GART SPORTS CO
EX 10.10.1
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>EXHIBIT&nbsp;10.10.1    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>FIRST AMENDMENT TO MANAGEMENT SERVICES AGREEMENT  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>THIS
FIRST AMENDMENT TO MANAGEMENT SERVICES AGREEMENT ("Amendment") is made effective as of the 15th day of June, 2001 ("Effective Date") by and among Gart Sports Company, a Delaware corporation
("Gart Sports"), Gart Bros. Sporting Goods Company, a Colorado corporation ("Gart Bros."), Sportmart,&nbsp;Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Sportmart"), and Oshman's Sporting Goods,&nbsp;Inc., a
Delaware corporation ("Oshman's"), all of the foregoing are hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Company," and Leonard Green&nbsp;&amp; Associates, L.P., a California limited partnership
("LGA"). </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>WHEREAS,
Gart Sports, Gart Bros. and Sportmart entered into that certain Management Services Agreement with LGA dated as of January&nbsp;9, 1998 (the "Agreement"); and </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>WHEREAS,
the parties desire to amend the Agreement in certain respects as set forth in this Amendment. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>NOW,
THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows: </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Oshman's
shall be added as a party to the Agreement and shall be included for all purposes within the definition of the term "Company" in the Agreement. </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the approval of the Board of Directors of Gart Sports on June&nbsp;15, 2001, Section&nbsp;2.1 of the Agreement shall be replaced in its entirety as follows: </FONT></P>

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<DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>2.1</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>In
consideration of the General Services, during the term of this Agreement, Company shall pay LGA in the aggregate an annual fee ("Annual Fee") based on the percentage of outstanding
shares of common stock of Gart Sports then owned by LGA and its affiliates ("LGA's Percentage Holding") as follows:  </FONT></DD></DL>
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10% and above, but under 25%</FONT></TD>
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500,000</FONT></TD>
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under 10%</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>The
Annual Fee shall be payable in equal monthly installments, in advance, on the first day of each month commencing on the first such day following the Effective Date. In the event that LGA's
Percentage Holding changes in any month during the term hereof and the amount of the Annual Fee changes in accordance with the provisions set forth above, the subsequent monthly payments shall be
adjusted accordingly. It is understood and agreed by LGA that with respect to certain changes in LGA's Percentage Ownership, subsequent monthly payments for the Annual Fee may be reduced to zero.
There shall be no retroactive adjustments in monthly payments already paid. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Except
as set forth in this Amendment, the Agreement remains unchanged and is in full force and effect without defaults. All references herein and therein to "the Agreement" shall be deemed to be the
Agreement as modified by this Amendment. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment effective on the Effective Date. </FONT></P>

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<TD COLSPAN=4><FONT SIZE=2><B>GART SPORTS COMPANY</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>, a Delaware corporation</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>JOHN DOUGLAS MORTON</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> John Douglas Morton<BR>
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD>
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<TD COLSPAN=4><BR><FONT SIZE=2><B>GART BROS. SPORTING GOODS COMPANY</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>,<BR>
a Colorado corporation</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>JOHN DOUGLAS MORTON</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> John Douglas Morton<BR>
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>JOHN DOUGLAS MORTON</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> John Douglas Morton<BR>
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD>
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<TD COLSPAN=4><BR><FONT SIZE=2><B>OSHMAN'S SPORTING GOODS,&nbsp;INC.</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>,<BR>
a Delaware corporation</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>JOHN DOUGLAS MORTON</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> John Douglas Morton<BR>
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD>
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<TD COLSPAN=4><BR><FONT SIZE=2><B>LEONARD GREEN&nbsp;&amp; ASSOCIATES, L.P.</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>,<BR>
a California limited partnership</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>JONATHAN D. SOKOLOFF</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE></TD>
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, General Partner</FONT></TD>
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