COMPANY

Founded 1987 by Jack Smith, Sports Authority owns and operates 400 stores under the brand names Sports Authority, Gart Sports, Sportmart and Oshman's Sporting Goods. It was acquired by K-Mart in 1990, and made public in 1995. It was again acquired in 2003 by Gart Sports Co., after which it became a subsidiary, TSA Stores Inc., and Gart was renamed The Sports Authority. In 2006 Sports Authority was acquired by private equity firm Leonard Green & Partners, LP for $1.3B.

Official Website:
http://www.sportsauthority.com/

Industry:
Retail

Ticker:
NYSE:TSA (defunct)

Corporate headquarters:
Englewood, CO

Sales:
$2.51B (2005)

Employees:
10,000

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jack A. Smith	Business	c. 1935		Founder of Sports Authority
James R. Tener	Business	c. 1950		COO of Sports Authority, 1999-2002

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jonathan D. Sokoloff	Business	c. 1962		Leonard Green & Partners

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Mary Elizabeth Burton	Business	c. 1952		CEO of Zale
Mitt Romney	Politician	12-Mar-1947		Governor of Massachusetts, 2003-07
Jack A. Smith	Business	c. 1935		Founder of Sports Authority

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