Bucs running back Derrick Ward is out.

No, not out of the Bucs season-opener with Dallass. Ward is apparently out of the Kardashian Clan.

Seems his one-time squeeze, celebrity (?) Khloe Kardashian of the Kardashian Clan fame (?), was seen on the streets of Gotham knoodling with pro basketball player Lamar Odom, so reports Jason McIntyre of TheBigLead.com.

On the right: serial athlete-dater Khloe Kardashian (previously: Derrick Ward, Rashad McCants) with her new boyfriend, Lamar Odom of the Lakers.

Let Joe be blunt: With the cash Ward is pulling, you cannot tell Joe he can’t do better than a Kardashian. Hell, armed with the proper prescriptions, Joe can probably hook up with Khloe Kardashian. This is just beyond Joe’s comprehension. I mean, really?

Ward can walk through any number of malls in the area, have one of his posse leak word that he’s with the Bucs, and Ward could be like the proverbial kid in a candy store.

Does Ward really want to be an E! Network star that bad?

Well, on second thought, it did work out for Jeff Garcia.