EL SEGUNDO, Calif., June 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation (Nasdaq: BGFV), a leading sporting goods retailer, announced today that Steven G. Miller, the Company's Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, and Barry Emerson, the Company's Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will be presenting at the 27th Annual Piper Jaffray Consumer Conference, to be held June 6-7, 2007, at The St. Regis Hotel in New York, New York.
The Big 5 Sporting Goods investor presentation is scheduled for Thursday, June 7, 2007, at 2:30 p.m. EDT. The presentation will be webcast at http://www.big5sportinggoods.com and archived for 30 days. Visitors to the website should select the "Investor Relations" link to access the webcast.
About Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation
Big 5 is a leading sporting goods retailer in the United States, operating 345 stores in 10 states under the "Big 5 Sporting Goods" name. Big 5 provides a full-line product offering in a traditional sporting goods store format that averages 11,000 square feet. Big 5'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 in-line skating.
SOURCE Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation
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/CONTACT: Barry Emerson, Sr. Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
of Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation, +1-310-536-0611; or John Mills, Senior
Managing Director of Integrated Corporate Relations, Inc., +1-310-954-1105,
for Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation/
/Web site: http://www.big5sportinggoods.com /
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