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Introduction

Introduction



Hello, and welcome to my blog! This blog will be about the Troy University Women's Basketball team and their trials and tribulations this season, as well as their success.
You should know that I am a very avid sports fan and love all sports.
But loving all sports and just being a fan doesn’t make me a reliable source as to what is going on with the team and how they are doing.
I am a student journalist at Troy University and have been watching this team for the last 2 and a half years, while covering them for the last year and a half.
And because of how much I have had to be around the team, I know the play style of this team and what their mindset is. And that is to win, and win big!
I know this because that is what head coach Chanda Rigby has been preaching to her players since she got here.
Their goal every game is to score 15 points every 5 minutes. Does it always happen?
No.
But, that is their goal.
Another thing that you should know about me is that I could count on one hand how many games I have missed over the last two plus years while here at Troy.
The reason I don’t miss games is because of my second job.
My second job is that I am a producer for the Women’s Basketball games at the local radio station here in Troy.
This means that I am either at the game covering it, or I am listening to it because of my other job.
I will unfortunately be missing the game this Saturday vs. South, out biggest rival.
The reason is because:
1.   I am off this weekend from both jobs.  
2.   It is an away game, so I can’t go and see it for fun.
3.   It is my Grandad’s 75th birthday, and I wasn’t missing that.
I will however be talking about the game next week, and I’ll have another post coming tonight.
Thank you so much for reading this.
Please comment and let me know how I can improve.

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