Being someone from Joplin who works all of the men's basketball games, you can imagine how ecstatic I was when I found out Thursday night that the Mizzou/MSSU exhibition game in Joplin was approved. I wanted the story, but figured someone on the sports desk would grab it up asap. However, I was surprised Friday morning to find no sports people were in and no one had covered it yet -- not even the Trib. So I jumped on it, naively assuming it would only take a couple hours. However, as the day went on and I still wasn't hearing back from anyone, I started to panic a bit and widen my source base. I called, I emailed, I facebook messaged, I bit my nails. I'm the type of person that just shows up at someone's office when I want to talk to them. I'll set up an appointment if it's necessary, but I hate waiting around on phone calls. But finally, at about 3:00 or 4:00 in the afternoon, sources all started getting back to me at once and my story filled out quickly. Phew.
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