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On January 12, 2012, Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release narrowing its earnings guidance range and updating its consolidated same store sales outlook for the fourth quarter and full year ending January 28, 2012. A copy of the press release dated January 12, 2012 is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

The information in this Item 7.01, including the exhibit furnished pursuant to Item 9.01, shall not be deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that section. Furthermore, the information in Item 7.01, including the exhibit furnished pursuant to Item 9.01, shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the filings of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

On January 11, 2012, the Company's Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase program of up to $200 million of the Company's common stock over the next 12 months. The Company will finance the repurchases from cash on hand. The repurchases, which may be made in privately-negotiated transactions or in the open market as permitted by Securities Exchange Act Rule 10b-18, including pursuant to a Securities Exchange Act Rule 10b5-1 repurchase plan, could begin immediately and may occur from time-to-time in the future. The Company may suspend or discontinue the repurchase program at any time.