Company

6 Months Ended

Jul. 30, 2011

Company

Company

1.  Company

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, the “Company”) is a specialty retailer selling sporting goods equipment, apparel and footwear through its 536 stores, the majority of which are located throughout the eastern half of the United States.  Additionally, the Company maintains e-commerce operations for both Dick’s and Golf Galaxy.  Unless otherwise specified, any reference to “year” is to our fiscal year and when used in this Form 10-Q and unless the context otherwise requires, the terms “Dick’s”, “we”, “us”, “the Company” and “our” refer to Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries.