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Which minor league team relocated in 1952 to give Charleston its first AAA team?
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George Bird Evans wrote 27 books on what sporting topic?
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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 basketball coach at Davis & Elkins College and Marshall College is credited with pioneering the zone defense as well as the modern fast break.
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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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In what year did Fairmont native Mary Lou Retton become the first American woman ever to win a gold medal in gymnastics?
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Who was the first WVU graduate elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame?
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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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When was West Virginia's first state Black high school basketball championship held?
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Who is the winningest coach in West Virginia University basketball history?
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