TAPPER: Welcome back to THE LEAD. Now, it's time for "The Sports Lead." He's an international icon and one of the highest paid athletes in the world, but today, we learned the soccer star made famous for how he can bend it is ready to end it. David Beckham today announced plans to retire at the end of the season. His storied career includes league titles on two different continents and, of course, marrying a Spice Girl. Beckham spent six years with the L.A. Galaxy before sign being a French club earlier this year. The good news for you lady fans out there and others interested in this kind of ad, he said he would not retire from making commercials like this one. For the sake of those of us who don't look like that, it would be nice if he maybe thought about retiring from those as well. Rule one, when you see an accounting error in your favor, shot up and buy a round for your friends. But one Major League relief pitcher went the honest route instead. Jeremy Affeldt repaid the San Francisco Giants after he discovered a clerical error that put an extra half a million dollars in his bank account back in 2010. Major League Baseball, the Giants and, of course, his agent all said he could keep the cash. But Affeldt paid it back, anyway. He still earned $4 million in 2010, along with a nice World Series ring. He wanted to be president, so how would Rick Santorum handle the slew of problems the White House is facing right now? I'll ask him live. Stay with us.
Beckham Kicks Soccer to the Curb