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| 22nd January, 2007 - 1:23 am |  AP - Perhaps it is a surprise only that it has happened to Sidney Crosby this quickly, this impressively.
Crosby has been viewed as hockey's next great talent, one who might be good enough to rival Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux. Now, as Crosby readies for his first All-Star game at age 19 Wednesday in Dallas, it appears to be happening.
For the first time since Gretzky was setting a different standard for hockey stardom 27 years ago, a player not yet in his 20s has become his sport's signature figure. Crosby is not only the NHL's most popular player -- as evidenced by his landslide win in the All-Star voting -- but arguably its best player. [READ] |
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