POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Edward W. Stack, Joseph H. Schmidt, Timothy E. Kullman 
and Diane E. Lazzaris, signing singly in their capacity as officers of Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. (the "Company"), as the undersigned's true and lawful 
attorney-in-fact and agent to execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as a director of the Company, Forms 3, 4, and 
5 pursuant to and in accordance with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Act") and the rules thereunder; to do and perform any and 
all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5 and file such form 
with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and to take any other action of any type whatsoever 
in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, 
the undersigned, it being understood that the documents, executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of 
Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion. 
        The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever 
requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the 
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-
in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights 
and powers herein granted.  
        The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, 
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Act.
        This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Form 3, 4, or 5 with respect to 
the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered 
to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.  This Power of Attorney may be executed in counterparts.
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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Power of Attorney to be executed in the capacity and on the date indicated below.

March 17, 2009                                  /s/  Cathy R. Smith                        
                                                Cathy R. Smith
                                                Director, Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc.                

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