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Crosby's Neck Injury Raises New Concerns

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Maybe the news that Sidney Crosby suffered some sort of neck injury will turn out to be a moot point.

Maybe Crosby, who has resumed skating and remains hopeful of returning to action this season, will come back, and the neck injury, since healed according to doctors, will not deter him from returning to elite status.

Maybe the fact that somehow this injury was missed by team doctors and the legion of doctors who Crosby saw during his months of rehabilitation won't sour the relationship between the team and its most important player.

Maybe.

But certainly the fact third-party doctors in Utah will be examining MRIs over the next couple of days to determine exactly what was going on...

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