DICK'S Sporting Goods (DKS) 8-K Dick’s Sporting Goods Reports First Quarter Results; Exceeds Earnings Expectations

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report: May 17, 2011

DICK’S SPORTING GOODS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-31463	16-1241537
(State or other jurisdiction of	(Commission File No.)	(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation)		Identification No.)
345 Court Street,		15108
Coraopolis, Pennsylvania		(Zip Code)
(Address of principal executive offices)

(724) 273-3400

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ITEM 2.02. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION	3
ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS	3
SIGNATURE	4
EX-99.1

ITEM 2.02. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

On May 17, 2011, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its results for the first fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2011 and certain other information that is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.

ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

     (c) Exhibits

Exhibit 99.1 Press release dated May 17, 2011 by Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. furnished herewith.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

	DICK’S SPORTING GOODS, INC.
Date: May 17, 2011	By: /S/ TIMOTHY E. KULLMAN
	Name: Timothy E. Kullman
	Title: EVP — Finance, Administration and          Chief Financial Officer