Reebok: progress made in search for Crosby gear

Reebok says its tipline and $10,000 reward for Sidney Crosby's missing Olympic glove and stick are already paying dividends.

Len Rhodes, vice president and general manager for Reebok Hockey CCM, says the tipline is producing everything from encouraging comments to claims of "potential information."

Crosby used the stick _ a Reebok 10K Sickick II model that retails for $249 _ and glove to score the overtime goal that decided the Olympic men's hockey final against the United States on Feb. 28 in Vancouver.

The equipment disappeared after Crosby threw aside his stick and ripped off his gloves to celebrate Canada's Olympic victory.

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