The Sports Authority, Inc. opened its first store in November 1987 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. In 1990, with approximately nine stores in six states, the company was acquired by Kmart. Five years later, The Sports Authority had expanded to 136 stores in 26 states, and was spun-off from parent Kmart. At the time of its merger with Gart Sports Company, The Sports Authority was the largest full-line sporting goods retailer in the United States, and had 205 stores in 33 states.

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Merchant Observer said ... (posted at 2009-05-22 00:42:53 PST)

TSA has an online 50% off shop section. Updated Weekly!

Merchant Observer said ... (posted at 2008-05-09 14:42:27 PST)

Like other sporting goods online merchants, Sports Authority offers link-based coupon (not coupon code) for you to get redeem monthly discount offers. To get the discount, you just click through the link to shop at Sports Authority and the discount should be automatically added to your shopping cart without any coupon code being entered, unless the items are in their standard exclusion list.