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Academy

Oh Lord, it's like Target for jocks. You go in swearing you're going to buy one package of tennis socks and get out, and then ... how do they do it? Do they play hypnotic buy-lots-of-stuff subliminal music? Before you know it, you have your three pairs of Adidas soccer slides, sporting goods for the entire family including children you don't have yet, and enough camping equipment to stay gone for two months even though you're really a hotel sort. Yep, that's the effect of Academy. And we'd like to thank the Academy for that.

Five Austin locations, 406-6310

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