Letter from the Editor: Hope Springs

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As I write this, the temperature here in Madison, Wis., broke 60 degrees for the first time since mid-November, which prompted me to hop on my bike after work and take a spin around still-frozen Lake Monona. On my ride, I passed a local high school where the football team was practicing for their upcoming spring season, the field skirted by mounds of dirty melting snow — remnants of a relatively lengthy winter here in the Upper Midwest. It's the kind of unusual sight we've come to expect during the pandemic.

Putting together our April issue is always a welcome task, as it signals the coming spring, which brings with it basketball tournaments, baseball games and, this year at least, football in many parts of the country. In fact, the pandemic has scrambled our traditional athletics seasons to the point that over the next few months you may be able to catch just about any sport played at a variety of levels, regardless of which season it has traditionally occupied.

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