Sporting Good News

AMITE A brief standoff with police ended with an Amite man being shot, after he leveled a shotgun at Tangipahoa deputies; he died a day later at a St.

GSI Commerce Inc. said Thursday it has signed a multiyear agreement worth an undisclosed amount to provide e-commerce and digital marketing services, as well as customer service, for toy maker Mattel Inc.

Shares of sporting goods retailer Hibbett Sports Inc. rose Friday, a day after its third-quarter results beat Wall Street expectations and it raised its 2010 profit forecast.

Two men accused in the 2003 shooting death of a Somali man in City Heights must stand trial for murder, a judge ruled Friday.

Sporting goods retailer Hibbett Sports Inc. said Thursday its profit rose 15 percent in the third quarter as sales rose and it took better control of inventory and expenses.

U.S. and Latin American officials gathered in Miami to seek new resources to use against the expansion of drug trafficking and drug abuse.

Dick's Sporting Goods Inc. said Thursday that its third-quarter profit more than tripled, as the prior year's results were burdened by higher expenses.

Venezuela has shown littleA interest in curbing the number of illegal flights haulingA Colombian cocaine from its territory for the United States andA Europe, a U.S. official said yesterday.

US e-commerce service provider GSI Commerce said today it has finalised the acquisition of sector player Retail Convergence for USD180m in cash and stock.

Acushnet Company, which is comprised of the Titleist, FootJoy and Cobra Golf brands, was named the recipient of the first Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources "Beacon for Energy" award.

Almost exactly one year after it was announced, Oakville Grocery Co. opens Dec. 1 in the Scottsdale Quarter.

ENGLEWOOD ,A Colo. The Sports Authority has appointed Jeffrey Schumacher to oversee all marketing, advertising, private brand strategy, digital/e-commerce, corporate and business development strategy.

Smith & Wesson, the famed American gunmaker once owned by Tomkins, the British conglomerate, expects to nearly double its annual sales in the next three to five years as demand for its firearms soars in the recession.

Callaway Golf Company's new Odyssey White Ice line of putters will be available beginning Nov.

The basic allegations were that Tagged sent emails to people which falsely implied that the people were depicted in photos in order to get people to sign up for the service.

A troubled economy has not made its way to one hunting supplier. A spokesperson for Gander Mountain in Charleston says the economy has had no impact on their sales.

Gander Mountain Co. is recalling about 13,000 hang-on fixed position treestands.

The following recalls have been announced: ___ GMP Herbal Products Inc. is recalling Pai You Guo, a weight loss dietary supplement, because it contains drug ingredients not declared on the label.

The new Jaws wedges from Callaway Golf will go on sale Nov. 15. Callaway Golf Co.

OLD TOWN – Governor John E. Baldacci congratulated local officials, the employees of Old Town Canoe and officials from the parent company Johnson Outdoors Inc.