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Team Jack Foundation founder honored by NASCAR Foundation

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NEW YORK -- If anyone needed a reminder of the power of sport, the power of a moment in sport, one wouldn't have to look anymore at YouTube for one of the memorable football highlights.

It was the 2013 spring game at the University of Nebraska. Decked in red-and-white, then-7-year-old Jack Hoffman carried the ball for a 69-year touchdown run.

The video posted by the school has been watched nearly 9 million times.

That 7-year-old turned 11 this week. Diagnosed with brain cancer at age five, Jack Hoffman has had two rounds of chemotherapy, two different brain tumor surgeries.