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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 January 2, 2000,
December 31, 2000 and December 30, 2001, 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 this 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 21, 2002


