Basketball

What present-day NBA team began as the Syracuse Nationals? Their current team name was decided in a public naming contest, but was immediately shortened for media practicality.  

Philadelphia 76ers

Basketball

In Lausanne, Switzerland, there are a set of silver medals, not engraved and never awarded, in the private collection of the Olympic Museum. Name *any one* of the roughly 15 men who could claim one of these medals, should he have a change of heart.

Any player or coach from the 1972 U.S. men's basketball team, but if you guessed right, you probably guessed Doug Collins.

Soccer

Give the first name most commonly used by the athlete depicted in the figurine below. Among other achievements, this Selma, AL native held the record for most international goals scored by any player, from any country, until 2013.

(Incidentally, the figurine in question is a Matryoshka doll, also known as a nesting doll, which thefreedictionary.com defines as “A set of wooden dolls of different sizes, designed so that each of the smaller dolls can be nested inside the next largest doll.”)

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