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PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(A) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

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GART SPORTS COMPANY
(Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Nesa E. Hassanein Gart Sports Company 1050 West Hampden Avenue Englewood, Colorado 80110
(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement)
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EXPLANATORY NOTE

        The Registrant included the letter below with the mailing to its shareholders of its Notice of 2002 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and Proxy Statement dated May 7, 2002.

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Supplement to the Proxy Statement dated May 7, 2002

May 10, 2002

Dear Stockholder:

        The record date referred to in our Notice of 2002 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and Proxy Statement dated May 7, 2002 should have been May 7, 2002 rather than May 2, 2002. The number of shares of common stock of Gart Sports Company outstanding on the record date was 11,028,721.

        Gart Sports does not intend to distribute new proxy cards or proxy materials. Stockholders should sign and return the proxy card enclosed with the proxy materials that are accompanying this Supplement.

Sincerely,

Nesa E. Hassanein
Senior Vice President, Secretary
and General Counsel

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