The chain’s cavernous House of Sport locations run counter to most retailers’ space preferences.

There are sporting goods stores built for the bleachers, and there are those built for the game. Cleveland Sport Goods caters to players, no matter what their game might be. It's the only place ...

Gutman said the House of Sport stores are successful because Dick’s is the dominant seller of a type of retail—sporting goods—that is unlikely to go out of fashion. Baseball bats ...