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Friday, September 3
Derby dreams
Lake City Reporter
during roller derby practice. I've got to have something else to focus on, aside from my fear children were outside learning how to skate, I chose to stay ...
Fear Maidens visit Edinburgh for roller derby chaos
Scotland Courier
The wheels of fury will be out this weekend as one of Perth's top roller derby teams go head to head with Edinburgh's Cannon Belles.
Derby girls circle area
The Voyager
The Santa Rosa Roller Girls flat track roller derby team is getting ready for its first season in February. The league was started by President Wild Jen ...
Jam City Rollergirls rolling out on WiiWare later this year
Joystiq (blog)
by JC Fletcher on Sep 3rd 2010 7:00AM A game based on roller derby is something that never occurred to us, but it seems incredibly obvious now that ...
First Fridays, Derby Dames, Manorlady, Meet Yer Eats and, of course, Al Green
C-Ville Weekly
by Andrew Cedermark, September 3rd 11:15am Funny that our local roller derby squad goes by "dames," because the Charlottesville Derby Dames are nothing if ...
Thursday, September 2
Jam City Rollergirl game to make debut at PAX
Destructoid
It's called Jam City Rollergirls, it's a WiiWare title, and it's exactly what you think it is -- a roller derby videogame. The four-player arcade-style ...
Roller Skating Apparel Line Glides Into Moxi's Shop
Gazette Newspapers
After a successful debut with Long Beach's roller derby players, Pack said the line will be sold in Moxi and skate shops throughout California starting in ...
Spotlight on Mom: Teresa White
Memphis Commercial Appeal
In her rare free time, she enjoys skating with Memphis Roller Derby and taking trips to Horn Island to recharge and focus on art.
Jam City Rollergirls Press Release Wants You to Sit Up and Take Notice
Nintendo Life
Our previous post on Jam City Rollergirls caught the attention of roller derby players the world over - over 1600 Facebook "likes" and counting, ...
Wednesday, September 1
Down and Derby
89.3 KPCC
When most Americans hear the words "roller derby" today, they think of the kitschy sport once popular on weekend television during the seventies and ...
On a roll: Juneau Roller Girls hope to bring new spectator sport to the ...
Capital City Weekly
Roller derby is for adults only. Juneau Roller Girls co-coach Jeanne Crochet, center in a white top, leads her team through stretches at a recent practice.
Aunt Nancy
Bleacher Report
At age 10, I discovered two things that would change my life forever: Roller derby and baseball. Every Saturday and Sunday afternoon, I was glued to the ...
Deadwood Regulators ride again!
Black Hills Pioneer
Known as the "Deadwood Regulators," this roller derby team will host its first scrimmage on Sept. 25, and in the meantime, they'll be raising money to fight ...
Photo Gallery: A Battle and Wedding in one Night
Patch
By George Leroy Hunter | Email the author | 5:25am Two members of the Jerzey Derby Brigade's Corporal Punishers roller derby team got hitched after battling ...
Spudtown Knockdown
Boise Weekly
by Aaron Lang Biting, screaming, fishnets and roller skates. This ain't a fetish flick, it's roller derby. Qwest Arena, home of the Idaho Stampede, ...
The Buzz: 6 things on our radar, Sept. 1
DesMoinesRegister.com
More derby in Des Moines. The Des Moines Derby Dames are starting a new roller derby team next spring. The Derby Dames will compete in a shortened fall ...
Tuesday, August 31
Meet local roller derby team Newcastle Roller Girls
BBC News
Roller derby is a female only sport that is rising from the underground and becoming pretty darn popular. Films like Drew Barrymore's "Whip It! ...
Palmetto State Rollergirls host roller derby invitational
WMBF
As South Carolina's oldest roller derby league, the Palmetto State Rollergirls continue to expand and are currently recruiting new female skaters 18 and ...
These girls are on a roll
Herald & Review
The Soy City Rollers, Decatur's new roller derby team, have garnered quite a bit of attention since they brought the promise of the hard-hitting, ...
Monday, August 30
Roller derby season ends with a double win
Tennessee Journalist
By Stephanie Dixon Saturday night, the Hard Knox Roller Girls wrapped up their last bout of the season facing the Southern Illinois Roller Girls from ...
You don't want to get in Varla Vendetta's way
Chicago Sun-Times
Ramsay feels a kinship with NFL players because she and her roller derby cohorts train and prepare like the pros. The night before a bout, ...
Nashville roller derby team defeats Bowling Green's Vixens
College Heights Herald
LESLYE DAVIS/HERALD The Vette City Roller Derby kicked off the semester with a "Head of the Clash" live rollerskating competition Saturday.
Sunday, August 29
Roller derby offers escape, camaraderie and kick-butt workout
Detroit Free Press
"Let's go," shouted Michelle Link, 35, the assistant coach of the Ann Arbor Derby Dimes, a new roller derby league that has pulled together about 50 women ...
Roller derby has rich history
Detroit Free Press
The National Roller Derby Hall of Fame credits Leo Seltzer, a Chicago sports promoter, with holding the first roller derby event in 1935.
Rough, tough women roll into Fair
Pueblo Chieftain
PUEBLO - Roller derby or rodeo - it was a tough choice opening night at the Colorado State Fair. Since I've never perfected being in two places at one ...
Saturday, August 28
Hometown Roller Derby Showdown Promises Intensity
Free Times
... bodies and cries of pain next Saturday evening as Columbia's two women's flat track roller derby teams square off in a battle for bragging rights.
Local Roller derby Bout Canceled Saturday.
WSET
AP National/International News Entertainment News from AP Saturday's 7:00 pm roller derby bout between the Richmond Uncivil Warriors and the Lynchburg ...
Get naughty this weekend
Laramie Boomerang
By AARON LeCLAIR • Friday, August 27, 2010 The community is invited to support its homegrown all-female flat-track roller derby team in its final home bout ...
Sugar Town Roller Girls recruiting skaters
Ventura County Star
By Mark Storer Roller derby continues to grow in Ventura County with the formation of a professional league called the Sugar Town Roller Girls in Oxnard.
Woman uses cake decorating expertise in Food Network Challenge
Windsor Beacon
Adele Lind-Nichols competed along side Rachael Teufel, owner of Intricate Icings in Erie, to make a Roller Derby cake on the Food Network Challenge.
Derby girls skate across state for MS, come to Madison
MADISONet.com
Early in the planning stages, the ladies met Bettie Badaxe of the Cedar Rapids Roller Girls. Shortly after she began playing roller derby, ...
Derby Dames confident vs. Chico
Tahoe.com
The roller derby team plays its penultimate home bout of the season Saturday, Aug. 28, at the hay bale-circled rink atop the basketball courts at Bijou ...
Scandalous skaters
equim Gazette S
Roller derby, a fast-paced, full-contact, roller skating sport, is gaining momentum locally with women playing on the Port Scandalous Derby Dolls. ...
Blackwater Rollers bout rescheduled
Lynchburg News and Advance
By Staff The Blackwater Rollers roller derby team has rescheduled a bout that was set for tonight because of the death of former team member Jennifer ...
Roller Rinks Find Ways to Honor Crash Victim
WHSV
A roller rink in Lynchburg is canceling a roller derby bout on Saturday to honor the death of a woman who was killed in a car crash in Rockingham County.
Friday, August 27
Think you can skate? GJ's roller derby girls want you
Grand Junction Sentinel
"I'm into contact sports, but there's a lot more to it than going out and taking someone off their skates," says roller derby girl Salina Ritchie, 26, ...
Oni Press' Roller Derby "Jam!"
Comic Book Resources
by Alex Dueben, Staff Writer | More from this Author | Last month, Oni Press released "Jam!," an anthology about Roller Derby with the hook that every tale ...
Fox City Foxz offer sneak peek of locally made roller derby Wii game
Green Bay Press Gazette
A new roller derby videogame for the Nintendo Wii game console will make it possible for anyone with just a pair of thumbs and a working video game ...
The Agenda: What to Do This Week
The Bay Citizen
Roller derby fizzled out in the nineties, after the sport went from a kitschy TV gimmick in the eighties to a rather violent contact sport.
Crunk's Not Dead, the Haberdash, Kelley Stoltz, Godwaffle Noise Pancakes and More
SF Weekly (blog)
($5-$10, 12-2 pm) Alex Cohen and Jennifer Barbee's Down and Derby: The Insider's Guide to Roller Derby chronicles the sport's transformation from kitschy ...
Thursday, August 26
Valley front and center in roller derby Wii game
Appleton Post Crescent
Women's roller derby has been regaining popularity over the last few years and northeast Wisconsinites have seen it firsthand with the creation of the Fox ...
Roller Derby at the Colorado State Fair: Pueblo's Jailhouse Jawbreakers vs ...
Westword (blog)
26 2010 @ 6:30AM Roller derby fans and skaters are celebrating the sport's 75th anniversary this month, and tomorrow marks a return to the derby's ...
Humboldt Roller Derby news 'Locked Up helps lock up victory
Humboldt Beacon
21 was an exciting night for the Humboldt Roller Derby All-Stars, who in their first WFTDA (Women's Flat Track Derby Association) regulation bout, ...
Remembering Kitten Vicious
Staunton News Leader
By Rebecca Martinez/staff • rmartinez@newsleader.com • August 26, 2010 Jennifer Moreland had more to offer roller derby than her speed, but she had plenty ...
Derby Dames set for third home bout on Saturday
Tahoe Daily Tribune
These are just a few of the things you'll find at the upcoming Tahoe Derby Dames roller derby bout, when Lake Tahoe's only flat-track derby team plays ...
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