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What baseball pitcher played with the old Charleston Senators and went on to the United States Senate?
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Where did hall of famers Eddie Murray and Cal Ripken Jr. play minor league baseball?
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This Hedgesville native coached WVU to 13 20-win basketball seasons between 1979 and 2002.
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These brothers were star basketball players at Marshall University.
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George Bird Evans wrote 27 books on what sporting topic?
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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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Which West Virginia Olympic gold medalist appeared in the films Scrooged and Naked Gun 33 1/3?
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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 is the only WVU basketball player to play in a Final Four and coach a team to an NBA championship?
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Who was the first West Virginian to win a gold medal in the Olympics?
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