How sporting of you: Academy Sports + Outdoors has opened a new store in Fort Myers with plans for a second in Bradenton. The new 65,000-square-foot store is on 6 Mile Cypress Parkway just off Colonial Drive and about a mile from Top Golf. The Fort Myers store is of one of up to 17 the Houston retail chain plans to open this fiscal year. To date, it has opened seven and at least seven more have been announced. Among those is one at 7125 State Road 64 in Bradenton set to open the first week of November. Academy sells sporting goods and outdoor equipment including apparel, footwear, equipment and outdoor gear. The chain was founded in 1938 and currently has 293 stores in 19 states. The Bradenton store, in east Manatee County, will be its 18th in Florida. The company had $6.4 billion in sales in fiscal year 2022.