71.   In addition, many sporting goods stores and athletic specialty stores have limited floor space and real estate.

72.   In addition, the company has agreed to sell a handful of non-core businesses, including its U.S. Travelodge budget hotels and London-based sporting goods retailer Lillywhites.

73.   In December, CBSSportsline sold its e-commerce business to MVP.com, which operates its own online sporting goods store, in addition to stores of corporate partners.

74.   In discretionary-spending terms, Americans now shell out more on consumer electronics each year than on furniture, jewelry, household appliances or sporting goods.

75.   In addition to the sporting goods and rug industries, child labor is prevalent in the making of apparel and surgical instruments in third-world nations.

76.   In return, they can participate in mass merchandise buying and distribution of sporting goods.

77.   In the Bay Area, retailers saw shoppers going after jewelry, sporting goods and housewares, as well as such standard gift fare as sweaters and robes.

78.   Industries reporting the most improvement were wood and wood products, miscellaneous -- made up mainly of jewelry, toys, sporting goods and musical instruments -- and glass.

79.   Inside a container of sporting goods, kitty litter and fish food were custom-made golf clubs.

80.   Investors are giving sporting goods companies with strong brand names, like Callaway Golf Co., high multiples.