After closing its Foot Locker acquisition this morning, the new World’s Largest Sporting Goods Retailer named Nike’s former VP and GM for North America to oversee operations in its home market.

After reporting Q2 results last week, Academy Sports management provided some additional color on its store opening strategy and consumer demand trends in a round table discussion at the Goldman Sachs retailing conference.

The children’s bicycle brand said its sales increased around 41% in the first half to a record €90.1 million ($102.4 mm) against approximately €64.0 million prior, bucking the current downward trend of the cycling industry.

W. Graeme Roustan is buying True Hockey, Lacrosse, and Baseball from True Temper Sports Inc. and will operate the business from Roustan Sports’ 130,000-sq.-ft. Brantford, Ontario, headquarters under the name True Sports.

Sports & Fitness Industry Association hired Aneysha Bhat as its new director of government affairs & strategic advocacy, succeeding Bill Sells, who retired in Feb.

A TX district court judge has dismissed with prejudice a suit from “Hooplife” trademark owner Steven Magee, which accused BSN Sports, Varsity Brand's CEO Adam Blumenfeld, and general counsel Jerry Garcia of breach of contract and trademark infringement.

The Eager Beavertons reached a settlement with City Ocean Logistics and City Ocean International and are asking the NJ district court to dismiss the 12-year-old infringement suit with prejudice.