EXHIBIT 99.2

                                  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 of Big 5 Sporting Goods
Corporation (the "COMPANY") on Form 10-Q for the period ending June 29, 2002 as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the
"REPORT"), I, Charles P. Kirk, Senior Vice President and 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, to my knowledge:

         (1)      The Report fully complies 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 result of
                  operations of the Company.

/s/ Charles P. Kirk

Charles P. Kirk
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
August 13, 2003

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been
provided to Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation and will be retained by Big 5
Sporting Goods Corporation and furnished to the Securities and Exchange
Commission or its staff upon request.