...consumers endured inconveniences, long uncertainties and out-of-pocket expenses when MVP failed to rally its online sporting goods venture before the final whistle. "MVP pretty much just dropped us," said Buckley, who tried to buy an $809...

...is only 3 years old and has less than $10 million in annual sales, Knight said he considers it a leader among online sporting goods retailers. Fogdog was founded in 1994 by three Stanford University roommates who wanted to design Web sites for...