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Where was the final game of the Second National Negro League championship played?
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Which future hall of famer once played minor league baseball for Williamson?
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Where did hall of famers Eddie Murray and Cal Ripken Jr. play minor league baseball?
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Why was the bare-knuckle prize fight for the championship of the world held in Brooke County in 1880?
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This West Virginia State College player was one of the first two Black players to break the "color line" in the NBA.
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Which coach led WVU to the 1942 national championship in basketball, in the NIT Tournament?
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Who was the first WVU graduate elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame?
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Which girls' high school basketball team set a state record by winning 105 straight games between 2008 and 2012?
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What Follansbee native won a national college football championship the day after New Year's in 1989?
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Who was the first West Virginian to win a gold medal in the Olympics?
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