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Sports Authority Likely Closing All Mass. Stores

Sports Authority is likely closing all of its Massachusetts stores—including one in Danvers—as the company completes the bankruptcy process.

Sports Authority will likely shutter all of its 450 stores as the company completes the bankruptcy process.

The company recently told the U.S. Bankruptcy Court it will pursue a sale, meaning all its stores will likely close in the coming months, according to Fortune.

Sports Authority has a dozen Massachusetts stores, including one in Danvers.

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The Colorado-based sporting gear chain has been hurt by competition from Amazon and Dick’s Sporting Goods over the last several years.

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