Lonestar Rollergirls’ Calvello Cup Championship Going Down This Saturday

"...or Masonite Burn,” defined in the glossary of Roller Derby slang on the TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls website. For those..."

June 21, 2007 Sports Post by Sofia Resnick

Tough Enough

Whip It director Drew Barrymore and scribe Shauna Cross roll with the punches

"...It, Drew Barrymore's directorial debut set in Austin's Roller Derby community, was filming around Detroit. But whatever the location,..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

To London, With Love

Texas Rollergirls make history and cross oceans

"...update: While technically not a full Women's Flat Track Derby Association-sanctioned bout (that, as WFTDA executive director Bloody Mary..."

April 6, 2010 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Flat-Track Snack Attack: Frito-Lay vs. Crackerjack

A Texas Rollergirl defends her name

"...Bell, who competes in Austin's Texas Rollergirls flat-track Roller Derby league under the skate name Crackerjack. On the other..."

April 24, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Luv Doc Recommends: WFTDA Championship

Austin Convention Center, Friday, September 28, 2007

"...we have something known as the Women's Flat Track Derby Association, and they’re having their championships at the Convention..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Column by The Luv Doc

The Way We Watch Now: Case Studies

Five experiments in theatrical-on-demand

"...when they launched a Kickstarter campaign for their Roller Derby film Derby, Baby!. Barring a couple of film festival..."

June 22, 2012 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Banked Track Bonanza

Lonestar Rollergirls host national roller derby tourney this weekend

"...Last year, the LA Derby Dolls hosted the first ever banked track roller derby..."

June 18, 2009 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

TV Eye

Billed as 'a new spin on drama,' the drama of 'Rollergirls' is limited to the petty arguments of whiny women having trouble getting along, because, well, you know how women are

"...When the roller derby first appeared in Austin three years ago, I was..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

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

Food Events

Putting booze in a sno-cone? Fine by us.

"...Cinco de Mayo and Derby Day Events..."

May 4, 2012 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Killa Queens of Oz

Hotrod Honeys fundraiser for their Australia trip tonight

"...on the beach, but a serious effort to expand derby internationally. Austin's innovators of modern flat track Roller derby..."

June 18, 2011 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

City Hall on Wheels

Mayor Leffingwell to kick off Texas Rollergirls' 2010 season

"...Many of the newbies are veterans of the Rec-N-Rollerderby league, whose first 2010 regular season has already started...."

Feb. 27, 2010 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Road Warrior

Self-distributing Hell on Wheels

"...Good Dough," and are instead taking their Austin Roller Derby doc, Hell on Wheels, out on the road themselves,..."

April 4, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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

Playing Through

Roller Derby and her fellow Hellcats helped Jamie Lee (aka Miss Amerikill) turn her life around

"...Hellcats locker room before a TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls Roller Derby bout, and Jamie Lee is in the bathroom stall,..."

July 17, 2009 Column by Thomas Hackett

IndiePix Rolls Out a Two-Disc DVD of 'Hell on Wheels'

The ladies of Roller Derby show some derring-do promoting the new release

"...even a critically lauded one like Austin-based women's Roller Derby documentary Hell on Wheels, can be a hard sell...."

Sept. 26, 2008 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Windsor for the Derby

Texas Platters

"...Windsor for the DerbyThe Emotional Rescue (Aesthetics)Windsor for the DerbyEarnest Powers + (Emperor..."

May 24, 2002 Music Review by Michael Chamy

The Complete Trance Syndicate Discography

"...TR45: Windsor for the Derby/Desafinado (split 7")..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Music Feature

Local Alt-Sports to Help You Think Outside the Gridiron

Pro bull-riding, kayak polo, and more unconventional sports & rec in ATX

"...Quidditch, which will be renamed "Quadball" next season. Roller Derby..."

Aug. 19, 2022 Sports Feature by Katherine McNevins

Where the Girls Go/ATX: Friday the 13th Edition

The weekend's best bets for avoiding bad luck and finding QTs

"...A) ROLLER DERBY is back. With multiple games happening today. The Texas..."

June 13, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Sarah Marloff

Get Your Arms Around CLAW

How one quirky hobby became an over-the-top phenomenon

"...creation today is where an Austin innovation, women's Roller Derby, was in 2006: A few dozen nationwide leagues, a..."

Jan. 31, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Star of Texas Preview: Gotham Girls Play a Game of Thrones

NY bruisers could set new record this weekend

"...beast from the east take the Women's Flat Track Derby Association's 2012 championship, but they're on their way to..."

July 21, 2012 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

The Way We Watch Now

Is theatrical-on-demand the next big thing?

"...audience. That phenomenon is not restricted to Tugg; Roller Derby documentary Derby, Baby! offered screenings as part of a..."

June 22, 2012 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...For dedicated fans of flat-track Roller Derby, every day is Derby day, but Mayor Lee Leffing­well..."

Dec. 25, 2009 News Feature

Flat Track Update

Halloween chills and national thrills for the Texas Rollergirls

"...Scream Queen contest winner Big Nasty of the TXRG Rec'n'Rollerderby league. The woman, not the ghoul...."

Oct. 27, 2009 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Capital Punishing

Day two of the banked track roller derby tournament

"...second annual Battle on the Bank banked track roller derby tournament, being held this weekend at the Austin Convention..."

June 21, 2009 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

Texecutioners on the Oregon Trail

Texas sweeps flat track derby western regionals, heading to nationals.

"...A frantic weekend in women's flat-track derby at the annual WFTDA Western Regionals held at the..."

Oct. 6, 2008 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Playing Through

The Texas Rollergirls on Sarah Palin and what it takes to be both tough and feminine

"...going. That's what you have to do in Roller Derby, and it's what a woman needs to do in..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Column by Thomas Hackett

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