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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * FORMANEK PETER R   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol SPORTS AUTHORITY INC /DE/ [TSA] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O THE SPORTS AUTHORITY, INC., 1050 WEST HAMPDEN AVENUE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 06/07/2005 (Street) ENGLEWOOD, CO 80110 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 06/07/2005   A   1,574 A $ 0 38,000 (1) D   Common Stock               62,516 (2) I Formanek Investment Trust

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Stock Options (Right to buy)

$ 6.625

03/16/2002

03/16/2009

Common Stock

10,000

10,000

D

Stock Options (Right to buy)

$ 17.75

06/07/2002

06/07/2011

Common Stock

5,000

5,000 (3)

D

Stock Options (Right to buy)

$ 31.9

06/07/2003

06/07/2012

Common Stock

5,000

5,000

D

Stock Options (Right to buy)

$ 32.38

08/29/2004

08/29/2013

Common Stock

6,000

6,000 (4)

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
FORMANEK PETER R C/O THE SPORTS AUTHORITY, INC. 1050 WEST HAMPDEN AVENUE ENGLEWOOD, CO 80110	X

Signatures

Nesa E. Hassanein, Attorney-In-Fact		06/09/2005
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

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**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(3)	Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned at End of Month consist of options for services as a director of the Company at varying exercise prices and vesting terms as previously reported.
(1)	Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned at End of Month include shares of Common Stock owned and restricted stock units subject to varying vesting terms.
(4)	Special one-time merger grant of stock options vesting 100% on the first anniversary of the date of grant, subject to earlier vesting upon a Change of Control.
(2)	Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned at End of Month are owned by the Formanek Investment Trust with Self as Trustee and a Beneficiary.

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