THE SPORTS AUTHORITY EXECS COME UP EMPTY ON BONUSES

          FL-based The Sports Authority (TSA) "paid no bonuses"
     to its top execs in '97, "a year in which the sporting-goods
     retailer failed to meet financial goals and saw its shares
     fall while the overall market rose," according to a report
     in the Fort Lauderdale SUN-SENTINEL.  For TSA Chair & CEO
     Jack Smith that meant a pay package worth $655,938 last year
     compared to a '96 package worth $2.31M.  President Richard
     Lynch Jr. did not receive a bonus after earning one worth
     more than $230,000 in '96.  Excluding one-time charges
     related to closing three stores, TSA reported net income of
     $25.3M for the year ended January 25, compared with $30M for
     the period a year earlier (SUN-SENTINEL, 4/28).  
          NEW STORE: TSA GM/Canadian Operations Mark Hulme said
     that a new TSA outlet will open in October just north of
     Toronto.  It will be the company's first new store in Canada
     since opening six in '95 and '96 (FINANCIAL POST, 4/28).