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EXHIBIT 10.10.1

FIRST AMENDMENT TO MANAGEMENT SERVICES AGREEMENT

THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO MANAGEMENT SERVICES AGREEMENT ("Amendment") is made
effective as of the 15th day of June, 2001 ("Effective Date") by and among Gart
Sports Company, a Delaware corporation ("Gart Sports"), Gart Bros. Sporting
Goods Company, a Colorado corporation ("Gart Bros."), Sportmart, Inc., a
Delaware corporation ("Sportmart"), and Oshman's Sporting Goods, Inc., a
Delaware corporation ("Oshman's"), all of the foregoing are hereinafter
collectively referred to as the "Company," and Leonard Green & Associates, L.P.,
a California limited partnership ("LGA").

WHEREAS, Gart Sports, Gart Bros. and Sportmart entered into that certain
Management Services Agreement with LGA dated as of January 9, 1998 (the
"Agreement"); and

WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend the Agreement in certain respects as set
forth in this Amendment.

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of
which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1.    Oshman's shall be added as a party to the Agreement and shall be included
for all purposes within the definition of the term "Company" in the Agreement.

2.    Pursuant to the approval of the Board of Directors of Gart Sports on
June 15, 2001, Section 2.1 of the Agreement shall be replaced in its entirety as
follows:

2.1In consideration of the General Services, during the term of this Agreement,
Company shall pay LGA in the aggregate an annual fee ("Annual Fee") based on the
percentage of outstanding shares of common stock of Gart Sports then owned by
LGA and its affiliates ("LGA's Percentage Holding") as follows:

LGA's Percentage Holding

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  Annual Fee

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25% or above   $ 1,000,000
10% and above, but under 25%
 
$
500,000
under 10%
 
$
0

The Annual Fee shall be payable in equal monthly installments, in advance, on
the first day of each month commencing on the first such day following the
Effective Date. In the event that LGA's Percentage Holding changes in any month
during the term hereof and the amount of the Annual Fee changes in accordance
with the provisions set forth above, the subsequent monthly payments shall be
adjusted accordingly. It is understood and agreed by LGA that with respect to
certain changes in LGA's Percentage Ownership, subsequent monthly payments for
the Annual Fee may be reduced to zero. There shall be no retroactive adjustments
in monthly payments already paid.

Except as set forth in this Amendment, the Agreement remains unchanged and is in
full force and effect without defaults. All references herein and therein to
"the Agreement" shall be deemed to be the Agreement as modified by this
Amendment.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment effective on
the Effective Date.

    GART SPORTS COMPANY, a Delaware corporation
 
 
By:
/s/  JOHN DOUGLAS MORTON      

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John Douglas Morton
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
 
GART BROS. SPORTING GOODS COMPANY,
a Colorado corporation
 
 
By:
/s/  JOHN DOUGLAS MORTON      

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John Douglas Morton
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
 
SPORTMART, INC., a Delaware corporation
 
 
By:
/s/  JOHN DOUGLAS MORTON      

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John Douglas Morton
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
 
OSHMAN'S SPORTING GOODS, INC.,
a Delaware corporation
 
 
By:
/s/  JOHN DOUGLAS MORTON      

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John Douglas Morton
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
 
LEONARD GREEN & ASSOCIATES, L.P.,
a California limited partnership
 
 
By:
/s/  JONATHAN D. SOKOLOFF      

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, General Partner     By:     

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        Name: Jonathan D. Sokoloff

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