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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1


The Board of Directors
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation:


The audits referred to in our report dated August 9, 2001, included the related
financial statement schedules as of December 31, 2000, and for each of the
fiscal years ended December 31, 2000, January 2, 2000 and January 3, 1999,
included in the registration statement. These financial statement schedules are
the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express
an opinion on these financial statement schedules based on our audits. In our
opinion, such financial statement schedules, when considered in relation to the
basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, present fairly in all
material respects the information set forth therein.


We consent to the use of our reports included herein and to the reference to our
firm under the heading "Experts" in the prospectus.



KPMG LLP


Los Angeles, California
August 20, 2001

