FIRST TEAM SPORTS INC
SC 13D, 2000-01-20
SPORTING & ATHLETIC GOODS, NEC
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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                                  SCHEDULE 13D
                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                              (Amendment No. _2_ )*

                                FIRST TEAM SPORTS INC
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                                (Name of Issuer)

                                  COMMON SHARES
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                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                   337-157-101
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                                 (CUSIP Number)

                      Shawn Barnes, Portfolio Analyst
                             MAXUS INVESTMENT GROUP
                       1301 EAST NINTH STREET, SUITE 3600
                           CLEVELAND, OHIO 44114-1800
                                 (216) 687-1000
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           (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to
                       Receive Notice and Communications)

                                  JANUARY 19, 2000
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             (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously  filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report
the  acquisition  which is the subject of this  Schedule 13D, and is filing this
schedule because of Rule 13d-1(b)(3) or (4), check the following box |__|.

Check the following box if a fee is being paid with the statement  |___|. (A fee
is not required only if the reporting  person:  (1) has a previous  statement on
file  reporting  beneficial  ownership of more than five percent of the class of
securities  described  in Item 1;  and (2) has  filed  no  amendment  subsequent
thereto reporting beneficial ownership of five percent or less of such class.)
(See Rule 13d-7).

* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting  person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and
for  any  subsequent   amendment   containing   information  which  would  alter
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed
to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the  securities  Exchange  Act of
1934 ("Act") or otherwise  subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act
but  shall be  subject  to all other  provisions  of the Act  (however,  see the
Notes).
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SCHEDULE 13D
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CUSIP NO. 337-157-101
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Maxus Investment Group / ID # 34-1049596
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) |_| (b) |_|
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3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 SOURCE OF FUNDS*
        00
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5      CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO
         ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                                                 |_|
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6      CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
         USA
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                  7    SOLE VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF                    46,100
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY       ------------------------------------------------------------
OWNED BY          8    SHARED VOTING POWER
EACH                        216,855
REPORTING          ------------------------------------------------------------
PERSON            9    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH                         46,100
                   ------------------------------------------------------------
                  10    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                            216,855
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11     AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
              262,955
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12     CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
                |_|
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13     PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
                 4.49 %
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14     TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
                IA
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   *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! INCLUDE BOTH SIDES OF THE COVER PAGE,
 RESPONSES TO ITEM 1-7 (INCLUDING EXHIBITS) OF THE SCHEDULE, AND THE SIGNATURE
                                  ATTESTATION.
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SCHEDULE 13D
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CUSIP NO. 337-157-101
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Gelfand Maxus Asset Management Inc. / ID # 34-1654250
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) |_| (b) |_|
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 SOURCE OF FUNDS*
00
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5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO
ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) |_|
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6      CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
          Ohio
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                  7    SOLE VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF                0
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY       ------------------------------------------------------------
OWNED BY          8    SHARED VOTING POWER
EACH                    216,855
REPORTING          ------------------------------------------------------------
PERSON            9    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH                     0
                   ------------------------------------------------------------
                  10    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                        216,855
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11     AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
                         216,855
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12     CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
               |_|
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13     PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
                3.71 %
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14     TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
               IA
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   *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! INCLUDE BOTH SIDES OF THE COVER PAGE,
 RESPONSES TO ITEM 1-7 (INCLUDING EXHIBITS) OF THE SCHEDULE, AND THE SIGNATURE
                                  ATTESTATION.
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SCHEDULE 13D
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CUSIP NO. 337-157-101
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Frederick D. DiSanto / SS # ###-##-####
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) |_| (b) |_|
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 SOURCE OF FUNDS*
00
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5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO
ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) |_|
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6      CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
          Ohio
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                  7    SOLE VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF                 3,500
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY       ------------------------------------------------------------
OWNED BY          8    SHARED VOTING POWER
EACH
REPORTING          ------------------------------------------------------------
PERSON            9    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH                      3,500
                   ------------------------------------------------------------
                  10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11     AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
                          3,500
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12     CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
               |_|
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
13     PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
               0.06 %
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14     TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
               IN
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! INCLUDE BOTH SIDES OF THE COVER PAGE,
 RESPONSES TO ITEM 1-7 (INCLUDING EXHIBITS) OF THE SCHEDULE, AND THE SIGNATURE
                                  ATTESTATION.
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SCHEDULE 13D
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CUSIP NO. 337-157-101
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1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
Richard A. Barone / SS # ###-##-####
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2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) |_| (b) |_|
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3 SEC USE ONLY
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4 SOURCE OF FUNDS*
00
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO
ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) |_|
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6      CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
          Ohio
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  7    SOLE VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF                46,100
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY       ------------------------------------------------------------
OWNED BY          8    SHARED VOTING POWER
EACH                    216,855
REPORTING          ------------------------------------------------------------
PERSON            9    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH                     46,100
                   ------------------------------------------------------------
                  10   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                        216,855
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11     AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
                         262,955
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12     CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
               |_|
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
13     PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
               4.49 %
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
14     TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
               IN
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! INCLUDE BOTH SIDES OF THE COVER PAGE,
 RESPONSES TO ITEM 1-7 (INCLUDING EXHIBITS) OF THE SCHEDULE, AND THE SIGNATURE
                                  ATTESTATION.
                            Amendment to Schedule 13D
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Item 1.           Security and Issuer

         This Statement  relates to the shares of Common Stock (the "Shares") of
First Team Sports. The address of Issuer's principal officers is 1201 Lund Blvd,
Anoka, Minnesota 55303-1092.

Item 2.           Identity and Background

         This Amendment Statement is filed on behalf of all persons and entities
and participants of Resource Management,  Inc., an entity incorporated under the
laws of the  State of Ohio and  commonly  known as the  Maxus  Investment  Group
(hereinafter  "MIG"),  Frederick  D. DiSanto,  an  individual  (hereinafter
"Mr. DiSanto"), Richard  A.  Barone, an  individual (hereinafter  "Mr. Barone"),
Gelfand  Maxus  Asset  Management Inc, an entity incorporated under the  laws of
the  State of  Ohio  (hereinafter "GMAM") and Maxus Securities  Corp, an  entity
incorporated  under  the laws  of  the  State of  Ohio (hereinafter  "MSC"). The
aforementioned  person  and entities  are  collectively referred  to  herein  as
the "Filing Persons".  The business address  of  the aforementioned persons  and
entities  is 1301  East  Ninth  Street, 36th  Floor, Cleveland, Ohio 44114-1800.

         The Filing Persons each disclaim  membership in a Group as such term is
defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Rules
and Regulations  promulgated thereunder.  However,  because of the relationships
between and among the Filing Persons described  herein,  they determined to make
this filing.

         GMAM and MAM are  registered  investment  advisors  having the power to
dispose  of the Shares  owned by the  investment  clients  for which they act as
advisors. MSC is a broker-dealer.  MIG is a financial services corporation which
owns all of the  outstanding  shares  of  GMAM,  MAM and  MSC.  Mr. DiSanto is a
director of GMAM; director and  Chief Operating Officer of MIG.  Mr. Barone is a
director of GMAM; the controlling  shareholder of MIG;  principally  employed as
CEO and  President of MIG, MAM  and MSC; Chairman  of  Maxus  Income Fund, Maxus
Equity  Fund,  Maxus  Laureate  Fund,  Maxus  Ohio  Heartland  Fund,  and  Maxus
Aggressive Value Fund, all of which are registered under the Investment  Company
Act of 1940.  See Amended  Exhibit A attached to this  amended  Schedule 13D for
additional information on executive officers.

Item 3.           Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration

         GMAM owns no Shares  directly but GMAM may be deemed to own (within the
meaning of Rule 13(d)(3) of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934) 216,855 Shares
purchased  by GMAM for the account of its  investment  clients.  GMAM  disclaims
beneficial ownership of such Shares.
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Item 4.           Purpose of Transaction

         The Filing Persons acquired Shares to establish investment positions in
the Issuer.  Subject to market and business  conditions and other  factors,  the
Filing Persons may intend to purchase additional Shares. However, depending upon
such factors,  the Filing Persons may also maintain  their present  ownership of
Shares or sell some or all of the Shares.

Item 5.           Interest in Securities of the Issuer

         Set forth below for the Filing Persons, in the aggregate, is the number
of Shares which may be deemed to be  beneficially owned as of January 18, 2000,
and  the  percentage  of  the Shares  outstanding  represented by such ownership
(based on 5,852,188 shares outstanding):

Name:                              No. of Shares         Percent of Class

Gelfand Maxus Asset                  216,855                   3.71 %
 Management, Inc.(1)

Maxus Asset Management(2)             42,600                   0.73 %

Frederick D. DiSanto(3)                3,500                   0.06 %

Total(4)                             262,955                   4.49 %

(1) These  Shares  are  owned  by  investment  clients  of  GMAM  and  MAM  who
may  be  deemed  to beneficially  own these  Shares by reason of their power to
dispose  of  such  Shares  under  its  Investment  Management   Agreement  with
such clients.  GMAM  disclaims beneficial  ownership  of all such Shares.
(2) MAM disclaims  beneficial  ownership of all  such  Shares.  (3) Mr. DiSanto
claims  beneficial ownership of  these  shares.  (4)  Mr. Barone owns no Shares
directly  but,  by  virtue  of  his positions as CEO and President of  MAM  and
MIG  he  may  be  deemed  to beneficially  own  the  262,955 Shares. Mr. Barone
disclaims beneficial ownership of all such Shares.
<PAGE>
Item 6.           Contracts, Arrangements, Understanding or
                  Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer.

         Except  as set  forth  in  this  Statement,  there  are  no  contracts,
arrangements,  understanding  or  relationships  (legal or otherwise)  among the
Filing Persons or between any of the Filing  Persons and any other person,  with
respect to any Shares.

Item 7.           Material to be Filed as Exhibits

Exhibit A Description of Directors and Executive  officers of GMAM, MAM and MIG,
and MSC.

Exhibit B Relevant Transactions in Shares.

Exhibit C Conforming Copy

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                                   Signatures


         After reasonable inquiry, and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the  information  set forth in this Statement is true,  compete and
correct.


                    Gelfand Maxus Asset Management


Date: ___________   by: /s/ Denis J. Amato
                    Denis J. Amato, President




                    Maxus Asset Management

Date: ___________   by: /s/ Richard A. Barone
                    Richard A. Barone





                    Maxus Investment Group

Date: ___________   by:/s/ Richard A. Barone
                    Richard A. Barone, President




                    Maxus Securities Corp

Date: ___________   by: /s/ Richard A. Barone
                    Richard A. Barone, President
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                                    Exhibit A
Entity                           Directors 1, 2        Executive Officers
- ----------------------           ------------------    -------------------------
Gelfand Maxus Asset              Denis Amato           Denis Amato,
Management, Inc.                                       President

                                                       Robert W. Curtin,
                                                       Secretary

                                 Richard A. Barone

                                 Fred D. DiSanto

                                 Ivan Gelfand

                                 Umberto Fedeli



Maxus Asset Management           Richard A. Barone     Richard A. Barone,
                                                       President

                                                       Robert W. Curtin,
                                                       Secretary

                                 N. Lee Dietrich

                                 Sanford Fox



Maxus Investment Group           Richard A. Barone     Richard A. Barone,
                                                       Chief Executive Officer

                                                       Robert W. Curtin,
                                                       Secretary & Sr. Vice-
                                                       President

                                 Ivan Gelfand          Ivan Gelfand, Chairman

                                 Fred D. DiSanto       Fred D. DiSanto, Chief
                                                       Operating Officer

                                 Denis J. Amato        Denis J. Amato, Chief
                                                       Investment Officer

                                 Alan R. Schwartz



Maxus Securities Corp.           Richard A. Barone     Richard A. Barone,
                                                       CEO & President

                                 Robert W. Curtin      Robert W. Curtin,
                                                       Secretary

                                 Robert F. Pincus      Robert F. Pincus,
                                                       Vice President


1 Each of the Directors and Executive  Officers  listed above is a United States
citizen.

2 The  business  address of the Filing  Persons are as follows:  Denis J. Amato;
Richard A. Barone; Robert W. Curtin; N. Lee Dietrich;  Fred D. DiSanto;  Umberto
Fedeli; Sanford Fox; Ivan Gelfand;  Robert F. Pincus; Alan R. Schwartz;  Gelfand
Maxus Asset  Management,  Inc.; Maxus Asset  Management,  Inc.; Maxus Investment
Group; and Maxus Securities Corp.: 1301 East Ninth Street, 36th Floor Cleveland,
Ohio 44114-1800.
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                                    EXHIBIT B

                            	First Team Sports (FTSP)
                            SECURITY CROSS REFERENCE

Shares sold between
02-12-99 and 12-31-99                   43,050


Date                                      Unit
Sold                   Quantity           Cost
- ---------             ----------         ------
01-05-00                1,000             2.23
01-05-00                1,000             2.23
01-05-00                2,000             2.23
01-05-00                  200             2.23
01-05-00                  800             2.23
01-07-00                1,000             2.23
01-07-00                  100             2.23
01-07-00                3,900             2.23
01-10-00                7,150             2.34
01-10-00                1,000             2.33
01-10-00                1,000             2.34
01-10-00                3,000             2.34
01-12-00                4,000             2.47
01-12-00                4,000             2.47
01-12-00                7,000             2.47
01-12-00                1,000             2.64
01-12-00                1,000             2.65
01-12-00                1,000             2.59
01-12-00                2,000             2.59
01-12-00                1,000             2.71
01-12-00                2,145             2.71
01-12-00                1,000             2.46
01-12-00                2,000             2.46
01-12-00                1,200             2.95
01-12-00                  500             2.46
01-12-00                1,300             2.46
01-13-00                6,300             3.07
01-13-00                5,000             3.07
01-13-00                5,000             3.07
01-13-00                1,900             3.07
01-13-00                5,000             3.03
01-14-00                1,500             3.07
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                       75,995




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