Though participation in sports can have positive impacts both physiologically and socially, extreme sports, like football and ...

Most sports rely on a ball or puck — something to shoot, pass or catch — to score. Roller derby is different: all you need is ...

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. ... including a helmet, ...

Griffiths is deaf and speaks in ASL, and said that she used to be afraid of going to the store and being in new situations on her own, but the league has taught her that when she falls — oftentimes ...

As the Roller Derby World Cup approaches, Team Ireland are in full preparation. But hard work and athletic excellence aside, the sport hasn’t lost its fun factor ...

When their skates and helmets are on, they compete as the Erie Roller Derby All-Stars and the Bayfront Bombshells. But the participants in this community-based roller derby league do more than ...

Hallie "Hellcat" Spell wears a jammer helmet cover during a Western Massachusetts Roller Derby practice at Interskate 91 South, Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Wilbraham. STAFF PHOTO / DANIEL JACOBI II— ...

Albany All Stars roller derby team unites skaters of all backgrounds, celebrating community, inclusivity, ... Jammers, who are marked by the star on their helmet, ...

The Roller Derby World Cup makes skater Nahyomi Painter-Escudero emotional. “I get goosebumps when I talk about it, and I kind of get teary-eyed,” she said of the coming event. “I am just one skater ...