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. Filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2016.

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
Peter R. Formanek	Business	c. 1942		President of Autozone, 1985-94
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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