Logan Piz was an avid youth hockey player until last November when he was diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma, a rare bone cancer that mainly affects children. Since then Logan has since been treated at the Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children in Denver.

As you might imagine, Logan, 13, is eager to see visitors, but on Wednesday morning, he had a surprise guest -- the Stanley Cup.

"I thought it was just another nurse coming in," Logan said. "But there it was."

And that was just the first half of this special day that the Make-A-Wish Foundation coordinated along with the NHL and Discover Card. After holding the trophy and sharing it with doctors, nurses and other patients, Logan headed to his hometown hockey rink, the Apex Center in Arvada, Colo., with his parents and his brother, Hayden.

In addition to his former hockey teammates and the several hundred community members who greeted

him, so did a second special guest. It was his favorite player: Avalanche goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere.

Giguere, 35, has spent just the past two seasons in Colorado, but Logan quickly took a liking to the decorated netminder because of his generosity.

"I got to meet him a couple times before, and he gave me a game stick one time and wrote a little note on there," Logan said.

Giguere was a 2007 Stanley Cup champion and the 2003 Conn Smythe Trophy winner as playoff most valuable player with the Anaheim Ducks. The Avalanche had the worst record in the Western Conference this season, but Giguere got the chance to get close to the Stanley Cup again while visiting with Logan at the rink.

"You just can't say no to an event like that," Giguere said. "I have three boys of my own, and it's a kid going through something that's extremely difficult -- I can only imagine. He and his family seem like a great family, a very strong family. You can tell that his teammates just love him, and the community here loves him."

Giguere has experienced medical hardship within his own family. As the Ducks marched toward the Stanley Cup in 2007, his newborn son underwent treatment for a malformed eye. Less than two years later, Giguere’s father passed away from cancer, and his mother died less than three months ago after suffering for many years from Alzheimer's.

"One way to battle these things is by the support of other people -- by the support of your family, your loved ones, the community," Giguere said. "I had a lot of letters from fans that were wishing us well and stuff like that, and it was the same thing today with Logan."

Youth in the Make-A-Wish program are offered five categories for wishes. Logan selected the fifth -- "I wish to give" -- that allowed the whole community and other patients at the Rocky Mountain Hospital to partake. A stroke of good fortune paved the way for Logan's wish to come true, according to Matthew Towson, Discover’s senior manager of community affairs. Discover has access to the Stanley Cup for specific days each year because of its partnership with NHL, and Towson asked Make-A-Wish if any child wanted to spend a day with it.

For years, professional athletes in several sports have worn and used pink gear in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness. But what Major League Baseball is doing this weekend may be a first.

Baseball clubs will be using balls with pink stitching on Mothers Day as part of the league's annual Breast Cancer Awareness campaign. This will go along with pink bats, gloves, cleats and more.

Check out a sample ball:

In addition to the balls, each club will have an honorary bat girl who is a breast cancer survivor.

(H/T to Sports Grid)

The basketball gym at Akron's St. Vincent-St. Mary's high school is getting a major makeover thanks to an extremely generous donation from the school's most famous alum.

Miami Heat superstar LeBron James has pledged $1 million to the school to help turn the outdated, undersized gym into a state-of-the-art facility. James starred for St. Vincent-St. Mary's from 1999-2003, and he actually played just a few games at the current gym after his freshman season because the popularity of his teams forced the school to move many home contests to the larger arena at the University of Akron.

Marla Ridenour of the Akron Beacon-Journal writes that St. Vincent-St. Mary's basketball coach Dru Joyce II, who coached James one decade ago, will oversee the project. But James will also have a say in the decision-making.

"I'm a hands-on guy and this is going to be more hands-on because it’s something that means a lot to me," James told Ridenour. "I'll try to be hands on with Coach Dru, with the school, with the floor, the locker rooms, the bleachers. … I have a good sense of what stadiums or arenas or schools or gyms should look like."

Built in 1958 and opened in 1959, the gym is not even the regulation NCAA/NBA size. It is 84 feet by 50 feet, and the new court will be 94 feet by 50 feet. The renovation will also include new lighting, bleachers, locker rooms and an upgraded training room.

The new gym, set to be completed by the end of September, will be named LeBron James Arena.

"I'm not doing it for applause or a roar from anyone," James said. "I'm doing it because it's going to benefit the kids that are there now and in the future. It holds a special meaning for me being from Akron, Ohio and being at that school for four years."

Josh Hamilton may be struggling at the plate, but he is undeniably still winning in the field.

The Los Angeles Angels outfielder, who has a reputation for interacting with fans, recently provided one woman with a gift she'll never forget.

During a game between the Angels and the Oakland A's, Hamilton signed a ball for a fan in the stands. But he didn't stop with his autograph. He added a religious message as well as a wonderful compliment: "Your hair is awesome."

And when you see this fan's hair, you'll understand why Hamilton was impressed:

New York Yankees superstar Alex Rodriguez also gave a souvenir ball to some female fans last year. But instead of an inspiring message and a compliment, Rodriguez asked for the women's phone numbers.

Advantage: Hamilton.