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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Penguins center Sidney Crosby will miss Pittsburgh's next two games with an illness, the team announced Friday. The team said the decision to sit Crosby is a precautionary measure.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The team has not specified the nature of Crosby's illness.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Crosby's face was visibly swollen when he spoke with the media Friday.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;Watch: Jonathan Toews leaves game after huge hit&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Several NHL players have been diagnosed with the mumps this season, an outbreak believed to have originated in the locker room of either the Los Angeles&amp;nbsp;Kings or Anaheim&amp;nbsp;Ducks. Symptoms include swelling of the salivary glands.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Crosby will miss Friday's game against the Flames and Saturday's game against the Blue Jackets.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;- Dan Gartland&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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