sporting goods

The Capital City Development Corporation didn't just get a valuable downtown property when it purchased the Idaho Sporting Goods building last winter. The store at the corner of 10th and State streets is a treasure trove of sports history. From high school athletics to scuba diving to Boise State University ...

A sporting goods store's attempt to raise money for seniors at a northern Maine high school is getting some blowback on social media. That's because the raffle prize is a 9mm handgun, WGME-TV reported. The fundraiser is aimed at helping seniors at Hodgdon Middle-High School throw a safe, ...

A sporting goods store's attempt to raise money for seniors at a northern Maine high school is getting some blowback on social media. That's because the raffle prize is a 9mm handgun, WGME-TV reported. The fundraiser is aimed at helping seniors at Hodgdon Middle-High School throw a safe, ...

Small Talk: Gym teacher thinks outside the box for sporting goods inventions. Penn Wood Elementary School gym teacher Bill Young shows off one of his creations. BILL RETTEW JR. – DIGITAL FIRST MEDIA. By Bill Rettew, brettew@dailylocal.com. Posted: 03/09/18, 1:41 PM EST | Updated: 37 secs ago. # Comments.

There's a temptation to think retailers setting new restrictions on gun sales are taking a bold step. But they're really just doing what large corporations do: making moves that will give the majority of consumers a more favorable opinion of their brands. Dick's Sporting Goods, Walmart and Kroger have said ...

Two of the nation's leading gun sellers, Walmart and Dick's Sporting Goods, took steps on Wednesday to limit their sales of firearms, thrusting themselves into the middle of the polarizing national debate over gun control. Walmart, the biggest gun seller, announced late in the afternoon that it would not sell ...

Dick's Sporting Goods, the nation's largest sporting goods retailer, will stop selling assault-style weapons like the one used in the Parkland, Florida, high school shooting. The company said it will also raise the minimum age for all gun sales to 21. Dick's (DKS) will not sell high-capacity magazines that allow ...

OK, I normally like to read the letters to the editor because even if I don't agree, I may learn something. But the April 16 letter “Thank You, Dick's” finally made me want to write a letter. Dick's Sporting Goods destroying its assault-style rifles and high-capacity magazines was very cowardly, as the company fell ...