Exhibit 24 POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose name appears below constitutes and appoints Matthew D. Serra, Gary M. Bahler and Bruce L. Hartman, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-8 for the Foot Locker Puerto Rico 1165(e) Plan, and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments to that Registration Statement) and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act of 1933, this Power of Attorney has been signed on the 5th day of October 2004. Signature Title --------- ----- /s/ J. Carter Bacot Director - ------------------------------------ J. Carter Bacot 12 POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose name appears below constitutes and appoints Matthew D. Serra, Gary M. Bahler and Bruce L. Hartman, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-8 for the Foot Locker Puerto Rico 1165(e) Plan, and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments to that Registration Statement) and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act of 1933, this Power of Attorney has been signed on the 5th day of October 2004. Signature Title --------- ----- /s/ Purdy Crawford Director - ------------------------------------ Purdy Crawford 13 POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose name appears below constitutes and appoints Matthew D. Serra, Gary M. Bahler and Bruce L. Hartman, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-8 for the Foot Locker Puerto Rico 1165(e) Plan, and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments to that Registration Statement) and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act of 1933, this Power of Attorney has been signed on the 5th day of October 2004. Signature Title --------- ----- /s/ Nicholas DiPaolo Director - ------------------------------------ Nicholas DiPaolo 14 POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose name appears below constitutes and appoints Matthew D. Serra, Gary M. Bahler and Bruce L. Hartman, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-8 for the Foot Locker Puerto Rico 1165(e) Plan, and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments to that Registration Statement) and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act of 1933, this Power of Attorney has been signed on the 5th day of October 2004. Signature Title --------- ----- /s/ Philip H. Geier Jr. Director - ------------------------------------ Philip H. Geier Jr. 15 POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose name appears below constitutes and appoints Matthew D. Serra, Gary M. Bahler and Bruce L. Hartman, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-8 for the Foot Locker Puerto Rico 1165(e) Plan, and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments to that Registration Statement) and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act of 1933, this Power of Attorney has been signed on the 5th day of October 2004. Signature Title --------- ----- /s/ Jarobin Gilbert Jr. Director - ------------------------------------ Jarobin Gilbert Jr. 16 POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose name appears below constitutes and appoints Matthew D. Serra, Gary M. Bahler and Bruce L. Hartman, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-8 for the Foot Locker Puerto Rico 1165(e) Plan, and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments to that Registration Statement) and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act of 1933, this Power of Attorney has been signed on the 5th day of October 2004. Signature Title --------- ----- /s/ James E. Preston Director - ------------------------------------ James E. Preston 17 POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose name appears below constitutes and appoints Matthew D. Serra, Gary M. Bahler and Bruce L. Hartman, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-8 for the Foot Locker Puerto Rico 1165(e) Plan, and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments to that Registration Statement) and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act of 1933, this Power of Attorney has been signed on the 5th day of October 2004. Signature Title --------- ----- /s/ David Y. Schwartz Director - ------------------------------------ David Y. Schwartz 18 POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose name appears below constitutes and appoints Matthew D. Serra, Gary M. Bahler and Bruce L. Hartman, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-8 for the Foot Locker Puerto Rico 1165(e) Plan, and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments to that Registration Statement) and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act of 1933, this Power of Attorney has been signed on the 5th day of October 2004. Signature Title --------- ----- /s/ Christopher A. Sinclair Director - ------------------------------------ Christopher A. Sinclair 19 POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose name appears below constitutes and appoints Matthew D. Serra, Gary M. Bahler and Bruce L. Hartman, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-8 for the Foot Locker Puerto Rico 1165(e) Plan, and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments to that Registration Statement) and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act of 1933, this Power of Attorney has been signed on the 5th day of October 2004. Signature Title --------- ----- /s/ Cheryl Turpin Director - ------------------------------------ Cheryl Turpin 20 POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose name appears below constitutes and appoints Matthew D. Serra, Gary M. Bahler and Bruce L. Hartman, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-8 for the Foot Locker Puerto Rico 1165(e) Plan, and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments to that Registration Statement) and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act of 1933, this Power of Attorney has been signed on the 5th day of October 2004. Signature Title --------- ----- /s/ Dona D. Young Director - ------------------------------------ Dona D. Young 21