Sacramento Roller Derby is proving to be about more than fast-paced competition and hard hits.

Sacramento Roller Derby is built on a sport known for hard hits and fierce competition, but for many of its skaters, the ...

Popularized in the 2009 Drew Barrymore film, Whip It, roller derby is one of the fastest growing sports for women worldwide—particularly in the US. Players wear four-wheeled "quad" roller skates and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s trivia night at your local bar, and you’re asked to name a sport that emerged in the 1930s, sold out stadiums and arenas and ...

It's expensive to maintain a roller derby league, but a sense of belonging has kept State College skaters together for more ...

The tournament features teams from across the country, including Denver, Philadelphia, Columbia, S.C., and Round Rock.

Manchester's JFK Coliseum was the site of The Granite Skate Invitational Saturday and Sunday, a roller derby event featuring four teams that competed in six games over the weekend. The event, ...

The Big Easy Roller Girls were born during the bruising Hurricane Katrina era and have been blocking and jamming for 20 years ...

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 ...

It takes mental and physical strength to be an athlete, but it takes a different kind of passion to battle it out on the track. These women lace up their skates and wear knee pads, elbow pads, helmets ...

In New York’s Nassau County, the Roller Rebels have joined with civil rights lawyers to face down the Republican county executive, Bruce Blakeman. By Corey Kilgannon At 6 feet 4 inches before even ...

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 ...