EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Sept. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation , a leading sporting goods retailer, today announced that Steven G. Miller, the Company''s Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, and Barry D. Emerson, the Company''s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will be presenting at the Thomas Weisel Consumer Conference, to be held on October 1, 2009, at The Palace Hotel, in New York, New York.
The Big 5 Sporting Goods investor presentation is scheduled for Thursday, October 1, 2009, at 2:40 p.m. EDT. The presentation will be webcast live at http://www.big5sportinggoods.com/ and archived until October 15, 2009. Visitors to the website should select the "Investor Relations" link to access the webcast.
About Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation
Big 5 is a leading sporting goods retailer in the western United States, operating 382 stores in 11 states under the "Big 5 Sporting Goods" name. Big 5 provides a full-line product offering in a traditional sporting goods store format that averages 11,000 square feet. Big 5''s product mix includes athletic shoes, apparel and accessories, as well as a broad selection of outdoor and athletic equipment for team sports, fitness, camping, hunting, fishing, tennis, golf, snowboarding and in-line skating.
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation
CONTACT: Barry Emerson, Sr. Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
of Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation, +1-310-536-0611; or John Mills, Senior
Managing Director of ICR, Inc., +1-310-954-1105, for Big 5 Sporting Goods
Corporation
Web Site: http://www.big5sportinggoods.com/
