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From the Post-Gazette's Shelly Anderson:
OTTAWA -- Penguins center and captain Sidney Crosby has been diagnosed with injuries to his vertebrae, a team source said and several outlets are reporting.
The injury is not considered to be career-threatening and might not be season-ending.
It's not clear why the injury wasn't detected earlier.
Crosby has been out since Dec. 5 with what he identified as concussion symptoms related to motion and balance. Before that, he missed nearly 11 months because of a concussion before making an eight-game comeback.
General manager Ray Shero is expected to address the issue with reporters at some point tonight. He said earlier in the afternoon that he had not heard about findings from the past two weeks. Crosby spent a week in Atlanta with chiropractic neurologist Ted Carrick and the past week in California with spinal neurologist Robert S. Bray. Shero said Crosby has returned to Pittsburgh.
UPDATE: The Penguins issued a statement regarding the news:
"The diagnosis of Dr. Robert S. Bray, a neurological spine specialist based in Los Angeles, is that Sidney Crosby had suffered a neck injury in addition to a concussion. Dr. Bray reports that the neck injury is fully healed. Those findings will be evaluated by independent specialists over the next few days. The most important goal all along has been Sidney's return to full health, and we are encouraged that progress continues to be made."
(Photo: Alan Diaz/Associated Press)

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