Exhibit 31.1


                               CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                                18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                                AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                      SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


I, Scott Kincer, President and Chief Executive Officer, certify that:


   1.   I  have  reviewed  this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Big 5 Sporting
	Goods Corporation;

   2.   Based on  my  knowledge,  this  report  does  not  contain  any  untrue
	statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
	to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under  which
	such statements were made, not misleading with  respect to  the  period
	covered by this report;

   3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial  statements, and  other  financial
	information included in  this  report, fairly  present in all  material
	respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash  flows
	of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

   4.   The registrant's other certifying officer  and I  are  responsible  for
	establishing and maintaining disclosure  controls  and  procedures  (as
	defined in Exchange Act Rules  13a-15(e) and  15d-15(e))  and  internal
	control over financial reporting  (as defined  in  Exchange  Act  Rules
	13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

           a)   Designed  such  disclosure  controls  and procedures, or caused
		such disclosure controls and  procedures to be  designed  under
		our supervision, to ensure that material  information  relating
		to the registrant, including its consolidated  subsidiaries, is
		made known to us by others within those  entities, particularly
		during the period in which this report is being prepared;

           b)   Designed  such  internal  control  over financial reporting, or
		caused such internal contro l over  financial  reporting to  be
		designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance
		regarding  the  reliability  of  financial  reporting  and  the
		preparation of financial  statements for  external  purposes in
		accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

           c)   Evaluated the  effectiveness  of  the  registrant's  disclosure
		controls  and  procedures  and  presented  in  this  report our
		conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure  controls
		and procedures, as of the  end of the  period  covered by  this
		report based on such evaluation; and

           d)   Disclosed  in  this  report  any  change  in  the  registrant's
		internal control over financial reporting that occurred  during
		the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter  (the  registrant's
		fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has
		materially  affected, or is  reasonably  likely  to  materially
		affect,  the   registrant's  internal  control  over  financial
		reporting; and

   5.   The registrant's other certifying officer and I have  disclosed,  based
	on our  most  recent  evaluation of  internal  control  over  financial
	reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit  committee of the
	registrant's board of directors (or persons  performing the  equivalent
	functions):

           a)   All  significant  deficiencies  and  material weaknesses in the
		design   or  operation  of  internal  control  over   financial
		reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely  affect  the
		registrant's ability to  record, process, summarize  and report
		financial information; and

           b)   Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
		other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's
		internal control over financial reporting.



                    Dated: August 14, 2006

					   /s/ D. Scott Kincer
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                                    	  Principal Accounting Officer