Blakeman first imposed the ban through an executive order, but it was struck down after a lawsuit from the roller derby ...

ARGUING IT’S ABOUT TIME. NOW WE’RE HEADED OUT TO THE PATIO TO DEIRDRE. ALL RIGHT. STRONGER TOGETHER, THESE SACRAMENTO ROLLER DERBY GIVES WOMEN AND YOUNG GIRLS AN EXTRA PUSH TO BECOME, LITERALLY TO ...

On Oct. 8, a four-judge panel of the New York Appellate Division, 2nd Department, ruled that Nassau County Supreme Court ...

River City Roller Derby, a member of the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association, is getting its wheels turning for the third ...

BELIEVE IN THEIR CAUSES. LACE UP YOUR SKATES AND TIGHTEN UP THOSE ELBOW PADS. ROLLER DERBY SEASON IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER. OMAHA ROLLER DERBY HOSTED ITS WINTER WIPEOUT MIXER TODAY. THE EVENT WAS ...

Roller derby, popular in the 1940s and 1950s, enjoyed a resurgence on TV in the 1970s, then went back into hibernation.

GRAND BLANC TWP, MI - As derby skaters laced up their skates and put on their pads, a packed crowd settled in to watch a fierce matchup at Rollhaven Skating Center. Flint hosted Kalamazoo for an ...

This story originally published online at The 9th Street Journal. It’s a Saturday morning at Wheels, the indoor roller skating rink in East Durham, and the place has been taken over by the Carolina ...

Twenty years ago, Kim “Rocket Mean” Stegeman put an ad on the back page of the Portland Mercury. She didn’t have a business to advertise. She had nothing to sell. “My phone number was on the back of ...

For 20 years, Philly Roller Derby skaters, who go by names like Woolly Slammoth, TrailBlazeHer and Reba Smackentire, have jammed and blocked their way around oval skating rinks in the spirit of ...

THE OMAHA JUNIOR ROLLER DERBY IS RECRUITING SKATERS BETWEEN THE AGES OF EIGHT AND 17. THE INCLUSIVE SPORTS LEAGUE TEACHES KIDS AND TEENS HOW TO SKATE AND PLAY ROLLER DERBY. IT ALSO BUILDS CONFIDENCE, ...

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