking positive not once, but twice."

Haney -- who said he is "an advocate for clean fighting" -- added Garcia owes fans an apology ... as his recent posts suggest he finds it all to be funny.

"We put our lives on the line to entertain people for a living," Haney said. "You don't play boxing."

Kim Kardashian's moving on from Odell Beckham Jr. -- as the two have decided to go their separate ways, and it's all because there's simply no more love in the air ... just friendship.

Sources with direct knowledge confirm to TMZ ... the reality star/SKIMS founder and the NFL star are no longer seeing each other -- and while it's a bit unclear when exactly they broke things off, we're told it's dunzo on the romance front ... but there's no bad blood.

We're told KK and OBJ decided they're better off as platonic pals as opposed to anything more -- and yet, even now, we're told they still have a lot of respect for each other.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are out of the honeymoon phase, and into the much more real "you're so annoying" phase of their relationship ... as she's seemingly cringing at one of her BF's frequent antics.

As we reported, Taylor and Travis stepped out in Las Vegas for Patrick Mahomes' charity event over the weekend -- and put on a loved-up display. However, one moment from the event is making the rounds online ... highlighting how the Grammy winner was seemingly less than impressed during one cringe moment for Trav.

When the tight end took the event stage and yelled/sang "Viva Las Vegas" into a microphone, Taylor appeared to say "That again. I can't do it" ... this according to expert lip reader Jackie Gonzalez.

Canelo Alvarez is fighting on Saturday, but perhaps an opponent change is in order ... 'cause Saul went scorched earth on Oscar De La Hoya, as the legendary fighter sat just feet away.

"He's a f***ing asshole. That's what I say. He's a f***ing asshole. He tries to get attention for him, not Munguia. He's a f***ing asshole. He steals [from his] fighters. F***ing p***y. Motherf****r," 33-year-old Alvarez said, lashing out at the Las Vegas press conference just days before his fight with Jaime Munguia.

What pissed Canelo off? Well, the two boxing legends previously worked together for years as promoter and fighter ... but things ended poorly, and there's obviously no love lost.

As if things couldn't get any worse for Michael Porter Jr.'s family -- the Denver Nuggets star's brother, Jevon, was arrested on suspicion of DWI late Friday night ... just days after his sibling, Coban, was sentenced to six years in prison in his fatal DUI case.

TMZ Sports has confirmed .... Jevon -- who recently transferred to LMU after previously playing at Pepperdine -- was initially pulled over around 1:30 AM in Missouri for speeding prior to getting busted for DWI.

Officials are still investigating the incident ... so further information has not been made available at this time.

LMU acknowledged Jevon's situation in a statement ... saying the school is working on getting more details.

Coban learned his fate on April 19 ... after officials said he had a BAC of 0.19 (nearly 2.5x over the legal limit) after running a red light and hitting another car, killing a woman and injuring a passenger in Colorado back in January 2023.

It's been non-stop drama for Porter Jr.'s family recently -- not only did Coban get sentenced to more than half a decade behind bars for his drunk-driving accident, but Jontay was banned from the NBA just weeks ago after an investigation determined he was involved in a major betting scandal.

Former UFC champ Sean Strickland just proved yet again he's not one to play with ... flashing a gun on some pranksters who had just ding-dong ditched his home.

Strickland -- who last fought in the Octagon in January -- said the incident happened over the weekend ... at around 1 AM Saturday morning.

According to the fighter, some kids jumped out of a car near his pad, ran to the side of the house, and made a loud bang -- before bolting from the area.

Don't expect Tiger Woods' daughter to be twirling a club on a fairway anytime soon ... the golfing legend just revealed his 16-year-old offspring isn't the world's biggest fan of the sport -- because it "took Daddy away from her."

The Big Cat shared with Carson Daly on Wednesday's "Today" show that he believes Sam Woods straight up has "a negative connotation to the game" ... due to all of the traveling it required him to do when she was a little tyke.

"I had to pack and I had to leave," he said. "I had to be gone for weeks. And there's a negative connotation to it."

Charles Barkley says there are only "losers" in the Larsa Pippen and Marcus Jordan relationship ... with the Hall of Famer revealing he feels bad for Michael and Scottie amid the "messy" coupling.

Chuck -- who used to be best friends with MJ -- weighed in on the Larcus fiasco on Shannon Sharpe's "Club Shay Shay" podcast this week ... and it's safe to say he doesn't approve of Jordan's son and Pippen's ex-wife getting romantic following the infamous fallout between the former Bulls superstars.

"I feel bad for Michael, I feel bad for Scottie," Chuck said on Wednesday. "That is so messy. I don't like messy because when it's messy, everybody has an opinion on it. And you know, the internet is not a place for messy."

10:28 AM PT -- The MLB has just handed down punishment for the Tuesday night Brewers vs. Rays brawl ... suspending three players and one manager.

The league announced Brewers starting pitcher Freddy Peralta was hit with a five-game ban and a fine for "intentionally" throwing at Jose Siri just two innings before the fight broke out. MLB also said Milwaukee manager Pat Murphy will be banned two games for Peralta's actions as well as "his inappropriate conduct towards umpires."

As for the ones who ignited the fracas in the eighth -- Abner Uribe and Siri -- Uribe got a six-game suspension and fine ... and Siri was hit with a three-game suspension and fine.