News on Rollerderby

Letting the good olÕ times roll

2010-02-24T10:00:32Z

<div id="subtitle">Roller derby on banked track returns to valley, bruises and all, after decades-long hiatus</div><div><p> They got started late, and when the recording of ÒThe Star-Spangled BannerÓ kept malfunctioning, I thought the couple sitting in the front row dressed out of ÒA Clockwork OrangeÓ was going to sing Jim CroceÕs ÒRoller Derby QueenÓ — the roller derby national anthem — so the match could get under way. Or assault somebody...

Rolling with the punches

2010-02-24T11:47:25Z

<div id="subtitle">Despite setback, derby to skate in this weekend</div><div><p> IF YOU GO</p><p>What: Pro banked track roller derby, Las Vegas High Rollers vs.</p><p>Los Angeles Black Hawks</p><p>When: 7 p.m. Saturday</p><p>Whe...

Girl power gets wheels as US roller derby takes off

2010-02-24T22:15:00Z

<div><p>Women dressed in ripped fishnets and lace-ruffled panties raced around a wooden track, deliberately slamming into each other. Welcome to the wild, adrenaline-charged sport of US roller derby.</p><p>About 500 fans cheered raucously in the stands at the Washington Armory. Some were boyfriends, kids, and mothers. But others had flocked to the stands for very different reasons.&a...

Rouge and Tumble: Women's roller derby is back

2010-02-24T23:57:01Z

<div id="subtitle">Rouged, rough and ready: Women bring tough, feminine attitudes to resurgence of roller derby</div><div><p>Women's roller derby is making a comeback. But it's not the version that was a fixture on TV in the 1960s and '70s.</p><p>Instead of the pro-wrestling theatrics of old-school roller derby, the new skaters bring a tough, yet feminine attitude of pride and independence.</p>&...

Roller Derby: The sisterhood of the skates

2010-02-25T01:43:41Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) No joy at the gym? Try a little girl power.</p><p>Women are flocking to roller derby to find camaraderie, thrills, and enough physical conditioning and true grit to do a warrior princess proud.</p><p>"There are very assertive women who need an outlet for more than just running on a treadmill," Carolina Rollergirls' online injury archive: The purple-black bruise on Kristi Kreme's thigh; the nasty case of "rink rash" on Shirley Temper's backs...

Derby Doldrums

2009-09-20T12:16:25Z

Abbey Dethlefs, aka Kelly Clocks'em, readys her skates before her game during the Women's Flat-Track Roller Derby Tournament Friday, Sept. 11, 2009 in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

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March 31, 2006

2009-03-18T13:45:57Z

DAVID JOLES Ã¯ djoles@startribune.com..Minnesota Rollergirls skater Flogging Molly (Molly Donnelly) of the Garda Belts sits with her father Tom Donnelly, the team's mascot, ''Tom...

Judge was once hell on wheels

2010-03-01T14:42:28Z

<div id="subtitle">Hard hits of roller derby league prepared her well for field of mostly men</div><div><p> Judge Valorie Vega’s chambers are decorated with the sort of Father’s Day-necktie gifts of the legal world: globes, scales and gavels. And then there’s the framed green and yellow roller derby uniform. Hers.</p><p>New Orleans style.</p><p>Hundreds of men, women and children, most in white with red scarves around their waists and red bandannas around their necks, gathered outside a