As if it weren't challenging enough to gain sponsorship for tournaments, event owners are now being faced with a new problem: keeping local businesses safe from scammers who collect money for bogus sponsorship deals, saying they're working on behalf of the event owner. Here are some preventive steps event owners can take - and recommend to others.

How surprising was the announcement that USA Triathlon had a partnership with a CBD brand? Not that surprising. Increasingly, cannabis has been infiltrating the sports business space and affecting the larger tourism industry as a whole. It's also generating plenty of economic impact. Here's a recap of what has happened - and what's on the horizon.

Cities want to leverage fields and stadiums to attract sports tourism. But as the arms race to build better facilities and improve current ones heats up, there is one amendment to venues that tends to get neighbors really upset: lighting. Advancements in technology have defused many problems but it continues to be a hot issue. Here are the facts.

Long before the lights go on in L.A. to host the Olympics, the U.S. is hoping it'll have another big international event under its belt. The World University Championships, put on by the International University Sports Federation is looking for hosts in 2022 and 2024 - and the U.S. is interested in bringing it to one longtime favorite, Lake Placid.

Felicity Huffman just got out of jail. Lori Loughlin is facing new charges. And now, crimes surrounding college recruitment have sunken to a new low. Fake recruiters are collecting the money of student-athletes' parents on the pretense of helping ensure visibility to coaches and even secure college scholarships - only to disappear without a trace.

Really, college football? The National Federation of State High School Associations can pretty much be heard grinding its teeth over statistics on the ever-increasing number of high-profile university games being scheduled on Friday nights, traditionally reserved for high school ball. Here's an update - and ideas event owners can use to help.