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

Roller derby is played in two 30-minute halves, in which five members of the team can battle on the track at once in an attempt to score points. Points are scored when the designated “jammer,” a ...

Diosanny Rivera-Placido of Lancaster city is a busy person. She works as the women’s center director at Franklin & Marshall ...

The sport of roller derby has been around for since the 1930s and a Lexington-based team is part of its continued growth.

The Quad City Rollers like to play hard and look good -- from the bottom of their colorful wheels to the top of their helmeted heads. With their love of ...

She fell in love with roller derby after watching the 2009 film “Whip It” starring Elliot Page. ... goes by “Daisy Me’Rolling” when she’s in a helmet and a pair of skates.

These women lace up their skates and wear knee pads, elbow pads, helmets and mouth guards — all for the love of roller derby. But a group of Latinas in L.A.’s Angel City Derby league are ...

The Baltimore Sun points out that the half shell motif of the Terps’ football helmets bears a striking resemblance to those of the Charm City Roller Girls’ All-Stars.

The Roller Warriors, founded 10 years ago, is one of 1,500 roller derby leagues in 40 countries. Crashes and collisions are part of the sport’s appeal, which is why Junior Warriors are required ...

Roller derby skaters prepare to start a bout at a Chicago Knockouts event in late January at the Homewood Auditorium. Mateja, who founded CKO in 2018, explains the sport has evolved over the ...