Coverage Archive

  • That was fun, getting 3000 people together to watch some roller derby on a Saturday night at Memorial Coliseum. Let’s do it again in April when Windy City is in...

    Season 7 Opener Recap

    That was fun, getting 3000 people together to watch some roller derby on a Saturday night at Memorial Coliseum. Let’s do it again in April when Windy City is in...

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  • In short: We beat everyone!  Yaaaay!   In Portland: Mixed teams of Rose City rookies killed the competition. On Friday, the Rolling Dead (Heartless Heathers and High Rollers) controlled Emerald City’s...

    Weekend Recap: Rookies and The World

    In short: We beat everyone!  Yaaaay!   In Portland: Mixed teams of Rose City rookies killed the competition. On Friday, the Rolling Dead (Heartless Heathers and High Rollers) controlled Emerald City’s...

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  • The Wheels of Justice will not advance in the 2011 WFTDA  Championships tournament, but they will advance in beer drinking, being awesome, wearing purple, chanting, impressing roller derby fans everywhere,...

    Kansas City 143, Wheels of Justice 135

    The Wheels of Justice will not advance in the 2011 WFTDA  Championships tournament, but they will advance in beer drinking, being awesome, wearing purple, chanting, impressing roller derby fans everywhere,...

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  • We have a LOT to talk about, everyone, so let’s keep it snappy and link-y. Last Friday, the High Rollers scrimmaged with the Hellbound Homewreckers of the Dockyard Derby Dames.   On...

    Bout recap and a look to Denver

    We have a LOT to talk about, everyone, so let’s keep it snappy and link-y. Last Friday, the High Rollers scrimmaged with the Hellbound Homewreckers of the Dockyard Derby Dames.   On...

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  • Did you guys have fun at those bouts last Saturday? What – you couldn’t get in because a ton of tickets were sold at the door?  Huh. Same thing happened to me....

    October 22nd bouts recap: Rosebuds and Co-Ed

    Did you guys have fun at those bouts last Saturday? What – you couldn’t get in because a ton of tickets were sold at the door?  Huh. Same thing happened to me....

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  • Did. You. Guys. See. That. Game. What an incredible night for the Rose City Rollers and women’s sports in Portland, as Rose City lost to the 2010 WFTDA Champion Oly Rollers...

    Bridgetown Brawl Saturday: Still alive

    Did. You. Guys. See. That. Game. What an incredible night for the Rose City Rollers and women’s sports in Portland, as Rose City lost to the 2010 WFTDA Champion Oly Rollers...

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  • I woke up early this morning and it was still true – Rose City’s All-Stars, the Wheels of Justice, defeated the Bay Area Derby (B.A.D.) All-Stars last night, 139-120 in a gutsy...

    Bridgetown Brawl Friday: OMG, we won!

    I woke up early this morning and it was still true – Rose City’s All-Stars, the Wheels of Justice, defeated the Bay Area Derby (B.A.D.) All-Stars last night, 139-120 in a gutsy...

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  • Derby Daze was a weekend full of roller derby deliciousness which I mostly wasn’t able to attend. (Something about dropping $200+ on my skates a couple of weeks ago.)  From what...

    Weekend Recap: Derby Daze 2011

    Derby Daze was a weekend full of roller derby deliciousness which I mostly wasn’t able to attend. (Something about dropping $200+ on my skates a couple of weeks ago.)  From what...

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  • I ain’t gonna lie to you: there were no close roller derby games in Portland, Oregon this weekend.  There were close moments, and shifts of momentum, but no one was...

    Weekend Recap: August Take-Down

    I ain’t gonna lie to you: there were no close roller derby games in Portland, Oregon this weekend.  There were close moments, and shifts of momentum, but no one was...

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  • Fair warning: this blog may devolve into a big, sloppy mash note to the Break Neck Betties.  I’m only human after all: I put my hot pants on one leg at...

    RCR Championships Recap: Betties win!

    Fair warning: this blog may devolve into a big, sloppy mash note to the Break Neck Betties.  I’m only human after all: I put my hot pants on one leg at...

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