But hockey can be a beautiful game at the highest level without anyone dropping their gloves.
Then the Jamaican says he will turn his attention to the beautiful game in about four year's time.
For the sake of the "beautiful game, " could you reconsider a beautiful, almost floating stadium on the Hudson River?
Sublime touches, languid pace, creativity ... the sheer joy of what they call "jogo bonito, " or the beautiful game.
South of the border, meanwhile, the beautiful game has been freshly tarnished by foul-mouthed, pharaonic players rather than business shenanigans.
It may be the beautiful game, but football's finances are looking ugly.
Trundle is the man Swans fans lovingly call "Magic Daps" and a walking footballing trickster whose showboating skills pushed back the boundaries of the beautiful game.
"We have faith that the football family is resilient and will continue promoting the values of peace and coexistence through our beautiful game, " the Jordanian prince said.
At the moment, much of Africa is focused on what is often referred to as the beautiful game or what we here in the United States call soccer.
Mr. Lillo acknowledged that a loss in the Euro could lead to the demise not just of La Roja's dominance but of the most beautiful way to play the beautiful game.
The club was set up by members of the town's large Bangladeshi community in 1988 with the youngsters aged from seven to 14 and their dads passionate for "the beautiful game".
But there are those who say that football has similar risks, and that the sport must recognise that, even if it means changing some of the rules of the beautiful game.
The stated aim of the league is to promote the beautiful game in India, a country of 1.2 billion people that has long languished in football's global rankings --158th in the world on FIFA's latest list.
While Mullen sympathises with those players who face an uncertain future, the beautiful game has, according to the League One boss, become an unsentimental rat race, with clubs scurrying around to cobble together a promotion-winning squad.
Fifteen years on from Fashanu's suicide, with other sports such as rugby and basketball setting a precedent and with the NFL reportedly closer than ever to having a homosexual player, is the beautiful game ready for a high-profile gay star?
Driving rain and a swirling wind had ensured that this was no example of the beautiful game, but Rangers manager Walter Smith will like the look of the way they managed to grind out the three points needed to maintain their challenge at the top of the Scottish Premier League.
The NFL has announced Jennifer Hudson is planning to sing "America the Beautiful" before the game with the chorus from Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
Then there was Lena Headey, who we know from her turn as the beautiful yet evil Queen Cersei in Game of Thrones.
The excellent Schweinsteiger then shaved the crossbar with a beautiful curling effort, but the game was over as a contest moments later when Klose struck again.
The first season of A Game of Thrones was a beautiful retelling of the fantasy epic.
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That much was clear from the very first point against Djokovic - a visibly nervous Berdych opening proceedings with a double-fault - but against Roddick he looked sharp and confident from the outset, clipping a beautiful forehand winner up the line in game one.
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The hand-drawn graphics take some getting used to, but it's a beautiful touch that's ideally matched to the game play.
Cologne, Germany (CNN) -- More than 270, 000 gamers from throughout Europe and beyond have converged in the beautiful city of Cologne for the annual Gamescom video game festival.
The Briton won the first two points of the match on the Tsonga serve and that set the tone for what followed, with Murray making the first breakthrough in game three thanks in part to a beautiful forehand winner, and in part to the Frenchman's first double-fault of the day.
"We've got to do it now and that is a challenge for us all to find a feeling - something within the team that might not be the most beautiful-looking thing but gives us something at the end of the game, " he said.
The team that was formerly the New Jersey Nets has brand new black-and-white uniforms, higher expectations than years past and a lot of buzz going into its first regular season game on November 1 against the New York Knicks at the beautiful Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY.
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Footage released thus far has shown beautiful graphics and gameplay centred around intelligent use of the psychic powers of your companion, Elizabeth, and secured the game the Best of Show award at E3 in 2011.
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