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                                                                   EXHIBIT 3.1.1

                            CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
                                       OF
                          CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                              BIG 5 HOLDINGS CORP.
                             a Delaware Corporation

     Big 5 Holdings Corp., a corporation organized and existing under and by
virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "COMPANY"),
DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:

     1.   That the Board of Directors of the Company, by unanimous written
consent, adopted the following resolution:

     RESOLVED, that the amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation of the
Company be, and it hereby is, authorized, approved, and adopted by striking
ARTICLE FIRST, and inserting in place thereof, the following:

          "FIRST:    The name of the corporation is Big 5 Sporting Goods
                     Corporation."

     2.   That the said amendment has been consented to and authorized by the
stockholders of the issued and outstanding stock entitled to vote by a written
consent given in accordance with the provisions of Section 228 of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

     3.   That the aforesaid amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the
applicable provisions of Sections 242 and 228 of the General Corporation Law of
the State of Delaware.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Certificate to be signed,
this 20th day of August, 2001.

                                   BIG 5 HOLDINGS CORP.

                                   By: /s/ GARY S. MEADE
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                                        Gary S. Meade, Senior Vice President


