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The Sports Authority is the America 's third-largest Sporting Goods retailer after Wal-Mart and Dick's Sporting Goods . The company is headquartered in Englewood , Colorado and is publicly traded (). It operates approximately 400 stores in 45 U.S. states under The Sports Authority®, Gart Sports®, Sportmart® and Oshman's® names. Total sales for the fiscal year ending January 29 2005 were $2.44 billion. Gart Sports, which also operated Oshman's and Sportmart, completed a merger with The Sports Authority on August 4 , 2003 . The combined company took The Sports Authority name. With the merger, each share of The Sports Authority was exchanged with 0.37 shares of Gart Sports which gave investors in each about 50% of the new merchant. The new comany is based in Englewood, Colorado, which was home of Gart Sports. The company's e-tailing websites (located at Thesportsauthority.com, Gartsports.com, Sportmart.com, and Oshmans.com), are operated by GSI Commerce, Inc. under license and e-commerce agreements. In addition, a joint venture with AEON Co., Ltd. operates "The Sports Authority" stores in Japan under a licensing agreement. EXTERNAL LINKS
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