UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Delaware (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		000-49850 (Commission File Number)		95-4388794 (IRS Employer Identification No.)
2525 East El Segundo Boulevard, El Segundo, California (Address of principal executive offices)				90245 (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (310) 536-0611

N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers;
Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT 10.1

Item 5.02		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

     (e) On March 3, 2008, the Compensation Committee (the “Compensation Committee”) of the Board of Directors of Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation (the “Company”) approved new annual base salaries (effective March 24, 2008) for the Company’s executive officers for fiscal 2008. The following table sets forth new annual base salaries for fiscal 2008 for the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and each of the Company’s three other most highly compensated executive officers during the fiscal year ended December 30, 2007 (salary information for the prior year is also included for comparison purposes):

NAME AND POSITION		FISCAL YEAR				ANNUAL BASE SALARY
Steven G. Miller			2008			$	473,000
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer			2007			$	463,000
Barry D. Emerson			2008			$	325,000
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer			2007			$	315,000
Thomas J. Schlauch			2008			$	270,000
Senior Vice President, Buying			2007			$	263,000
Richard A. Johnson			2008			$	244,000
Executive Vice President			2007			$	237,000
Gary S. Meade			2008			$	209,000
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary			2007			$	202,000

     Also, on March 3, 2008, the Compensation Committee authorized the payment of an annual cash bonus to each of the foregoing executive officers in respect of the year ended December 30, 2007 (fiscal 2007), which amounts were as follows (bonuses previously paid for the prior year are also shown for comparison purposes):

NAME		FISCAL YEAR				BONUS
Steven G. Miller			2007			$	500,000
			2006			$	600,000
Barry D. Emerson			2007			$	175,000
			2006			$	185,000
Thomas J. Schlauch			2007			$	214,000
			2006			$	233,000
Richard A. Johnson			2007			$	194,000
			2006			$	213,000
Gary S. Meade			2007			$	110,000
			2006			$	120,000

     The foregoing is intended only to be a summary of existing arrangements and is not intended to provide any additional rights to any officer.

Item 9.01.		Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit No.		Description
10.1		Base Salary and Bonus Information for Certain Executive Officers

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.