DICK'S Sporting Goods (DKS) 10-Q 2005 Q3 Quarterly report

Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. (the “Company”) for the period ended October 30, 2004, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Michael F. Hines, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report complies fully with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ MICHAEL F. HINES	Date: December 3, 2004
Michael F. Hines
EVP – Chief Financial Officer

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