JUST FOR FEET GETS TO THE END ZONE WITH SNEAKER STADIUM BUY

          NJ-based Sneaker Stadium is being bought by AL-based
     Just For Feet, according to Lauren Coleman-Lochner of the
     Bergen RECORD.  Just For Feet, which operates 97 superstores
     and 150 smaller-format stores, will assume $43M of Sneaker
     Stadium's debt.  The purchase price was not disclosed.  JFF
     Chair & CEO Harold Ruttenberg said that within the next year
     all 38 of Sneaker Stadium's superstores will be refurbished
     as JFF outlets.  Piper Jaffray analyst Brent Rystrom said
     that the combined company will now be the second-largest
     footwear retailer after Foot Locker, with sales expected to
     be $800-900M this year (Bergen RECORD, 6/9).  The N.Y. POST
     reported that JFF will pay $31M in 2002 if Sneaker Stadium
     reaches certain financial targets (N.Y. POST, 6/9).