Quick recaps of all 10 WFTDA bouts during Saturdays ECE action.read more

A chaotic, penalty-ridden bout that featured a 10 minute stoppage for a first-half power outage, a massive second-half comeback for Charm City and an immensely controversial last jam ended with Charm City barely escaping a contentious kickoff to the 2009 ECE.read more

The closest bout of the 2009 ECE was a rematch of the closest bout of the 2008 Eastern Regionals, and like the original ended with a heartbreaking last-jam loss for the star-crossed Boston Massacre to Carolina.read more

Capsule previews for the 10 WFTDA bouts at ECE on Sunday, along with a look at potential tournament implications for each.read more

The 2009 ECE ends with the hosting Philly Rollergirls -- currently officially ranked by WFTDA at #2 in the East and unofficially #3 nationally by DNN -- facing off against the 2007 champions Kansas City, who are fighting to regain their previous #1 stature after a disappointing campaign in 2008.rea

In their first bout at the shiny new ShoWare Center in Kent, WA, Seattles Rat City Rollergirls repelled a concerted challenge from the Detroit Derby Girls, 135-101. Read the archived boutcast for the play by play from Miss Fortune, Rettig to Rumble, and Darth Skater.

Coverage of the semifinals and final from The Big One tournament in Los Angeles, where #17 San Diego finished off an undefeated weekend by taking down the hometown Angel City 151 to 113 in the championship match.

#5 Bay Area evades an early scare from Angel City, responding to a early 29-24 ACDG lead with a 62-0 run that puts them on course to a 138-82 win. Read the archived play by play in the DNN boutcast, made possible by Sin City Skates.

In a thriller of a high-scoring shootout, Denver nearly makes up a 31 point deficit on Oly with merely 1:44 on the clock, but falls just short at 170-168. Read the archived play by play in the DNN boutcast, made possible by Sin City Skates.

Derby News Network releases our March 2009 Power Rankings. Let the kvetching begin!read more

The teams have been seeded for the first Euro tournament -Roll Britannia. You can read the official post, plus times and structure on the Roll Britannia website here. Before the draw all participating leagues were asked to rank the participants from 1-12, one being the opinion of being the strongest

I’ve had quite a few people sign up to blog and then, well…as you can see they don’t. But the invitation is still open! Anyone who wants to use this blog to spread international derby love is welcome to! Just give me an email and I’ll set you up. I’m really looking for

The first time Roller Derby will be played in a UK festival, two teams made of skaters from different UK teams will go head to head in the Battle Of Pastings! Roller derby activities will be available all weekend, but the big bout takes place on Saturday-don’t miss it! Check out the NASSfest

Bar a few months last year, I realised that I’ve been skating in England for over a year. My league had been bouting away games here and there in that time, but we have only just launched our first home inter-league season here in London. The evolution of derby abroad seems a bit slower then

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/17/earlyshow/main4674387.shtml?tag=main_home_storiesBySection Check it out!! I’ve been asleep for about a year on the Rollerderby scene. The girls are hotter than ever. GSR rocks and looks great in this video.       

Okay.I will start this off with a few statements/disclaimers. Although Im sure 99% of you are gonna start out by skipping this section, I still strongly encourage each and every one of you to come ba...

Even though I cant get to the Slaughter County bout on Friday night (rotten work!), the "Elwood Bruise Northwest Hockey Tour" will be in Portland on Saturday night for the Winter Hawks/Seat...

So far this year, I have kept track of 93 bouts. And there were the first 6 bouts of the Rust Riot that I watched, but didnt keep score of. So that brings the total number of games Ive seen this ye...

Well, no...not really. But there is a funny story about this. One of my favorite shows growing up was the old "Spud Goodman Show". It was a local show that aired on the old KTZZ here in the Seattle ar...

As just about all of us would admit to, at least to a certain degree, us derby people can be a rather crude bunch while around each other. With all that adrenaline running through our veins after a bo...

Friday February 13th is ROLL OUT! In the spirit of Friday the 13th we will be wearing stripes and hearts! Meet at the shop at 7:45pm. We leave promptly at 8:15. Via Roller Skates 2218 4th Street Long Beach CA 9081 4 Then Saturday morning,… February 15th will be ‘Couple Skate” a val

This Saturday is the Angel City Derby Girls’ Skate Art Auction at Via Roller Skates in Long Beach!10 artists outfitted 10 pairs of skates with their artwork and all will be auctioned off starting at $75.00.These skates retail at $250.Starts at 7pm. DJ Frankie the Face will be playing his sound

Hey everyone! PLEASE GO VOTE for Dia Blow for the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender Burlesque Competition! January 31st there will be an art auction at the roller skating shop, VIA ROLLER SKATES in LONG BEACH CA! It’s called SKartE and we have a slieu of skates that various artists have app

ok ok ok,.. i am waaay excited about this weekend! Tomorrow night is ROLL OUT! FIRST- it’s alll going down at Via Roller Skates 2218 4th Street in Long Beach, CA 90814 (inside of Lil Devils) Roll Out is the massIVE crit-mass style roller skating street skate throughout Long Beach! We hit the s

Thanks to everyone for visiting Via Roller Skates, viaderby’s new brick and mortar shop in Long Beach. Just to let you know, the shop is located inside/behind of Lil Devils boutique at 2218 4th Street on Retro Row in Long Beach, CA. Retro Row is home to over 25 vintage clothing and furniture s

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Are you female?Are you 21 years old +?Do you have your own insurance?Do you have a good attitude (most of the time)?If you answered "YES" to these questions, then you are ready to roll. Cant skate? N...

We are having a contest for our Super Fans! Come to BATTLE ON THE BASE in all your OCRG-loving glory and you just might win a prize! September 27th at Los Alamitos Joint Forces Base (4522 Saratoga Ave...

OC Roller Girls Roller Derby Present Battle on the Base! Enjoy two lively roller derby matches while helping to raise funds for the Wounded Warrior Project and local on base nonprofit. Were making i...

Come show the OC Roller Girls some love and appreciation on Saturday, August 30th.Tickets are only $5 when you buy them at www.doyouderby.com or $7 at the door. Children under 10 get in free! Bring a ...

There’s an interesting article in the USA Today about concussion damage to hockey players. Similar problems are a real risk in roller derby! The article features Keith Primeau of the Philadelphia Flyers.

The Houston Roller Derby will present a triple-header on Saturday night in Houston. Each of the league teams will play two 40-minute bouts that will count in the standings towards qualifying for the championship bout in August. The first bout will be a 20 minute half, followed by a five to ten minut

CNN’s Medical Producer Val Willingham recently wrote a piece on roller derby, the workouts, and the injuries. Visit the site for photos, a video and additional side coverage. (CNN) — Amber Mori drives a forklift in a warehouse in Gaithersburg, Maryland. As a working mom, she’s on

The Houston Roller Derby will present a double header on Saturday at Kicks Indoor Soccer and Gym, 611 Shepherd Drive in Houston, Texas. In one double header bout, the Psych Ward Sirens will skate against the Bayou City Bosses in what has turned out to be the biggest rivalry of the league. Last year

Did you miss last month’s bout? Here’s a taste of it in the video clip attached. This Saturday is the classic Houston Roller Derby rivalry of the Bosses v the Sirens. Don’t miss it at the new Kicks Indoor venue, 7pm! SATURDAY! SATURDAY! SATURDAY! (The video is large!)

Tequila Mockingbird, paralyzed from the neck down eleven months ago in a Windy City Rollers bout, has taken her first steps!!! She declared that she would walk within a year, and due to sheer determination and strength of spirit, she has worked every waking moment to accomplish this feat! Although s

Congratulations to the San Diego Derby Dolls for winning the 2009 Battle on the Bank II tournament!! And thanks soooo much to everyone who skated, supported, reffed, worked the tourney (or helped out in any way!)! Couldn’t have done it without you!! TXRD F*&@ing LOVES YOU! Here’s a b

All VIPs, Skater Plus, skaters, and anyone working the bouts will have access to specials and discounts at local establishments during the weekend of the tournament. Must have a badge to receive any of the perks! CHAMPIONS SPORTS BAR—4th and Trinity: 20% off all food, $2 PBR, $2 Lone Star, $

Here are the list of vendors for BOTB II! Get ready to shop! Don’t forget to stop by our very own TXRD merch booth as well!Pro Designed INCCustom knee and elbow pads.www.prodesigned. com/Jane Awesome SkatesOur own Peachy Mean’s skate shop!GothmarthaArt with bat flare.http://www.etsy. co

Sorry for any confusion the seeding may have caused. This is the final seeding bracket. Good luck to all the teams! ‘Cause yer gonna need it!

Last Monday, I floated the Comal River like a rookie. Maybe it was because it was The Kitten’s first time to float the river, and I was a little nervous, hoping she would love tubing as much as I do. Maybe it was a bit of showing off in front of my cousins [...]

People who really know me know that I am the last person to complain or make excuses. So I really don’t want to go here, but I’m starting to think that going here might help me like it did before. Somehow I currently weigh 200 lbs., and I have for the past three weeks. [...]

OK, so my car’s not that old, and it was made in America…but I have been driving it for almost six years, and it does say Hyundai on it. Sometimes I feel a bit guilty about both of those things, and sometimes I commend myself for changing my habits and standing up for a [...]

My plans for the official beginning of the summer season, Memorial Day Weekend: 1. Act a fool at my sister’s 3rd Annual Karaoke Birthday Bash on Friday night. 2. Finally get a haircut after at least nine months of hippie hair (can’t really remember the last one). 3. Finally buy some new

As previously explained, I took a brief break from reality this past weekend. I claimed to be “helping out” my Brawlers as they played one of the best roller derby teams in Texas. Once I saw the proof of it, I realized what I really did was stand around and make funny faces [...]

As owner of Groovee Fortune web /print design, I am proud to present 2 new web pages for some old fr

The first time I remember seeing Carrie Rodriguez was at a Frances Nail(her grandmother) book signi

9 year old guitar prodigy YUTO MIYAZAWA performs Ozzy Osbourne’s Crazy Train on Ellen Degenere

I thought this45 record was so cool. I like this showing all the composes. I had no idea. Out o

FritoLay is trying to force Texas Rollergirl - Crackerjack #100 to change her name. Join this group

The Boston Pride Parade was wicked awesome fun. Its nice having everyone yell and cheer for you. It was also nice when the rugby players in front of us gave us a lift up Beacon Hill (Thank you!).

Promise of Derby has a nice post on how one keeps all of ones roller derby pads and gear clean and fresh-smelling. Or at least how to minimize the nastiness as much as possible.Here are some other hopefully helpful links:Derby Laundry (Promise of Derby)Roller Girls Yahoo Group discussion on Derby

Awhile ago I created an injury report form for my league, to help us keep track of our injuries, and hopefully help prevent them in the future. It is a form created with Google Docs which can be submitted online (which people seem to find easier to do). I thought I would post a generic version her

Ill never forget being in Chicago years ago, scoping someone rolling by in some awesome platform roller skates, and wondering where she had found such a rare score. Well, we all know the best way to originality and customization is DIY! Enter CRAFT Volume 07, our Shoeware issue. What issue on shoes

DOUBLE HEADERBout #1, 5 pm: Boston Massacre vs. Rocky Mountain Rollergirls (Denver, Colorado)Bout #2, 7 pm: Cosmonaughties vs. Wicked PissahsHalftime sets by The Downbeat 5After party in the Fez Room with DJ John BareraDoors at 4 pm, Bout #1 at 5 pm, Bout #2 at 7 pmShriners Auditorium, Wilmington, M

Save the date!! More details on the "Shake Your Money Maker" event soon so check back often.The Texas Rollergirls annual "Shake Your Money Maker" event Date: August 15th, 2009 Location: Back Alley Social (303 W. Fifth Street, 78701)Time: 9pm-2amCost: $5 which includes dance competition ballot, $2 p

Your all-star Texas Rollergirl Texecutioners put their training to work as they take on 3 top 10 teams in 29 hours. Say it with us, loud and proud, Texas Texas Kill Kill Kill.Scores so far:#1 Gotham narrowly defeats #4 Texas 84-76 - Re-live it (Now with some archived video!)#4 Texas defeats #7 Char

Its the last home game before the championship and a great way to end your Independence Day weekend. The Hustlers will be going against the Hotrod Honeys and the Honky Tonk Heartbreakers will be taking on the Hell Marys. What: Texas Rollergirls Bout 5 Who: Hustlers vs Hotrod Honeys and Honky Ton

Texas Rollergirls Texecutioners (#4) vs. Gotham Girls All-Stars (#1) Friday June 19th LIVE STREAM watch party @ Scholz Garten (1607 San Jacinto) 5:30pm til final whistle Happy Hour prices all night! Texas Rollergirls and Giveaways! Two of the most nationally recognized roller derby leagues, Texas R

This Friday June 12th, 2009 - ONE DAY ONLY - there will be a Derby Day Promo at VanDeWalle Chiropractic - Downtown. $25 Flat Fee for new patients as well as existing patients – it’s good for anyone wanting to help support the Texas Rollergirls or just get a “cheap” chiropractic visit – proceeds

The Big Easy Rollergirls kick off their Lagniappe Season with a charity bout for those who keep us safe.We are donating a portion of our June 27th bout proceeds to local Fire Fighters and Police, as well as our volunteer EMTs.The doors open at 6 PM and the action starts at 7 PM at The Human Performa

If you are in Memphis this weekend, come out and watch The Big Easy Rollergirls take on The Memphis Roller Derby on Saturday, June 20th for their Rollin on the River Bout.Located at The Mid-South Fairgrounds, Youth Building, 940 Early Maxwell Blvd.The doors open at 6 PM and the action starts at 7 P

Join The Big Easy Rollergirls, Sunday, June 21st for a good, old-fashion car wash! We will be out at The Daiquiri Dock located at 2630 Manhattan Blvd in Harvey from 2 to 5 PM.For only $10 you can get your car, motorcycle, scooter, or any other mode of transportation washed by a rollergirl! And while

Come Try Your Hand at the Monaghan-Koehlar First Annual “Water’s Thicker Than Blood” Poker Crawl benefiting the Youth Rescue InitiativeSaturday, June 20 from 10:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.It begins at 13 Monaghan located on 517 Frenchmen St at 10:30 AM.$30.00 a HandThe Monaghan and Koehlars will be remembe

Come out to The Freret Market this Saturday, June 6th from 12 to 5, located at the 4400 block of Freret Street and Napoleon Ave. Its their last one this summer; they are taking a two-month siesta for July and August. The Freret Market will have over 80 vendors, pet adoptions, and of course, The Big

Tickets for Roll Britannia now on sale! London Rollergirls are hosting ROLL BRITANNIA, the first European roller derby tournament, on Saturday and Sunday, 18 & 19 July 2009 at Brompton Hall, part of the Earl’s Court Exhibition Centre. This will be the roller derby event of the year: 2 days,

Saturday was a day of firsts. Our first double-header travel team bout, the Brawl Saints’ first bout, our first streaker… An ace time was had by all, and the final scores were: London Brawl Saints 156 - 47 Leeds Roller Dolls London Brawling 249 - 20 Birmingham Brummie Bombshells Massive

We thought it was great fun to have two bouts in one day, and you agreed, so we’re doing it again! Our intraleague season is over, and we are playing other leagues. First, our newly formed all-star reserves Team, the Brawl Saints, will take on Leeds Roller Dolls. Then our all-star team, [...]

We thought it was great to have two bouts in one day, and you lovely lot in the crowd told us you agreed. So we’re doing it again! Our intraleague season is over, and now it’s time to play other leagues… Saturday 6th June 2009: London Rollergirls B-team (to be named!) vs Leeds Roll

When I first joined London Rollergirls in January 2007 we had recruitment issues. We were trying to play a sport that no one had heard of in a town full of badminton teams. On a good day we might have enough girls to scrimmage at practice, but only if everyone played every jam. A [...]

Join us on Saturday, June 13th, as our A Team, Black Thunder, takes on the Blue Ridge Rollergirls of Asheville, North Carolina! Get your presale tickets from any rollergirl, or online, by visiting our schedule page! $10 in advance/$12 at the door. Children 12 and under: $5. Children under 5: FREE Fl

Congratulations to BBRG’s B Team, Blue Lightnin’, for pulling out a victory last weekend, against the Glass City Rollergirls! Final score 139-75. Click the image below to view all photos taken by Joe Schuster. Thanks Joe! Earl of Rabid Derby Fan has some fabulous shots, check out his e

Join us for our Season Opener on May 23rd, as we host Toledo’s Glass City Rollers! You can get your tickets online or from any Rollergirl! A portion of the proceeds from this bout will be donated to The Brighton House, in Newport, Ky. Come out and help us support a great cause! Awesome new me

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BBRG is traveling to Evansville, IN next weekend, to take on the Demolition City Roller Derby girls! This will be our first bout of 2009, and it’s a double header! We have many new girls who will be bouting for the first time! We are really looking forward to the experience; come out and cheer

When: June 6 Th 9:30am till 5:00pm Where: Carollo’s Bar & Restaurant 2303 Marne Hwy Hainesport, NJ 08036 Rain Date: June 7th 12:00pm till 5:00pm **Stop by to have a roller derby boy or girl give you a ticket to receive your special HAPPY HOUR PRICE on food and drinks when you get your car washed!!

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-Me finding my zen before the last game. Great pic by Kelly CastroHow do players get to that "special" place on the track during a game? You know what I mean . . . the place where your adrenalin amps you up, not makes you freeze. When you hit with vengeance and leave your opponents wincing in the pa

With the upcoming home game on Saturday and two loses under our belt, Im left thinking about teamwork. Our loss against Sonoma I could take, those girls were just better then us. They have been skating together longer and really have their coaching dialed in. It was the loss two weeks ago that Im

Sorry I am not able to post as much as I want to, folks. I still watch whats going on in the derby world, but add that to a crazy day job, and massive training I am doing... and you get... no time left over!So heres whats been up for Nia Capps and FCDG since my last post.We are 2 -0 against GTAR.

So its a rainy-freaking day here in the Forest City of London, ON. We arrive in the rain at our awesome practice space in the country and we mop. But raining = floor not drying.So I say to a few people, "Hey, I saw a roller derby video on YouTube once of a team practicing by jogging in a pack, comp

Speed skating is how you go fast. On a derby track, pushing with both feet, using cross-overs all the time on that invisible oval (outside on the straights, close to the corners), and getting low are the tips. I must have a molasses curse on me, because for my entire non-existent derby career I hav

Checklist for Captains and bench coaches. Captaining and Co-captaining We all have certain ideals of how we want things to unfold in order to work most effectively. However, when working with a partner (and with bench coaches) you will come to realize everyone has their own agenda for progress for t

So, as I expected —and noted in the first blog of the day, my mom was not happy about the situation of the Alta apartments. We decided to look elsewhere. I told my mom that she could make the decision for me (This is all about safety issues - I’m just a girl and all) [...]

So yeah….this is a slightly belated Christmas post. I had an absolutely amazing Christmas! I am so blessed to have such wonderful family and friends! I got everything I wanted for Christmas…well…almost….still waiting on that list of naughty boys. lol That’s okay. I

and all through the house….I was making a mess with my gingerbread house. After getting inspired by Heather’s gingerbread house contest (She won by the way!!), I decided to crack open the kit that Gricell gave me and make my own. Let’s just say this time was not as easy as the gi

That is what I want for Christmas! I spent the entire day Christmas shopping today. And when I say the entire day, I mean from 7:30 a.m. until 11:00 p.m. Heather, there is no way you would have survived. Natalie only made it until mid-afternoon and she got a late start. Mom and I [...]

So I went to work on Friday and I forgot my camera! Gasp! Me? Forget my camera?! I know! Shocking! So I took this picture with my cell phone. Not the best, but what can I say. I hate a blog entry with no pictures. Friday was absolutely NUTS. It was CRAZY do you hear [...]

VRDL “New Breed” take on GRDL “Bloody Marys” this Friday, 13th March at Barwon Valley Activity Centre, Barwon Heads Rd, Belmont. Doors at 7.30pm. $5 entry, proceeds to Vic Bushfire Relief. Come and check out VRDL’s newly graduated skaters make their derby debut against

dig it: http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/hell_on_wheels/

The kick ass Scoot Inn Bar on the East Side in Austin will host the screening. There’ll be movie, DVDs for sale, filmmakers in attendance, post-screening Q&A, drinks! Good times. Sunday, March 15th at 6pm. 1308 East 4th Street Austin, TX www.scoot-inn.com www.HellOnWheelsTheMovie.com

“A thrill-ride of a documentary …not just wildly entertaining, but downright impressive. Highly recommended.” - digitallyOBSESSED http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/showreview.php3?ID=10269 “Bone-crunching collisions, behind-the-scenes drama and roller skates are all part of t

Hey everyone, Writing to let all y’all know that there’s a slew of new reviews of Hell on Wheels of late. I like this one cuz it says “A thrill-ride of a documentary… not just wildly entertaining, but downright impressive.Highly recommended.” http://www.digitallyobsesse

Hell on Wheels screening in Boston on Feb. 20! Sponsored by the Boston Derby Dames (www.bostonderbydames.com) The screening will be in Arlington at the Regent Theater (www.regenttheatre.com) www.indiepixfilms.com/film/hellonwheels

For a girl who named her blog Big Derby Girls don’t Cry, I sure do cry a lot. Although I don’t ever cry because I’m a big girl – I cry for other reasons. Christ, I cry over derby all the time. I guess I just love it that much though, which really isnt a bad thing.My most recent crying episode took

Among the many reasons why Facebook is killing my soul is the fact that I rarely have time to post entries here anymore. I’ve become addicted to the instant gratification I get by posting a million 25-words-or-less “updates” per day via my phone. I’ve come to feel that by the time I sit down to writ

More from me later, I promise. For now, please click here to vote for retired CCRG skater, Betty Beatdowns The Hamley Cup entry.After derby, Beatdown has gotten really into hockey, and as many of us know, theres actually a lot of crossover between derby and hockey as far as strategy and blocking g

I completely forgot about Moon Pies until we played against Carolina and they included a generous amount of the delicious southern treat in our dressing-room gift basket. They may have been a bit too strange for the rest of my teammates, but I screamed for joy when I saw them. MOON PIES!When I was 8

I was ready to have a great day today – I really was – but then I had All Star practice and now I feel like my happy mood of early morning is nowhere to be found. I’m frustrated – very frustrated. The practice itself was great. My performance in it was not. I learned a lot today about how many bad h