Archive for 'roller derby'

Sin City Rollergirls Jello Wrestling

Monday, June 29th, 2009

If I have to explain why this is a good thing you’re banned from this website for life. If you’re in Las Vegas, there’s no better way to support your local roller derby league. We say this because we’re fans of healthy, athletic competition. Like jello wrestling. This event goes down July [...]

Roller derby explained in helpful video form

Friday, June 19th, 2009

Here’s a helpful video explaining the basics of roller derby:

Roller derby is educational

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

Via the Like It Derby roller derby blog:
Here’s a funny video demonstrating the principles of electrical current using roller girls. This would have been the only way that I would have paid attention in science class, which explains why I’m now a MMA writer:

They’ve got some other entertaining roller derby videos at this link:
Some [...]

Big roller derby article in NYT

Saturday, November 8th, 2008

The ‘gray lady’ straps on a helmet and some torn fishnets with a big profile of roller derby 2.0:
WOMEN’S roller derby is undoubtedly having a moment in New Jersey; at least seven leagues, with more than a dozen teams, have sprouted statewide since 2005. (Some leagues have only a single team.) But Mickey Taylor, a [...]

Windy City Rollers launch new blog

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

There’s few things we love more than roller derby, and we got a note today that Chicago’s own Windy City Rollers have launched their own blog:
New to the Windy City Rollers website, our blog will be your stop for all things WCR: bout recaps, Derby Dame of the Month interviews and pictures, information on league [...]

Roller derby article at Epic Carnival

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

The Epic Carnival has had our back since day one and they’re one of the funniest sports blogs on the Intertubes. Today they’ve got a very good article about roller derby that’s well worth the read:
Roller derby is based on three simple principles: 1) attractive women 2) wearing skimpy clothing 3) doing violent things.
But [...]