Fast skates, high stakes: the raucous roller derby show taking over Sydney town hall

Mama Does Derby, based on theatre-maker Clare Watson’s experiences as a single mum searching for community, is bringing the sport to the stage ...

This is modern roller derby: 'It’s gone away from the fishnets and the fights'

The gimmicks, elbows and unabashed fighting are gone, and its participants hail from an array of professional backgrounds. This is roller derby, 21st century style ...

All about roller derby: Olympic speed skater Erin Jackson's other sport

What to Know Roller derby is a full contact sport, reborn in the 2000s, that’s played by two teams of five roller skaters on an oval track Olympic speed skating gold medalist Erin Jackson plays roller ...
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As roller derby goes global, these skaters rep Pa. and their heritage

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 ...