Filed by Gart Sports Company
                           pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act of 1933
                                        and deemed filed pursuant to Rule 14a-12
                                          of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                                     Subject Company: The Sports Authority, Inc.
                                                     Commission File No: 1-13426

     On March 6, 2003, on a conference call regarding Gart Sports Company's
fourth quarter and year-end results, John Douglas Morton, chief executive
officer of Gart, announced that Gart is comfortable with estimates that
earnings per share for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2004 would be $2.00
per share, assuming the proposed merger with The Sports Authority closes
early in the third quarter. Mr. Morton also said that Gart was comfortable
with First Call consensus estimates for the fiscal year ended January 31,
2004 of $2.12 per share, on a stand-alone basis.

     On March 3, 2003, Gart and The Sports Authority made the required filing
under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act regarding the proposed
merger. The waiting period under the Act is scheduled to expire on April 2,
2003.

     The foregoing may contain, in addition to historical information,
certain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
Actual results could differ materially from those currently anticipated as a
result of a number of factors, including risks and uncertainties discussed in
Gart Sports' and The Sports Authority's filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. Those risks include, among other things, the competitive
environment in the sporting goods industry in general and in the specific
market areas of Gart Sports and The Sports Authority, consumer confidence,
changes in discretionary consumer spending, changes in costs of goods and
services and economic conditions in general, and in the companies' specific
market areas, unseasonable weather and those risks generally associated with
the integration of the companies. There can be no assurance that the merger
will close, as to the timing of the closing, that the companies will be
integrated successfully or without unanticipated costs or that anticipated
synergies or other benefits will be realized. The companies assume no
obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of new
information or future events or developments.

     GART SPORTS AND THE SPORTS AUTHORITY STOCKHOLDERS AND OTHER INVESTORS
ARE URGED TO READ THE JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND OTHER MATERIALS
WHICH WILL BE FILED BY GART SPORTS AND THE SPORTS AUTHORITY WITH THE SEC.
THESE DOCUMENTS WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION, WHICH SHOULD BE READ
CAREFULLY BEFORE ANY DECISION IS MADE WITH RESPECT TO THE MERGER. When
documents are filed with the SEC, they will be available for free at the
SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Documents are also available for free from the
contact persons listed below.

     Gart Sports, The Sports Authority and their directors, executive
officers, certain members of management and employees, may be deemed to be
participants in the solicitation of proxies in connection with the proposed
merger. Information regarding the persons who may, under the rules of the
SEC, be considered to be participants in the solicitation of stockholders in
connection with the proposed merger will be set forth in the joint proxy
statement/prospectus when it is filed with the SEC. Reference is also made to
the companies' latest annual reports and annual stockholder's meetings proxy
statements as filed with the SEC, including Gart Sports' Proxy Statement for
its Annual Meeting held on June 7, 2002 and The Sports Authority's Proxy
Statement for its Annual Meeting held on May 30, 2002, which may be obtained
for free in the manner set forth above.

GART CONTACTS:

Alexandra Elliott
Director of Public Relations
T: (303) 863-2633
aelliott@gartsports.com

Thomas T. Hendrickson
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
T: 303-863-2293