sporting goods vs commodity

sporting goods and commodity both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sporting goods	Yes	No	No	No
commodity	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, commodity is a hypernym of sporting goods; that is, commodity is a word with a broader meaning than sporting goods:

sporting goods: sports equipment sold as a commodity
commodity: a raw material that is sold in large quantities, usually to other businesses for manufacturing or production purposes

Other hypernyms of sporting goods include good, trade good, sports equipment.

sporting goods (noun)	commodity (noun)
sports equipment sold as a commodity	a raw material that is sold in large quantities, usually to other businesses for manufacturing or production purposes