EXHIBIT 99.1

                            EXHIBIT 99.1

Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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                                        XXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXX XXXXX 000
                                            XXXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXX 00000
                                                        (000) 000-0000


                            March 6, 2001


Mr. Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx Associates
0 Xxxxx XxXxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000

Dear Bob:

     Please accept this letter for the purpose of providing you
instructions to effect a written plan for trading securities under SEC
Rule 10b5-1(c) for the sale of Gart Sports Company ("Gart") common
stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock") held in my Xxxxxx
Associates Revocable Trust account.  My plan is as follows:

     1.   Sell 70,000 shares of Gart Common Stock at a price of at
          least $14.10 per share as soon as possible starting on the
          second day following the date of this letter.

     2.   Sell an additional 70,000 shares of Gart Common Stock at a
          price of at least $17.10 per share, as soon as possible
          starting on the second day following the date of this
          letter.

     3.   All sales are to be made subject to and in compliance with
          SEC Rule 144.

     4.   All such sales are to be made on or before June 30, 2001 and
          no sales are to be made pursuant to this plan after that
          date.

     You are hereby directed to sell shares of Common Stock held in my
Xxxxxx Associates Revocable Trust account to effect and in accordance
with the terms of this plan.

     Should you have any questions regarding this plan, please contact
Xxx Xxxxxxx or Xxxx XxXxxxx at Xxxxxxx Financial Management at (312)
960-0200.


                              Sincerely yours,



                              /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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                              Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx