LL Cool J and Ice Cube are joining forces -- but it ain't about music, it's about sports TV domination.
TMZ Sports has learned LL is now a part of a powerful group looking to bid on 22 regional sports channels -- including the YES Network -- that Disney is being forced to sell off by the Justice Dept.
Long story short ... Disney got the 22 stations as part of its $71 billion acquisition of 21st Century Fox. But officials believe that since Disney is already the majority owner of ESPN, controlling the 22 sports stations would give them too much power in the sports TV landscape.