Full Court Press

As March becomes April, sports columnists usually spend their time carrying on about how this is the best time of the year, a veritable cornucopia of sports action. And for good reason: The NCAA Tournament has reached its climax, baseball is set to begin, the NBA and NHL seasons are winding down with final playoff pushes, and the Masters looms for golf enthusiasts. But as a sportswriter assigned to write a piece for the swimsuit issue can surely attest to, things have a way of not living up to expectations.