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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-12-010738
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20120111
ITEM INFORMATION:		Results of Operations and Financial Condition
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120113
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120112

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001156388
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-MISCELLANEOUS SHOPPING GOODS STORES [5940]
		IRS NUMBER:				954388794
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-49850
		FILM NUMBER:		12524881

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2525 EAST EL SEGUNDO BOULEVARD
		CITY:			EL SEGUNDO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90245-4632
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3102977706

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2525 EAST EL SEGUNDO BOULEVARD
		CITY:			EL SEGUNDO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90245-4632

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BIG 5 HOLDINGS CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20010802
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="4"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Securities Exchange Act of
1934 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January&nbsp;11, 2012 </B></FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="6"><B>BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>El Segundo, California</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Results of Operations and Financial Condition. </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The information in Item&nbsp;2.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit&nbsp;99.1, is furnished pursuant to Item&nbsp;2.02, &#147;Results of Operations and Financial Condition&#148; and
shall not be deemed &#147;filed&#148; for the purposes of Section&nbsp;18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) or otherwise subject to liability under that Section, except as specifically incorporated by
reference into a filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On January&nbsp;11, 2012, Big 5
Sporting Goods Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) issued a press release in which the Company, among other things, reported its net and same store sales results and updated its earnings guidance for its fiscal 2011 fourth quarter and fiscal 2011
full year. The press release is furnished as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exhibit 99.1 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px">


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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Barry Emerson
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Sr. Vice President and Chief Financial Officer </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(310) 536-0611 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">ICR, Inc. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">John Mills </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Senior Managing Director </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(310) 954-1105 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION ANNOUNCES FISCAL 2011 FOURTH
QUARTER AND FULL YEAR SALES RESULTS AND UPDATES EARNINGS GUIDANCE </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">EL SEGUNDO, Calif., January&nbsp;11, 2012 &#151; Big 5 Sporting Goods
Corporation (NASDAQ: BGFV), a leading sporting goods retailer, today reported sales results for the fiscal 2011 fourth quarter and full year ended January&nbsp;1, 2012. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">For the fiscal 2011 fourth quarter, net sales were $226.7 million, compared to net sales of $226.7 million for fourth quarter of fiscal 2010. Same store sales decreased 2.1% for the fourth quarter of
fiscal 2011. The Company achieved same store sales growth in the low mid-single-digit range through the first half of the quarter. During the second half of the quarter, a lack of winter weather in most of the Company&#146;s major markets had a
negative effect on sales of winter products, particularly winter apparel, and was a large driver of negative sales trends. Excluding sales of winter-related products, same store sales for the quarter were slightly positive. The Company&#146;s
merchandise margins decreased 190 basis points from the fourth quarter of 2010, reflecting the largely anticipated impacts of product cost inflation and increased promotional activities, as well as the sales mix shift away from higher margin winter
product categories. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">For the fiscal 2011 full year, net sales increased to $902.1 million from $896.8 million for the fiscal 2010 full year.
Same store sales decreased 1.2% for the fiscal 2011 full year. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">For the fiscal 2011 fourth quarter, the Company now expects to realize
earnings per diluted share in the range of $0.02 to $0.05. During the fiscal 2010 fourth quarter, the Company&#146;s earnings per diluted share were $0.18, including a net charge of $0.07 per diluted share related to legal matters. For the fiscal
2011 full year, the Company now expects to realize earnings per diluted share in the range of $0.55 to $0.58, compared to earnings per diluted share in the prior year of $0.94, including the net charge of $0.07 per diluted share for legal matters.
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were solidly positive through the first half of the quarter,&#148; said Steven G. Miller, the Company&#146;s Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. &#147;The holiday selling period was below expectations as our results were heavily
impacted by a lack of favorable winter weather in most of our markets and a highly promotional environment. Although sales trends picked up during the week before Christmas, after-Christmas sales were particularly soft, with winter-related product
categories significantly underperforming expectations as winter weather conditions grew increasingly unfavorable in our markets. The adverse weather conditions throughout the second half of the quarter negatively impacted sales in all of our major
merchandise categories, particularly apparel sales, which comped down mid-single digits for the quarter. Sales in our footwear and hardgoods categories decreased in the low single-digit range. Despite the weaker than anticipated sales, we
effectively managed our inventory position, ending the quarter with preliminary per-store inventories up just 2.2% from the prior year, which is significantly improved from the end of the third quarter, when per-store inventories were up 11.4% over
the prior year.&#148; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Company expects to issue earnings results for the fiscal 2011 fourth quarter and full year by the end of February.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>About Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Big 5 is a leading sporting goods retailer in the western United States, operating 406 stores in 12 states under the &#147;Big 5 Sporting Goods&#148; name. Big 5 provides a full-line product offering in a
traditional sporting goods store format that averages 11,000 square feet. Big 5&#146;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 roller sports. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Except for historical information contained herein, the statements in this
release are forward-looking and made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors that may cause Big
5&#146;s actual results in current or future periods to differ materially from forecasted results. Those risks and uncertainties include, among other things, continued or worsening weakness in the consumer spending environment and the U.S. financial
and credit markets, the competitive environment in the sporting goods industry in general and in Big 5&#146;s specific market areas, inflation, product availability and growth opportunities, seasonal fluctuations, weather conditions, changes in cost
of goods, operating expense fluctuations, litigation risks, disruption in product flow, changes in interest rates, credit availability, and higher costs associated with sources of credit resulting from uncertainty in financial markets and economic
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