While many sports events are held in areas with parking and restrooms that are handicap-accessible, one obstacle to registration may be something owners don't know about: their website, where potential participants obtain information about the event. Is yours compliant with ADA? How do you know? The answers are far from clear - and may surprise you.

In an increasingly landlocked society, failing golf courses are becoming fair game for developers looking for acreage. This brings them into conflict with golf enthusiasts as well as the HOAs bordering the communities and sets up a fight for green space. Many municipal courses are prime targets. What does it mean for efforts to grow the game?

We're used to seeing pro sports events sponsored by sports commissions and CVBs. The Lake Charles Championship and the Visit Knoxville Open, both current events on the PGA TOUR, spring to mind. But when an economic development organization takes out title sponsorship, it's literally a whole new ball game. The Live + Work in Maine Open is proof.

The release of Olivia Jade's (a.k.a. Lori Loughlin's daughter's) fake profile, alerting USC to her bogus skills as a coxswain, was a damning (and fascinating) bit of intel. In light of the college admissions scandal, organizations and events want to identify real prospects and remove themselves from scrutiny. Software platforms are helping.

Some elected officials still may be in denial regarding the effects of climate change, but they need only look at the snowsports industry to witness the impact of warmer temperatures. From Austria to France to the United States, a lack of snow has delayed the start of ski season in such iconic competition destinations as Colorado, Utah and Vermont.

There's no crying in baseball, particularly right now. Not only is baseball coming back to the Olympics this summer but it's bringing Major League players with it. The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) announced it had reached an agreement to permit players on MLB 40-man rosters to qualify and to participate in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.