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 ...

A pair of old roller skates left behind from the days of roller skating at the Boothbay Opera House in the fall of 2003. The ...

"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 ...

The greatest rivalry in roller derby history could come to a head this weekend when the Continental Divide & Conquer 2011 Women’s Flat Track Derby Association Championships roll into the 1STBANK ...

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 ...

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 ...

Roller derby, popular in the 1940s and 1950s, enjoyed a resurgence on TV in the 1970s, then went back into hibernation. I don’t know that it can be said to be quietly making a comeback, but my Google ...

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 ...