Colorado’s roller derby squads are evolving — again — to provide competition and community as other sports roll back the ...

We’re making that slow march toward the winter holidays, but there’s no need to stay home watching TV. This week’s entertainment options include a kids comedy stage musical, a ski and snow sports swap ...

For the second year in a row, Fairbanks Roller Derby is hosting a doubleheader of bouts at the Carlson Center to raise money for Bread Line, a local anti-hunger organization. Doors open for the ...

Roller derby has long been a subject of debate: Is it a legitimate sport or just pro wrestling on wheels? For some, it’s a high-speed, full-contact athletic competition. For others, it’s a showy ...

Both of Denver’s premier roller derby leagues will be competing at the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) Roller Derby International Championships this weekend in Milwaukee, hosted by the ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Odin’s Lair hosted the Capital City Crushers for their axe-throwing competition. The Crushers, established in 2007, are a roller derby team based out of Topeka. More than ever, ...

At least six Pennsylvania roller derby athletes will compete in the 2025 Roller Derby World Cup in Innsbruck, Austria. One Hanover athlete, Jackie Thomas, will be making her second World Cup ...

It's the most exciting women's roller derby championship in the world, and it's happening right here in Portland, Oregon! That's right, the 2024 WFTDA Global Championships are being held at Veterans ...

The Roller Derby World Cup makes skater Nahyomi Painter-Escudero emotional. “I get goosebumps when I talk about it, and I kind of get teary-eyed,” she said of the coming event. “I am just one skater ...

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 ...

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