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October is breast cancer awareness month, and over the last few years, the sports world has done a great job of pushing the importance of the month to the forefront. In the NFL, players wear pink towels, wristbands, cleats and even dreads. If you go to NFL.com right now, you will see a pink ribbon behind the gold shield of the NFL. It’s essential that we continue to stay educated and the research continues to get the financial support that it needs to find a cure.
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15. Heath Miller
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Miller and his wife, Katie, have been working with a non-profit organization called "A Glimmer of Hope" for years. The foundation has raised over $2 million for breast cancer research.
14. Tramon Williams
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Williams lost his aunt to breast cancer and his wife, Shantrell, has watched her grandmother, mother and two aunts battle the disease. Williams donates $1,000 for every interception and $500 for every pass defended to the American Cancer Society. Williams also hosted a Powder Puff football game in 2013 and 2014 to raise money for the charity.
13. Keegan Bradley
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Bradley teamed with Power Balance back in 2013 to promote Breast Cancer Awareness bands where the proceeds were donated to Breast Cancer Research.
12. Danica Patrick
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Patrick has teamed with her racing sponsor, GoDaddy, to donate to breast cancer research. One of her best friends had a preemptive double mastectomy in her 20s after testing positive for the gene that indicates a higher risk of breast cancer.
11. Matt Barnes
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Barnes lost his mother to breast cancer and has created a foundation called "Athletes vs. Cancer" that holds charity basketball and flag football games, among other fundraising events.
10. Jerome Bettis
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Bettis' mother, Gladys, has been battling breast cancer for over a year and Jerome has been hosting events and donating to research ever since his mother was diagnosed.
9. DeAngelo Williams
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Williams lost his mom, Sandra, to her decade-long battle with breast cancer in May of 2014. Her four sisters, and, of course, Williams' aunts, have also battled the disease. Williams started his own foundation entitled the "DeAngelo Williams Foundation" to raise money for breast cancer research. The Steelers' running back also has died his dreads pink as he dedicates this season to his mom.
8. Matt Kemp
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Kemp's mom is battling breast cancer and he teamed with Power Balance, along with Bradley and Drew Brees, to market the breast cancer awareness bands while also selling autographs and merchandise to raise money for research.
7. Serena Williams
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In 2003, Williams received a Celebrity Role Model Award from Avon Foundation for her work in breast cancer. She's one of the most charitable athletes in the world and she deserves to be recognized for her work with non-profits.
6. Phil Mickelson
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Mickelson founded Birdies for the Brave after it was discovered that his wife, Amy, and his mother, Mary, were both diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009. He donates $100 for every birdie and $500 for every eagle to the foundation, which was created to find a cure for the debilitating disease.
5. Drew Brees
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In 2014, Brees joined the NFL in its A Crucial Catch campaign, which donates money to breast cancer research while also supporting the pink accessories that you see NFL players wearing during October for breast cancer awareness. Brees also teamed with Bradley and Kemp for the Power Balance wrist band campaign.
4. Troy Aikman
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Aikman's mom, Charlyn, is a breast cancer survivor, and he teamed with Ticketmaster, the NFL and the American Cancer Society to promote the "A Crucial Catch" campaign in 2012, which encouraged people to get cancer screenings regularly.
3. Richard Sherman
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Sherman has his own clothing line that sells items colored pink for breast cancer awareness. He uses that money to donate to the research for a cure.
2. John Cena
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Cena teamed with the Susan G. Komen foundation to sell his merchandise with the patented pink for breast cancer awareness, and the WWE will donate 100 percent of the proceeds during the month of October to the foundation.
1. LeBron James
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James has an entire line of "Think Pink" sneakers with Nike that supports the Kay Yow Foundation and breast cancer awareness. Yow was the former NC State women's basketball coach who passed away in 2009 from her battle with the disease.
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