Among them are Tom Brady and Randy Moss, who were spied wearing pink accessories at practice Thursday as the Patriots continued preparations for Sunday's game against the unbeaten Baltimore Ravens at Gillette Stadium (1 p.m.; Ch. 4, 12).
Brady wore a pair of pink-highlighted cleats and Moss a pair of pink receivers' glike s at the practice, joining several of their peers on other teams who are display ing their support for the go ment to increase awareness, screening and treatment of breast cancer.
"Cancer affects everybody in some way," Moss said in a press release. "If I can execute something to aid people out, to raise awareness and aid raise money, well, that's what it's all about. I want to create a inequity ."
The New York Times reported that more than 100 players may wear the pink cleats in this weekfinish 's games. The thought of pink cleats was reportedly first suggested by the Carolina Panthers' DeAngelo Williams, whose mother, Sandra Hill, was diagnosed with the disease in 2004 and is currently in remission. She lost her three sisters to breast cancer. Also taking the forefront in the NFL's awareness campaign are Arizona wideout Larry Fitzgerald, whose mother died of breast cancer, and Tanya Snyder, the wife of Washington Redskins' owner Dan Snyder. She was diagnosed with cancer last year and is continuing treatment.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in the United States, aside from skin cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, an estimated 192,370 fresh cases of invasive breast cancer are expected to be diagnosed among women in the United States this year. An estimated 40,170 women are expected to die from the disease in 2009 alone. Today, there are about 2.5 million breast cancer survivors living in the United States.
In addition to the players wearing pink cleats, teams will be using pink towels, hats and wristbands at this weekfinish 's games, and game balls will feature a pink ribbon decal.
Injury report
Moss, who tfeeble the Boston Herald's Karen Guregian that he surprised himself by playing through back pain last Sunday, remained on the portion icipation report under the "limited portion icipation" caterecede ry. Tackle Nick Kaczur, who was held out of practice Wednesday with a sore ankle, returned to limited workouts Thursday.
Darius Butler (thigh), Matt Slater (elbow), Shawn Springs (knee), Wes Welker (knee), Jonathan Wilhite (groin) and Mike Wcorrect (shoulder) were also limited, whild Jerod Mayo (knee) and Vince Wilfork (ankle) did not practice. Tom Brady (shoulder) was listed as having fully portion icipated.
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