Jack Hoffman wins ESPY for best moment
Source: Omaha World Herald
LOS ANGELES — Jack Hoffman's run at the Huskers' spring football game in April was a moment Nebraska won't forget. ESPN and national voters concurred. They gave the young cancer survivor the award for best moment at this year's ESPY Awards.
Jack appeared with his family and accepted the award on stage with his dad. Nebraska quarterback Taylor Martinez was also there as a nominee for the best play award for his 76-yard run against Wisconsin in the Big Ten championship game, as well as to support the honorary Husker. South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney ended up taking this category.
Video of the run below.
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Obama meets 7-year-old cancer patient, YouTube star Jack Hoffman
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/obama-meets-7-old-cancer-patient-youtube-star-201130608.html
Rachel Rose Hartman, Yahoo! News April 29, 2013
Jack Hoffman, a 7-year-old whose 69-yard touchdown at a University of Nebraska-Lincoln football game exploded on the Internet, found himself in the Oval Office Monday.
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The Atkinson, Neb., star, who is battling brain cancer, met President Barack Obama and received a signed football from the president, according to the caption on a photo of their meeting released by the White House.
Jack, who has been "adopted" by the Cornhuskers, scored for the team when he stood in for the team's running back, and Hoffman supporter, Rex Burkhead. By Monday, video of the play had received 7.7 million YouTube hits.
Obama's visit with Jack wasn't on the president's public schedule and wasn't covered by the media.
The White House has increasingly used social media to sidestep the press in an effort to directly engage with voters.
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