Texas Rollergirls Championship Tonight

3-0 Hotrod Honeys take on 2007 champion Hell Marys for flat track title

"...What goes around, comes around. The Texas Rollergirls opened their 2008 season with the Hotrod Honeys taking..."

Aug. 3, 2008 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Hell Marys Nearly Home

Hell Marys get closer to championship, Hotrod Honeys give Big Easy some lessons

"...The Hotrod Honeys are already through to the Texas Rollergirls' championship. Everyone knew that going into last night's flat-track..."

June 2, 2008 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Travel-Team Top-Up for TXRG

Texas Rollergirls want your old books, CDs and DVDs

"...clear out your cupboards and help keep the Texas Rollergirls on the road?..."

May 31, 2008 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Oh, Canada! And Tallahassee, and Denver, and …

More stops in the World-Wide Texas (Rollergirls) Tour

"...of three more away bouts announced for the Texas Rollergirls for the rest of the season. On June 13,..."

May 14, 2008 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Roller Derby Update (Updated) 7/10/10

Banked-track title rematch, flat-track eight-ball and ices

"...this weekend for the banked-track Roller Derby TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls, while the flat-track Texas Rollergirls will be shootin' some..."

July 10, 2010 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

From Beaumont to Australia

Texas Rollergirls book their 2011 travel schedule

"...in Beaumont for the Governor's Cup, but with Texas Rollergirls' players packing for points from the Pacific North West..."

Feb. 12, 2011 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Roller Derby Update: 9/18/10

Lonestars finish the season, Texies pack their travel bags

"...TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls..."

Sept. 18, 2010 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Roller Derby Update 1/16/11

Local leagues prep for big seasons

"...Texas Rollergirls..."

Jan. 16, 2011 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Playing Through

The visiting Big Easy Rollergirls Roller Derby squad hopes they are up to the monumental task of defeating the Texas Rollergirls' Hotrod Honeys

"...is to be a giant killer. Facing the Texas Rollergirls (what with their regular 60-plus point spread against traveling..."

May 30, 2008 Column by Richard Whittaker

Roller Derby Gets the ESPN Seal of Approval

Lonestar Rollergirls featured on SportsCenter

"...piece featured interviews with women from Austin's own Lonestar Rollergirls, including Honey Homicide of the Rhinestone Cowgirls and Chola..."

May 20, 2008 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Landslide in Lubbock

Texecutioners show West Texas Roller Dollz why they're the best in the west

"...It may be another month until the Texas Rollergirls kick off the 2009 season, but that downtown on..."

Jan. 26, 2009 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Hell Marys' Last Hope

Hustlers stand in Hell Marys' championship path: BERG have to handle the Hotrod Honeys.

"...championship hopes of the Hell Marys at tonight's Texas Rollergirls doubleheader. If the Marys win tonight, they are still..."

June 1, 2008 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Will Green Country Get Hustled?

Hell Marys, Honky Tonk Heartbreakers to roll this weekend

"...the month, it must be time for the Texas Rollergirls. This weekend's league bout of the doubleheader sees the..."

April 29, 2008 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Guess Who's Coming to Flat Track?

TXRG to welcome New Orleans, Arkansas in last bouts of season

"...The last gaps in the Texas Rollergirls' 2008 season have been filled, with the announcement of..."

April 21, 2008 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

TXRG at Home in Houston

Honky Tonk Heartbreakers make it 2-0 in Screwston

"...The Texas Rollergirls continued their touring season clean sweep this weekend with..."

May 21, 2008 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Pink and Black Threepeat

Hotrod Honeys keep the Texas Rollergirls title

"...one way to sum up last night's 2010 Texas Rollergirls championship: The dynasty continues. The Hotrod Honeys managed a..."

July 26, 2010 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Upsets and Futures

Close-run bouts challenge Texas Rollergirls' established order

"...If a casual fan had walked into Sunday's Texas Rollergirls double header at half-time in either bout, they might..."

May 20, 2011 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Roller Derby Update 1/28/12

Lonestar starts rolling, Texies on the road, and Whammy recap

"...break out the banked track tomorrow, and the Texas Rollergirls head up to Dallas for the Governor's Cup...."

Jan. 28, 2012 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Texecutioners Want to Bruise the Georgia Peach

Texies in Atlanta for WFTDA championships, plus Gotham appeal

"...the Texecutioners bring the Hydra back home? That's the big local question as the Texas Rollergirls' top travel squad..."

Nov. 1, 2012 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Like a Boss

Texas Rollergirls take the Governor's Cup to kick of 2010 season

"...rights and the Governor's Cup. This weekend the Texas Rollergirls got to knock the winter rust off their wheels..."

Feb. 24, 2010 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Staple! Storms Austin

Flicking through the pages of indie media

"...the Austin sequential art scene. Last Saturday's event, with big-name graphic artist guests and local cartooning stars, was no..."

March 10, 2010 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

Long Time Coming

New Texas Rollergirls champions close out 2011 season

"...hellfire red as the Hustlers took their first Texas Rollergirls championship since 2003 and the Hell Marys broke their..."

Aug. 8, 2011 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

The Hardest Hit

Texecutioners take Baltimore's Charm City to the wire

"...This has been a tough season for the Texas Rollergirls travel team the Texecutioners, and Sunday's rock 'em, sock..."

June 29, 2010 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Hotrods, Hell Marys for TXRG Championship

Honky Tonk Heartbreakers fail to break points deficit, finalizing championship line-up

"...Honeys will face the Hell Marys for the Texas Rollergirls' championship on August 3...."

July 7, 2008 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Electric Skaterland

Austin births a Roller Derby renaissance

"...floor and not moving. Her teammates from Austin's Texas Rollergirls league and their rivals, the Oly Rollers from Washington..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Sports Feature by Richard Whittaker

Eight Wheels, Two Toe Stops: The Flat Track Top 10

Calling fouls and handing out points on the Roller Derby year

"...As the founding mothers of modern derby, the Texas Rollergirls, enter their tenth year, it's amazing and a little..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival 2018: The Full List

Lineup includes Cecile Richards, Julián Castro, + 280 more

"...Amor), Walter Mosley (the latest from the creator of Easy Rawlins is John Woman), and Tommy Orange (author of..."

Aug. 29, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Two-Wheeled Texas

Bikers' best bets on the highways and byways

"...You are so authentic. 213 W. Fifth, 320-8424. www.antones.net. Big Star Burlesque This local troupe of buxom babes boasts..."

June 13, 2008 Features Feature by Angela Armstrong

The Mob House Rules

Trail of Dead introduces their new epic release to the world

"...definitely nowhere in this country, like Austin. It's so easy to go from one show to the next. You..."

Jan. 28, 2005 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

A Wild Pitch of a Life

No No: A Dockumentary chronicles the legendary life of pitcher Dock Ellis

"...won 138 games throughout his 12 years in the big leagues, maintained an earned-run average below 3.5 during that..."

Sept. 5, 2014 Screens Feature by Chase Hoffberger