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Miami’s Jason Taylor will take part in Dancing with the Stars this season.

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Eric Gagne, identified as a user of illegal drugs in the Mitchell report, apologized Monday to his new Milwaukee Brewers teammates for “a distraction that shouldn’t be taking place.”

A major turn for the old ways in Pakistan has emerged tonight as Pakistani voters turned out in a large percentage to reject the path taken by Pervez Musharraf.

Jason Kidd going to the Mavs appears to be back on track.

After an uplifting NBA All-Star Weekend, New Orleans is ready for you to return, writes Bill Simmons. Story

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Today Wizards of the Coast announced that they have begun developing games for the Xbox Live Arcade and PC based on their Magic: The Gathering franchise. With their partnerships with Stainless Games and Mind Control Software, Wizards of the Coast have begun work on two games: one for the XBLA and PC, and another for PC and Mac.

“We’re excited to bring the Magic brand to new platforms and give our fans new ways to experience this great property,” said Jared Gustafson, Brand Director for Magic: The Gathering at Wizards of the Coast. “It’s partnerships like these that will advance the strategy games category and transform it to meet the needs and desires of today’s digital gamers.”

On would think that they were created an online version of Magic: The Gathering for XBLA, but earlier today I was standing right next to Ilja Rotelli, the Director of Online Media for Wizards of the Coast, as this announcement was made and he personally informed me that these games were not an online version of Magic: The Gathering.

He explained to be that if you wanted to play Magic they already have the brand new Magic Online III coming out later this year. That is their online version of Magic and it’s nearly complete.

Instead they are brining “the Magic: The Gathering brand to multiple platforms.” Exactly what this means Ilja wouldn’t tell me. But he said to expect to hear a lot more on Wednesday at GDC.

After all, Wizards is the Platinum Sponsor for this year’s Independent Games Festival, you don’t throw around that sort of cash unless you got something big to announce…

Hank Steinbrenner insists baseball is being picked on for its trouble with performance-enhancing drugs, and claims the problem is bigger in football.

Gilbert Arenas was cleared to participate in light, non-contact drills by the Washington Wizards on Monday, a step forward in his return from left knee surgery.

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We saw a few clever products at Toy Fair 2008 designed to get kids up and active, but none so nefarious — and cute — as Swinxs. The “toy” is basically a talking computer with an RFID reader, that guides kids through different pre-loaded games or stories. The kids wear RFID wrist bracelets that identify them in the game, and let them interact with the machine. We heard, from a reliable source, that if kids engage in this type of “running around” in “grassy areas” they very well may die, but that’s all hearsay. Once kids grow tired of the included games they can download and install more over USB, and there’s a free SDK for developers to create new entertainment for Swinxs. No word on a price or release date, but hopefully we’ll be seeing more of this one as time progresses. Video is after the break.

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