I love a good cancer comeback story -- like the story of Phil Kessel and his courageous return to the NHL.

Kessel, 19-year-old Bruins forward and fifth overall draft pick for 2006, was diagnosed with testicular cancer last month. He underwent surgery and has been recovering off the ice until just recently -- when he was recalled to Boston from its farm team in Providence.

It's back to life and back to work for Kessel -- who is winning his match against cancer.

Kessel, a Wisconsin native, was the second Boston athlete this year diagnosed with cancer. Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester was diagnosed in August with lymphoma.

In observance of Brain Tumor Awareness Week, which begins May 1st, and to continue to honor the memory of Tug McGraw -- Phillies and Mets major league baseball player relief pitcher who established the Tug McGraw Foundation before dying of brain cancer in 2004 -- a new web resource has been created that provides people living with brain cancer information and support for the special issues facing survivors, family and friends.

Jennifer Brusstar, CEO for the Tug McGraw Foundation, and Jeff McMahon, a foundation board member and keyboard player for Tim McGraw's Dancehall Doctors, were instrumental in creating the new website. Tim McGraw, Grammy award-winning country singer, is Tug McGraw's son. According to the foundation, each year, over 300,000 adults and children are diagnosed with brain cancer. Brain tumors are the leading cause of cancer death in children under the age of 20, and are the third leading cause of cancer death in young adults ages 20-39.

The Tug McGraw Foundation was founded to raise brain cancer awareness and funds for research, and to provide brain tumor survivors and family support and resources for quality of life issues. The Foundation established the Tug McGraw Center for Quality of Life and Supportive Care Research in Neuro-Oncology at Duke University, and awards scholarships to college students who exemplify Tug's Ya Gotta Believe attitude.