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What was the earliest known West Virginia city to have an organized baseball team?
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In the 1970s and 1980s, who was the successful coach of the Northfork Blue Demons, with an 85% winning record?
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When this Huntington native retired from the NBA in 1973, he held the career record for most games played and ranked in the top 10 in points scored, field goals attempted, and field goals made.
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This Wood County native won two World Series with the Boston Red Sox while rooming with Babe Ruth.
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While leading WVU to three straight Southern Conference titles in the 1950s, this Charleston native became known as the "clown prince of college basketball."
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This Kanawha County native set football and track records at Marshall University in the 1990s before going on to a hall of fame career in the NFL.
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Shenandoah Downs, one of the East Coast's first night horse racing tracks, opened in what town in 1959?
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Which school won the 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer national championship?
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Which West Virginian helped build numerous NBA championship teams as an executive for the Los Angeles Lakers?
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Who was the last West Virginian to coach an NFL team to a championship?
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