Teresa Huang of South Hadley never really considered themself a serious athlete, but when they rediscovered roller derby in 2023 after a few years away from it, they thought it might be a fun thing to ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Five Kansas City athletes made Team USA for the first time in their league’s history. The members of Fountain City Roller Derby are heading to Asunción, Paraguay, in October ...

In the parking lot of a Redwood City sports complex, more than a dozen athletes arrived from Los Angeles, carrying roller skates in seemingly every color imaginable. Smiling volunteers awaited them at ...

"Leave It on the Track" follows a grieving teen who moves to Portland and finds healing, queer community and maybe a little romance on the roller derby track. "A lot of people in derby talk about how ...

Taica Patience enjoys many activities and appears far younger than her chronological age. Whether she’s singing, working on her memoir, creating visual art or harvesting and juicing greens, Patience ...

Out on the rink, Boston Roller Derby’s Abby Coburn is known as “Debbie Downher.” But nickname aside, she said she feels nothing but pleased to be crashing into her fellow skaters. “It's a space where ...

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 ...

A junior roller derby program in Taunton, Massachusetts, has grown to nearly 50 skaters in two and a half years. The Nor’East Uprising program welcomes all genders from ages 8 to 18, with participants ...