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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1

The Board of Directors
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation:

The audits referred to in our report dated March 1, 2002, except as to note 17
which is as of May 31, 2002, included the related financial statement schedule
as of December 30, 2001 and for each of the fiscal years ended December 30,
2001, December 31, 2000 and January 2, 2000 included in the registration
statement. This financial statement schedule is the responsibility of the
Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the
financial statement schedule based on our audits. In our opinion, such financial
statement schedule, 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
June 4, 2002


