Sports Authority to close all 450 stores

Monday, May 2, 2016
Sports Authority is closing all of its stores nationwide.

The sporting goods retailer is carrying more than $1 billion in debt and will not reorganize.
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The company is liquidating all 450 of its stores and will shut down in the coming months.

In March, Sports Authority filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
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