Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation announced that Steven G. Miller, the Company's Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, and Barry D. Emerson, the Company's Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will be presenting at the 10th Annual ICR XChange Conference, to be held January 16-17, 2008, at the St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort in Dana Point, California.

The Big 5 Sporting Goods investor presentation is scheduled for Wednesday, January 16, 2008, at 9:40 a.m. PT. The presentation will be webcast live and archived online on the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at www.big5sportinggoods.com for 30 days.

Big 5 is a leading sporting goods retailer in the western United States, operating 363 stores in 11 states under the "Big 5 Sporting Goods" name. Big 5 provides a full-line product offering in a traditional sporting goods store format that averages 11,000 square feet.