Check it out! Roller derby isn't just for girls any more. Well, I mean enjoying roller derby isn't just for girls- the sport still is. Anyway, Akron's own derby darlings are at it again, this time taking on the Lansing Derby Vixens and Motor City's Disassembly Line. ...
RCRG will host a double header roller derby bout at John S. Knight Center! Doors open at 4pm, bout starts at 5 p.m. For more info and to purchase tickets, visit ww.rubbercityrollergirls.com 3/19 John S. Knight Center ...
By Julia Kazar On Saturday night, the NEO (Northeast Ohio) Roller Derby girls took on the Skee Town Skirtz and Motor City's Disassembly Line in a double header bout. Things weren’t looking too good after NEO's Audio Assault lost the first bout to Skee Town, but the NEO Rock'n'Rollergirls pulled together and pulled off a huge win over Detroit in the second bout; with a final score of 156-79. Everyone who came out to support the girls was a huge help, cheering them on to a victory. If you missed this one though don’t worry there are still a few more bouts coming up this seaso...
Photos by Michael Philabaum of Philabaum Photography What sport is known for its rough and tumble play, cleverly named skaters – and oh yeah, pink skirts and lack of men? If you guessed roller derby then here’s a cookie. And if you didn’t, well – as Oprah would say – get with the program. If you’ve been living under a rock lately, you may not have noticed that roller derby, the sport that was once likened to “professional” wrestling, is back with a vengeance. On a local level, the Rubber City Rollergirls and NEO Rock‘n’Roller girls were voted first and second,...
