John Challis’ heart-wrenching but inspiring story is getting the national recognition it deserves. (Yes, even the Worldwide Leader is now on it.)

As the cancer-stricken high school baseball player keeps fighting against his terminal disease, he got to enjoy one more special evening - by meeting a couple of Pittsburgh’s biggest sports stars (with video after the jump).

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John Challis has cancer. The 18-year-old baseball player from Freedom H.S. in Pennsylvania has been battling the disease for the past two years. Sadly, the cancer has spread throughout his body. Doctors have told him he may have as little as two months left to live.

But despite his tragic circumstances, Challis wanted the chance to step up to the plate one more time. And as Mike White of the PITTSBURGH POST- GAZETTE reports, John was able to experience a special moment not just for himself, but for his friends, teammates & family.

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The DENVER POST bounces over the good news that Nene will be returning to action tonight, after the Nuggets forward spent the last two months recovering from testicular cancer.

Coach George Karl says he plans on putting in Nene sometime in the second quarter of tonight’s home game against the Mavericks, and is expecting quite a reaction from the Pepsi Center crowd:

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