LE SEAN MCCOY 20 cent Tip Charlie Sheen is taking sides in the "Tip War" involving NFL star LeSean McCoy -- claiming he's giving $1,000 to the waiter McCoy stiffed after a controversial lunch earlier this week. Actually, it wasn't a technical "stiffing" -- the Philadelphia Eagles running back tipped a waiter named Rob 20 cents on a $61.56 meal at PYT restaurant in Philly. McCoy reportedly felt he was mistreated inside the restaurant. The receipt -- with the 20 cent tip -- was later posted on social media by the owner of the restaurant, Tommy Up. Now, Charlie Sheen is getting involved ... issuing a statement saying, "dear Tommy Up at PYT in Philly. Please tell Rob K I'm pledging 1000 dollars to him for the tip debacle just wanna help. c #NoJudgement" So far, McCoy has been mum on the tip situation. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Former WCW and WWE wrestler Sean O'Haire was found dead Tuesday at his home in South Carolina ... TMZ has learned. The coroner in Spartanburg, SC tells TMZ a cause of death is unknown at this time, but no foul play is suspected. They are awaiting toxicology reports that might shed light on things. O'Haire (whose real name was just Sean Haire) made his debut with the WCW in 2000 and along with partner Chuck Palumbo, was the final WCW tag team champions when the organization folded. Once in the WWE, he was Rowdy Roddy Piper's protege, but when Piper left in 2003 ... O'Haire fizzled out and eventually left the WWE in 2004. He eventually transitioned into kickboxing and MMA before becoming a hair stylist. According to local police, O'Haire was found in his bedroom, beside his bed, with a rope tied around his neck and connected to the bedpost. _------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eight years ago, Roger Goodell emerged as the face of the National Football League. As its new commissioner, he was the most powerful man in America’s most powerful sport, ready to usher in a new, decidedly improved era of professional football. He promoted approachability, transparency and, most of all, discipline. Before long he was lauded as the best commissioner in sports. In 2012, Time magazine featured him on its cover; the headline was “THE ENFORCER,” the story about how Goodell was leading efforts to save and protect the nation’s most popular game with a no-nonsense attitude toward player misbehavior on and off the field. “My job,” he told a group of the league’s rookies in 2010, “is to protect the integrity of the NFL.” But this week, his name now as much a part of NFL culture as its most famous players and teams, the 55-year-old commissioner began taking on heavy fire for his judgment and ability to perform his self-described job description. Scrutiny, particularly recently, is nothing new, but it has never been harsher than this week, following the publishing of a video Monday that showed former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice punching his then-fiancee, Janay Palmer, and then dragging her unconscious body out of an Atlantic City casino elevator. It was footage, Goodell told the “CBS Evening News” on Tuesday, he had not seen during the NFL’s earlier investigation into the matter. Goodell’s words eased little of the pressure on the commissioner, and in fact, those in and around the NFL community have begun scrutinizing Goodell’s priorities and, in some cases, calling for his job. Depending on viewpoint, the NFL was either unable despite its vast resources to procure the same video from the Revel Hotel and Casino that TMZ somehow acquired and published. Or, as TMZ reported Tuesday morning, the league simply never asked for it in an effort to ferry out a lighter punishment for Rice. The league released a statement Monday saying it had requested the video from Atlantic City law enforcement but that it was never made available. The statement reiterated that league officials viewed the images for the first time Monday. Goodell, in the CBS interview, said league officials asked Atlantic City authorities for “anything pertinent” after seeing the initial security footage, which showed Rice pulling Palmer into the hallway during last February’s altercation. “We are particularly reliant on law enforcement. That is the most reliable. That is the most credible,” Goodell said. “We don’t seek to get that information from sources that are not credible.” An NFL spokesman did not respond to a request for additional comment, but New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft was among those who felt compelled to defend Goodell. “I know our commissioner has taken some heat,” Kraft said during an appearance on “CBS This Morning.”
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