Breast cancer awareness hits home for kids on Florida football team

Singers Melissa Etheridge and Olivia Newton-John had it. TV host Robin Roberts and actress Edie Falco too. Even Peter Criss, a founding member of rock band KISS.

Breast cancer is the common thread, and the celebrities have talked openly in recent years about their experience with breast cancer -- from diagnosis to treatment -- in hopes of making others aware of risk factors, symptoms and detection. Go to HealthKey for complete coverage of breast cancer stories and resources.

As the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month gets underway Friday, October undoubtedly will be filled with more stories about the second-biggest cancer killer of women, after skin cancer. The Orlando Sentinel tells the story of a Pop Warner football team that learned firsthand the power of pink in “Can football team’s love cure coach’s wife of breast cancer?”

-- Mary Forgione