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 ...
Most people have heard of roller derby, but many view it as mere entertainment, thanks to the theatrical extravagance and choreographed slapstick violence that characterized women's derby of the 1970s ...
GRAND FORKS - Lynn Lindholm has been in roller derby for two years. She likes the physical contact of the sport, the overt sassiness and the vigorous exercise. Oh, and she's 68 years old. Under the ...
Tulsa teen Anneka Letterman, known by her roller derby name Foxxy Dash, returned home with a gold medal after representing Team USA in the 2025 Junior Roller Derby World Cup in Australia. The ...
It's a Friday night in Providence, and techno music plays in the background as scantily clad girls are getting smashed. Nearby, a man dances in a blue spandex bunny costume. No, it isn't Sex Power God ...
No Barbies or Chuckys can call that 50,000-square-foot space home. The nickname stems from the Derby Dolls, who hip-whipped there for seven years before vacating the spot last December. Beginning in ...
SEAFORD, N.Y. — They zip around the rink, armed with helmets, pads and mouthguards. They push, bump and occasionally crash out as they jostle for position on the hardwood floor. But for the women of ...
Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff who overcame resistance to reshape the Roman Catholic Church, died on Easter Monday at 88. by Amy Roe She calls herself "Clobberin' Mame," but Carmin ...