PITTSBURGH, May 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. (NYSE: DKS) will announce results for the first quarter of 2008 before the market opens on Thursday, May 22, 2008. A conference call to discuss the results will be held that day at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time.

The call is being webcast and can be accessed at Dick's Sporting Goods' Investor Relations website at www.dickssportinggoods.com/investors. To listen to the live call, please go to the web site at least fifteen minutes early to register, download and install any necessary audio software.

For those who cannot listen to the live broadcast, the webcast will be archived on the Company's website for 30 days. In addition, a dial-in replay will be available shortly after the call. To listen to the replay, investors should dial (888) 286-8010 (domestic callers) or (617) 801-6888 (international callers) and enter confirmation code 17110385. The dial-in replay will be available for 30 days following the live call.

About Dick's Sporting Goods

Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. is an authentic full-line sporting goods retailer offering a broad assortment of brand name sporting goods equipment, apparel, and footwear in a specialty store environment. As of February 2, 2008, the Company operated 340 Dick's Sporting Goods stores in 36 states primarily throughout the eastern half of the U.S. The Company also owns Golf Galaxy, a multi-channel golf specialty retailer, with 79 stores in 30 states, ecommerce websites and catalog operations and Chick's Sporting Goods which operates 15 specialty sporting goods stores in Southern California.

Dick's Sporting Goods news releases are available at www.dickssportinggoods.com (click on the Investor Relations link at the top of the home page).

    Contact:
    Timothy E. Kullman, EVP - Finance, Administration, & Chief Financial
    Officer or
    Anne-Marie Megela, Director, Investor Relations
    724-273-3400
    investors@dcsg.com