Beckham will retire TONIGHT wearing specially-designed adidas shoes: Report

David Beckham will finally call it a career tonight — instead of next week — after Paris Saint-German's final home game of the season against Brest. The former Manchester United and Real Madrid international soccer star announced his retirement from the game on Thursday and it was thought initially that Beckham would bow out next weekend in PSG's final game of the season at Lorient. But sources close to the superstar have confirmed that this evening's game in the French capital will in fact be his last, according to Sportsmail.com.

To celebrate the special occasion, Beckham's family are set to join him at the Parc des Princes and see him start for Carlo Ancelotti's Ligue 1 champions.

And Becks will hang up his cleats in style. The 38-year-old will say his farewell in specially-designed patriotic red, white and blue shoes with the names of his children and initials of his Victoria emblazoned on them.

Every aspect of the new Predator Lethal Zone boots were personalized by Beckham on the adidas.com website, proudly paying homage to his kids and nationality.

Beckham captained the England team 155 times and is considered one of the main forces which helped London secure the 2012 Olympics.  He specifically chose the red, white and blue colors to represent the Union Jack, with the flag embossed on the heel.

The boots also feature the names of his four children - Romeo, Brooklyn, Cruz and Harper as well as the shirt numbers from his playing career: 7, 23 and 32

"This is truly a special moment for me and I'm happy that my longest serving partner, adidas was able to work with me to commemorate the moment," Beckham said about the special shoes."'What I really wanted to come across was the passion I had playing for my country and the pride that gave me."

The trailblazing soccer star —  who also played AC Milan and Los Angeles Galaxy — is now set to continue his ambassadorial duties with a variety of organizations, which include Sky Sports, adidas, Unicef and promoting football in China.

"Nothing will ever completely replace playing the game I love, however I feel like I'm starting a new adventure and I'm genuinely excited about what lies ahead.

"I'm fortunate to have been given many opportunities throughout my career and now I feel it's my time to give back."

Having relocated from Los Angeles in January, the man who inspired a movie and posed in his knickers, Beckham is now expected to set up a permanent home in London with his wife Victoria and children. 

It seems only right for England's biggest sports export.

Dwyane Wade accepts YouTube invite and shows up at teen's senior prom

Dwyane Wade accepted the YouTube prom invitation of a local high school senior during the Miami Heat's break between playoff series and — surprise — made the teenager's night.

According to WSVN TV in Miami, Nicole Muxo posted the simple — but cute — video request to the Heat star after she struck out in her attempt to get Wade to accompany her to a homecoming dance earlier in the year. Muxo's moxie paid off and D-Wade actually showed up to surprise her at the big dance, according to the Bleacher Report.

The young lady's real date for the evening was a good sport about playing second fiddle to a millionaire NBA All-Star and and took the whole thing in stride before Wade left early to ice his injured knee.

Wade relayed the news via Twitter and offered this advice to those kids afraid of taking a chance:

" I had a blast at prom w @nicole muxo... Never be 2 scared to ask... They might just say... "

I had a blast at Prom w @nicole_muxo... Never be 2 scared to ask.. They might just say… instagram.com/p/Zb8M-jlCPd/
— Way of WADE (@DwyaneWade) May 18, 2013

If this basic video can get it done, so can yours.

Manti Te'o shows up at Maxim's Hot 100 party as No. 69's date

San Diego Chargers second-round draft pick Manti Te'o isn't letting that whole fake girlfriend hoax get him down.  The catfished NFL rookie might even be using it to his advantage.

Maxim magazine took a humorous shot at the former Notre Dame linebacker last week, ranking Manti Te'o's fake girlfriend, Lennay Kekua,  No. 69 in their annual "Hot 100" list.

The other night the men's magazine took the joke one step further, inviting Te'o to the Los Angeles party celebrating the list. To Te'o's credit, he didn't pass up the opportunity and appeared to be a good sport about the whole thing.

Maxim's editor-in-chief, Dan Bova, said he was "pleasantly surprised" that Te'o made an appearance.

"It seems like he has a good sense of humor about the whole thing," said Bova, "which I think is the best way to handle a situation like that."

Te'o made the scene and was even spotted with a number of real beauties.

Te'o's cyberspace hottie probably wasn't the only fake thing floating around the Hollywood party.

Astros lose to Pirates on comedic walk-off error (GIF)

No sooner than Greg Brown, the Pirates television announcer, finished these words, "Looks like we're going to extra innings," did the Astros bumble their way to another loss.

As this GIF shows rightfielder Jimmy Paredes and second baseman Jake Elmore collide in the outfield, which allows the ball to drop and the winning run to score. Elmore said the crowd was too loud at PNC Park was too loud and that he couldn't hear whether Paredes had called him off.

The 'Stros found another way to lose tonight and are already 20 games out, but at least they do it with comedic flair. Pittsburgh wins, 5-4.

Tampa Bay Rays take camouflage uniforms to new extremes

The Tampa Bays Rays continue to show the rest of baseball that they have the loosest clubhouse in the majors and took this trend of camouflage-themed uniforms to a new extreme.

Even after Thursday's 4-3 loss to the Red Sox, the free-spirited Rays departed for Baltimore decked out in army fatigues, hunting disguises and a variety of camo gear for the flight.

The team released a photo of closer Fernando Rodney covered in a Yeti-inspired camo suit including an orange hunting whistle.

The #Rays wore camouflage gear on Thursday, and you should really check it out: atmlb.com/12i0alA twitter.com/Cut4/status/33…
— Cut4 (@Cut4) May 17, 2013

Good luck hunting Orioles up at Camden Yards.

Severed pig's head in locker leads to English Premier League team investigation

The English Premier League club Stoke is launching an internal investigation following reports that a pig’s head was found in the locker of one of the team’s players and led to the destruction of another player's car in a prank gone horribly bad.

The Premier League club says it “takes seriously reports of an incident” at its Clayton Wood training ground and “those responsible for any unacceptable behavior will be dealt with in accordance with the club’s disciplinary procedures.”

Stoke midfielder Brek Shea posted a graphic picture of him holding a pig’s head, which was severed down the middle, by the ears in the locker room.

Shea tweeted “locker room banter gone wild!!! #SAW.”

The British media is reporting that the pig’s head was found in the locker of striker Kenwyne Jones and the incident was seen by Stoke fans waiting for autographs outside the complex and the news spread via twitter within minutes.

Jones is a Rastafarian, so he does not eat pork.

When put to him by a Twitter follower that he had been responsible for the damage, Jones replied: "For your info I didn't do that get ur info correct."

Later,  Jones reportedly put a brick through teammate Glen Whelen's windshield in retaliation.

It was the last in a string of jokes that the soccer team had played on each other in the week building up to their final match of the season.

Michael Owen’s Mercedes was covered with egg and flour the other day — but it appears that Whelan’s decision to leave the bloody head in Jones’s locker was a step too far.

Stoke released a statement confirming their decision to hold an investigation, saying: "The club takes seriously reports of an incident at our training ground this afternoon.

"A full investigation will be carried out and those responsible for any unacceptable behavior will be dealt with in accordance with the club’s disciplinary procedures."

Hal Steinbrenner says 'scrappy' Yankees can win with $189 million payroll

One word which is never usually associated with the New York Yankees is "scrappy." Powerful, favored, high-priced and sometimes maybe even underachieving are words more apt to be used in describing the makeup of the team.

That was until Hal Steinbrenner referred to his team with the S-word in describing the depleted Yankees' surprisingly success a quarter into the 2013 season and holding forth on his commitment to get the payroll below the luxury-tax threshold of $189 million for 2014.

"I'm proud of them, my family's proud of them,"said Steinbrenner following an owner's meeting at Major League Baseball's Manhattan headquarters Thursday. "They've been fighting hard all year long, and despite significant adversity, they've persevered. It's fun to watch. They're scrappy. Coming from behind, it seems like certain times in the past, it's not something you had confidence in."

The Yankees are 25-16 and in first place, a game ahead of the Red Sox, despite using a team with a current on-field payroll of about $140 million — and that includes the return of Curtis Granderson ($15 million) this week. With Derek Jeter, Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez watching from Tampa, that, amazingly, leaves still more than $70 million still on the DL.

"I always believed it could work if ... the young players, which I've been saying all along, pan out and do their job," he said. "We still have [Michael] Pineda coming back, so we'll see how he does. I think he's going to do great.

"But the key is going to be the young players stepping up and really making contributions like they're doing right now."

Keeping the payroll under the threshold is going to be tricky for the Yankees if they plan on signing their best player Robinson Cano.  

Steinbrenner sounded optimistic about keeping his All-Star, and not because Cano's firing of Scott Boras and signing with Jay-Z's Roc Nation. 

"I still have faith that the player has a big say in it," Steinbrenner said. "I know that Robby wants to be there, and Robby knows that we want him to be here. We want him to end his career here. I think to me, whether I'm right or not, that plays a big part in it regardless of who the agent is. But we're going to continue to try and push ahead and get something done. We want him to be a Yankee."

And as for recent speculation about the Yankees being put on the market in the near future, Steinbrenner channelled his inner George. 

"Absolutely not selling the team," he said. "Have not been talking to anybody about selling the team. Have no intention of selling the team. What would I do?"

For now, the Yankees will stay the course by trimming the payroll and lowering the average age of the roster — for now.

"The math works to me if the young kids do their job," said Steinbrenner. "It has to happen. And I've been saying that for over a year now — that's the goal we're going to push for. But again, I'll reiterate what I always reiterate, which is we're always going to field a championship-caliber team."

There's that other S-word — succeed.