EXHIBIT 23.1

The Board of Directors
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation:

The audits referred to in our report dated March 1, 2002 included the related
financial statement schedule as of December 30, 2001 and for each of the
fiscal years ended December 30, 2001, December 31, 2000 and January 2, 2000
included in the registration statement. This financial statement schedule is
the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to
express an opinion on the financial statement schedule based on our audits. In
our opinion, such financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to
the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, present fairly in
all material respects the information set forth therein.

We consent to the use of our reports included herein and to the reference to
our firm under the heading "Experts" in the prospectus.


KPMG LLP


Los Angeles, California
March 18, 2002