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Roller Derby Update: 9/4/10
The Austin Derby Brats need you!
"...When women who have never seen Roller Derby before attend their first bout, usually the first thing..."

Sept. 3, 2010 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

The Derby Dozen(ish)
2010's local and global Roller Derby highlights
"...When I start drafting the Roller Derby Top 10 for 2011, the No. 1 story will..."

Jan. 6, 2011 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Roller Derby Update 5/7/11
Small skaters, small wheels, big trip
"...If this were a regular Derby weekend, the news would be about the Texecutioners' East..."

May 7, 2011 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

A Derby Decade
A landmark anniversary for Roller Derby
"...In the history of modern roller derby, the Sixth Street institution Casino el Camino plays a..."

Jan. 21, 2011 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Roller Derby Update 2/5/11
Wii action, Gov Cup plans, and the year's first results
"...Anyone remember when there was an 'off'-season in roller derby? Nah, me neither. There have already been dozens of..."

Feb. 5, 2011 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Roller Derby Update 1/16/12
Texas Rollergirls looking for a few good announcers tonight
"...just part of a jam-packed (and well overdue) Roller Derby update...."

Jan. 16, 2012 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Roller Derby Update: 8/7/10
Putas vs Hellcats and traveling Texecutioners
"...at the moment, that doesn't mean there's no Roller Derby going on in Austin this weekend...."

Aug. 7, 2010 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Junior Roller Derby at the Texas Shootout: 2007 WFTDA Championship Tournament
"...Convention Center to take part in ebullient, fishnet-burn-inducing Roller Derby bouts at the first day of the National Women's..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Sports Post by Sofia Resnick

Banked- and Flat-Track Roller Derby Weekend
Both local leagues in action
"...what the difference is between flat-track and banked-track Roller Derby? Take this weekend to find out. On Saturday, the..."

Aug. 20, 2010 Sports Feature by Richard Whittaker

Texies and the City
Council's new partnership with flat-track Roller Derby league (video)
"...Seems like Texas Rollergirl and Women's Flat Track Derby Association president Bloody Mary's wish that Austin would be..."

Feb. 7, 2010 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Rollergirls
Austin hosts the best flat-track roller derby squads in the nation
"...own Texecutioners, the founding mothers of modern flat-track roller derby. New York's Gotham Girls, the 2011 Women's Flat Track..."

July 20, 2012 Sports Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Hardest Hit
Texecutioners take Baltimore's Charm City to the wire
"...However Charm City had a trick up their sleeve: Strollerderby...."

June 29, 2010 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Dirty Dirty in the ATX
Texecutioners take on the Dirty South Derby Girls Sunday night
"...test tomorrow for the Texecutioners. Austin's own flat track derby travel team, ranked #1 in the Women's Flat Track..."

May 2, 2009 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

TXRG Wants You
Last weekend to join Texas Rollergirl's 2009 rec league
"...Another year, another flat-track Roller Derby season. While the Texas Rollergirls don't play in Austin..."

Jan. 10, 2009 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Sinnerfold Delivers a Whammy
Texas Rollergirls pay tribute to smartest, toughest and fastest
"...potential, they proved one thing that has shaped Roller Derby: The right coach can make all the difference. But,..."

Jan. 23, 2013 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Food-o-File
A grill big enough for Texas, some morsels for Mother's Day, and other food news
"...The semi-truck-sized Big Taste Grill has served up Johnsonville Brats for charities everywhere from the Daytona 500 to the..."

May 6, 2011 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Off the Record
Discovered, covered: Robert Plant reimagines Milton Mapes, Eric Johnson eulogizes Hendrix, and more nuggets from the Texas Punk Treasure Chest
"...Skaterland," Sports, Nov. 27, 2009), the Austin-bred women's Roller Derby revolution has skated to a rock & roll soundtrack,..."

June 25, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

TCB
Austin readies for Super Bowl weekend with roller skates, TV cameras, and a "yuppie makeover"
"...finally, er, rolled around. Popularly known as the rock-'em-sock-'em Rollerderby, this year the action expands to five local teams...."

Jan. 24, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Postmarks
They Got Nothing on Lacresha
"...take about an hour to rescue you, because Bike, Roller-Derby, Skateboard, Tricycle Days will prohibit the use of motor-operated..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Column

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