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                                                               EXHIBIT 10(G) TO
                                                 1998 ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K


SIXTH AMENDMENT TO
FINANCING AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

         THIS SIXTH AMENDMENT TO FINANCING AND SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of
December 31, 1998, is by and among FIRST UNION COMMERCIAL CORPORATION
("Lender"), ELLETT BROTHERS, INC. ("Ellett"), LEISURE SPORTS MARKETING, INC.
("Leisure"), EVANS SPORTS, INC., ("Evans"), SAFESPORT MANUFACTURING COMPANY
("Safesport"), and VINTAGE EDITIONS, INC. ("Vintage") (hereinafter Ellett,
Leisure, Evans, Safesport and Vintage may be referred to collectively as the
"Borrower").

RECITAL

         A. The Lender and the Borrower have entered into that certain Financing
and Security Agreement, dated June 10, 1994, as amended (the "Financing
Agreement").

         B. The Borrower and the Lender have agreed to amend the Financing
Agreement as set forth herein.

         NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:

                  1.       Sections 11(iii), (viii) and (ix) are amended in 
         their entirety so that such Sections now read as follows:

                                    (iii) declare or pay any cash dividends or
                           make any other cash distributions to its
                           stockholders; provided, however, Borrower shall be
                           permitted to make such dividend payments and cash
                           distributions in any fiscal year in an aggregate
                           amount equal to 60% of Borrower's net income after
                           taxes for such fiscal year;

                                    (viii) allow Borrower's Tangible Net Worth
                           to be less than $16,500,000 at December 31, 1998 and
                           at any time thereafter;

                                    (ix) allow aggregate capital expenditures
                           made during fiscal year 1998 to exceed $1,600,000 and
                           made during any fiscal year thereafter to exceed
                           $1,000,000 (computed on a non-cumulative basis);

                  2. This Sixth Amendment may be executed in any number of
         counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be
         deemed an original, and it shall not be necessary in making proof of
         this Sixth Amendment to produce or account for more than one
         counterpart.

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                  3. THIS SIXTH AMENDMENT AND THE OTHER DOCUMENTS AND AGREEMENTS
         EXECUTED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH (UNLESS SPECIFICALLY STIPULATED TO THE
         CONTRARY IN SUCH DOCUMENT OR AGREEMENT), AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
         OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER AND THEREUNDER, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
         CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
         NORTH CAROLINA WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES.


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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Sixth Amendment
to be executed by their duly authorized corporate officers as of the day and
year first above written.

                        ELLETT BROTHERS, INC.

                        By: /s/ George E. Loney                   CFO
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                                                                (Title)

                        EVANS SPORTS, INC., a South
                        Carolina corporation

                        By: /s/ George E. Loney                   CFO 
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                                                                (Title)

                        LEISURE SPORTS MARKETING, INC., a
                        South Carolina corporation

                        By: /s/ George E. Loney                   CFO         
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                                                                (Title)

                        SAFESPORT MANUFACTURING COMPANY, a
                        South Carolina corporation

                        By: /s/ George E. Loney                   CFO
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                                                                (Title)
                        VINTAGE EDITIONS, INC., a
                        South Carolina corporation

                        By: /s/ George E. Loney                   CFO
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                                                                (Title)

                        FIRST UNION COMMERCIAL CORPORATION

                        By: /s/ Bruce K. Rhodes                 Vice President 
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                                                                   (Title)