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First Beckham, then Ronaldo ... now ANOTHER soccer star is getting into the men's underwear game - James Rodriguez.

The Colombian superstar who plays for Real Madrid stripped down to his man panties to model his new line of undies, J10 ... made by a Colombian underwear company Bronzini.

Seems to be a total ripoff of Cristiano Ronaldo's undie-brand CR7 ... which started as an underwear line and was so successful, it's already expanded into socks and shirts.

BTW, James and Ronaldo both play for the same team -- so, it's kinda like the Oklahoma City Thunder situation ... where teammates Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook also have competing underwear lines.

New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. says he's been BOMBARDED with praise since that one-handed miracle grab ... but the best moment involved a tweet from LeBron James.

OBJ was at Steiner Sports in NYC last night when revealed that LeBron is his all-time favorite athlete ... and when King James tweeted about the catch on Sunday, it blew his mind.

FYI -- here's the tweet LeBron posted after Beckham's catch: "Man I just witnessed the greatest catch ever possibly by Odell Beckham Jr! WOW!!!!"

Imagine your hero writing that about you. Pretty cool, right?!

Still, Odell is modest about the 3-fingered catch, saying the greatest snag ever made still belongs to ANOTHER NY Giants wide receiver.

Reggie Bush just compared Ferguson to Israel -- suggesting Israelis are shooting unarmed Palestinians ... the same way Officer Darren Wilson shot Mike Brown.

The Detroit Lions star went to Instagram and posted a photo of a man holding a sign that reads, "The Palestinian people know what mean to be shot while unarmed because of your ethnicity #ferguson #justice."

Bush also included a caption -- "No matter who you are, what color skin you have, where you live, we are all in this together! This isn't a Ferguson problem it's a Global Problem! We need change NOW! What happened to humanity? #JusticeForMikeBrown."

Question is ...

The man who claims he was attacked by Johnny Manziel and his "entourage" last week says he's still in pain from the alleged hotel beatdown ... and says he's got pics to prove it.

TMZ Sports spoke with Chris Gonos ... who claims his left elbow was jacked up by Johnny's crew during a fight at The 9 hotel in Cleveland late Friday night.

Gonos says the picture shows severe swelling and a nasty bruise -- but claims he also suffered a swollen lip and and injuries to his eye.

Gonos says he's not sure who hit him -- but he's confident the assailant was part of Johnny's crew.

Police are investigating the incident ... but so far, no arrests have been made.

As for Johnny, he tells a very different story ... saying he was "accosted by a very aggressive man and his associates" at the hotel that night.

Adrian Peterson believes there's a slight chance the grand jury in Ferguson will change its mind and indict Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Mike Brown ... problem is, he's flat-out wrong.

In the wake of the decision in Ferguson, AP went to Twitter to express his dismay over situation ... writing, "The GRAND JURY DECIDED NOT TO INDICT ME TOO! But that changed a week LATER! MAYBE, BUT NOT LIKELY N THIS CASE #PUTyourTrustNGODnotINtheWORLD!"

AP is obviously referring to his child abuse case ... insisting he was under the impression the grand jury was leaning toward NOT pursuing charges against him for beating his son with a switch ... only to change its mind and indict at the last minute.

There were reports that AP's case was "no-billed" by a grand jury and then taken to another grand jury, which decided to indict the NFL star ... but the Montgomery County D.A. eventually shot those reports down.

"The same grand jury was the one that reviewed all the evidence and the law in this particular case, and the one that issued the indictment,” the D.A. stated.

Check this out ... we just spoke with Odell Beckham Jr.'s high school coach Nelson Stewart about the insane 1-handed catch -- his quotes are fantastic.

-- "We tried to stop him from catching the ball with one hand in high school ... but then we said, 'This is stupid, he never drops the ball. Let's just let him.'"

-- "Now we have a problem with our players trying to catch the ball with one hand. They say, 'But you let him do it.' I say, 'You are not Odell Beckham!'"

-- "He said he wants to have his high school jersey hanging at the high school one day. We haven't given his number away since -- so I think he's on his way."

-- "His hands were bigger than anyone on our team. He literally never dropped a ball. He redefined everything you could do."

Fun Fact -- OBJ went to Isidore Newman High School in New Orleans ... where Eli and Peyton Manning played their prep ball.

As if losing to the crosstown rival wasn't bad enough, now Snoop Dogg is taking aim at the USC football team ... after UCLA beat their ass this weekend.

"Well SC fans ... we f**king suck," Snoop said.

"Weak ass plays ... soft ass quarterback ... it's gonna be hard getting kids to go there now."

Snoop's words carry extra meaning since his son Cordell Broadus is a top-ranked high school wide receiver who's been recruited by some of the best college programs in the country ... including USC.

Question is ... is Snoop not-so-subtly hinting that SC played itself out of the Cordell sweepstakes??

Kansas City Chiefs star safety Eric Berry has been placed on the non-football injury list after doctors discovered a mass on the right side of his chest ... which they believe to be lymphoma.

Berry is expected to go to Emory University hospital for further evaluation.

Chiefs head coach Andy Reid said of the situation, "Right now, he needs to be a beast. He'll attack this."

Berry released a statement, saying, "I am truly thankful for all of the support from family, friends, coaches, teammates and the entire Chiefs kingdom. At first I was in shock with the diagnosis on Saturday and did not even want to miss a game, but I understand that right now I have to concentrate on a new opponent."

Johnny Manziel is painting a completely different picture of the alleged fight that he was involved in over the weekend ... instead claiming he was the victim of an aggressive fan.

Manziel who is being accused of taking part in the beatdown of a fan who claims he was just trying to shake his hand -- said through his agent on Monday that there was no "entourage" with Manziel on the night in question.

Instead, Manziel -- through his agent, Erik Burkhardt -- claims he and his roommate were returning from dinner with Johnny's mom when they were "accosted by a very aggressive man and his associates."

Manziel claims he let Browns management know about the incident "immediately."

The accuser, Chris Gonos, previously told TMZ Sports he was simply trying to shake Manziel's hand when Johnny Football's entourage jumped him.

Former 2 -time welterweight champs have all the fun ... just ask Andre Berto -- who spent his weekend turning up with Chris Brown and Trey Songz at Trey's ultra exclusive 30th birthday party.

The carnival themed party took place in Calabasas over the weekend and had a celeb guest list including Terrence J, Draya Michele, and Songz' rumored new chick ... R&B singer Mila J.

Sources close to Berto tell us he thought the theme -- with rides and prizes -- was "one of the dopest party concepts" ever. You can see in this video ... Chris and Trey rode bumper cars, and also did an impromptu concert.

The party was a tough ticket ... we're told there were only 75 guests. Hollywood-speak for intimate.

It's been a year in the making, but Shaquille O'Neal finally got his massive custom bike from the guys at Orange County Choppers ... and judging by the pics, it was definitely worth the wait.

Shaq first placed his order with Paul Teutul Sr.'s shop back in January -- asking for his ride to be taller and longer than normal to accommodate his arthritic hips.

Now, we've learned the shop came through in a huge way -- delivering the 14-footer (most bikes are 10-feet long) to Shaq earlier this month -- and The Diesel LOOOVED IT.

The bike is insane -- chromed out ... with a Superman logo right on the handlebars

Johnny Manziel allegedly punched a man in the face in a huge brawl at a Cleveland hotel Friday night and ... and cops tell TMZ Sports an investigation is under way.

According to a police report filed with the Cleveland PD, a man named Chris Gonos claims he approached Manziel outside of an elevator at the The 9 hotel late Friday evening.

Gonos tells TMZ Sports he wanted to give Manziel a handshake and a hug -- but someone in Johnny's entourage wasn't havin' it and tackled him.

Gonos says a melee ensued ... and claims Johnny "sucker punched my brother in the back of the head."

According to police, hotel security broke up the fight. No arrests were made.

Cleveland Browns General Manager Ray Farmer released a statement Monday, saying, "We are aware of the incident and are in the process of gathering additional information in order to gain a complete understanding of what occurred."

Cops raced to Jose Canseco's Las Vegas home over the weekend after his fiancee called 911 and told police he repeatedly threatened to kill her -- but Jose tells TMZ Sports she's lying through her teeth.

Law enforcement confirms ... Leila Knight called 911 around 11:45 PM on Saturday to report a domestic incident.

Leila tells TMZ Sports ... Jose had flipped out after she dumped him and he "threatened to kill me and my mother." Knight claims he repeated the threat "like 20 times."

Cops rushed to the scene ... and spoke with both Jose and Leila ... but no arrests were made.

We're told cops issued a warning to both parties.

But Jose says Leila is simply spreading lies because he's the one who dumped her ... and she's bitter.

"She's slandering me because I don't want to be with her," Canseco says ... "I fell out of love with her because she's too controlling."

Jose Canseco's engagement is officially OVER ... with Leila Knight telling TMZ Sports she dumped the former MLB star because "he's an a**hole."

One month after he shot himself in the finger ... nearly striking Leila in their Vegas home ... Knight tells us, "I broke up with Jose and am leaving him for good."

Jose has also acknowledged the breakup ... saying, "Leila and I have gone our separate ways. check back later and find out what happened."

So far, the details surrounding the split are unclear ... but Leila is clearly upset -- saying Canseco is an "a**hole" who mistreated her. She also says, "So happy to be single again. Took me a long time to use my brain instead of my heart."

The two got engaged back in 2013 and had been living together in Vegas.

8:32 AM PT -- We spoke with Rachel who tells us ... "Ray was a really nice guy. It was a positive interaction, even though his dog was sick."

She adds, "He took pictures with anyone who asked."

"What I wrote was a silly little lapse in judgment."

So, Ray Rice took his sick dog to the vet this weekend ... and it ended up biting him in the ass.

The former Baltimore Ravens running back posed for a photo with a woman who seemed to be a fan at a Maryland veterinary center last week. But after the woman snapped the shot, she went to Twitter and posted the pic along with the caption ...

"Sh*t I just met Ray Rice at my work but I forgot he's the one who beat his girlfriend."

Oops.

Pittsburgh Pirates superstar Andrew McCutchen is a MARRIED MAN ... one year after proposing to his girlfriend Maria Hanslovan on "Ellen" ... TMZ Sports has learned.

The two were married in a ceremony on November 22nd ... they reportedly picked the date because of Andrew's jersey number ... 22.

When he proposed, Andrew told Maria ... "I did this to show you that ... If I could tell the whole world how much I love you, I would do that."

Obviously, she said yes and this weekend ... they finally swapped "I dos."

And to prove it's official ... Maria already changed her last name on her Twitter account to McCutchen!!!

Congrats!!!