Sports Authority just filed for bankruptcy

Sporting goods store tries to save itself.
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Sports Authority filed for bankruptcy Wednesday, Bloomberg Business reports. Over the next three months, the fitness gear chain will close 140 locations, CEO Michael Foss said in a statement.

"We have decided to utilize the Chapter 11 process to implement a financial and operational restructuring that we believe is necessary to help us become an even better place for our customers to shop for sporting goods," Foss said.

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.