Roller Derby Update 4/30/11

Texies pack their bags for cooler climes, TXRD has double fun in May

"...Happy birthday to the Texas Rollergirls: April 27 marked the eighth anniversary of their first..."

April 30, 2011 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Roller Derby Update 10/15/11

Calvello Cup tonight, and the WFTDA tournament season heats up

"...getting cooler outside, but it's still hot on the Roller Derby track. While the flat track Texas Rollergirls start..."

Oct. 15, 2011 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Roller Derby Update[d]: 10/8/10

Texecutioners take to the tourneys

"...Austin. No, they're not avoiding ACL traffic. The Texas Rollergirls' travel team the Texecutioners are in Lincoln, Neb., for..."

Oct. 9, 2010 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

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

NY bruisers could set new record this weekend

"...ourselves into,'" said jammer OMG WTF, co-captain of the Gotham Rollergirls. "Everyone we talked to says, 'I can't believe..."

July 21, 2012 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Flat Track Derby in Motion, Part 2

More from the WFTDA Western regionals, plus the East sorts out their seeding

"...results are in from this weekend's Women's Flat Track Derby Association's Eastern regionals in Madison, Wis. Unlike Western regionals,..."

Oct. 13, 2008 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Derby From Out of Denver

Mile High Club swooping in to face the Texecutioner's steel

"...The Texas Rollergirls have got some guests this weekend: The Denver Roller..."

June 14, 2014 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Derby Me Two Times

Flat track Friday before the big banked track weekend

"...The big roller derby weekend just got a little bigger. Aside from..."

June 19, 2009 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Queens of Pain Shows Commitment to the Sport

For the love of Roller Derby

"...skating and filmmaking, balance is everything. That's why former rollergirl Cassie Hay asked her non-skating sister, Amy Winston, to..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Cold Time in Portland

Texecutioners fourth in the nation but still best in the West

"...Another Women's Flat Track Derby Association national championship event, another disappointment for Austin's Texas..."

Nov. 16, 2008 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

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

Calling fouls and handing out points on the Roller Derby year

"...Covering Flat Track Roller Derby makes me feel sort of sorry for reporters..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Electric Skaterland

Austin births a Roller Derby renaissance

"...The worst sound in Roller Derby is silence...."

Nov. 27, 2009 Sports Feature by Richard Whittaker

Spinning Wheels and Spinning Discs

Big day for Derby with 'Whip It' and WFTDA rankings both released

"...Break out the champagne, Roller Derby fans. Not only does Whip It, Drew Barrymore's..."

Jan. 26, 2010 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Star of Texas Preview: Texas Has a New York State of Mind

Texecutioners can still derail the Gotham express

"...been a weekend of mixed fortunes for the Texas Rollergirls at the Star of Texas Bowl: The Texecutioners travel..."

July 22, 2012 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Star of Texas Preview: B.A.D. Looking For More Gold

B.ay A.rea D.erby go from bowl hosts to visitors

"...There are four flat track Roller Derby teams playing at the Star of Texas Bowl..."

July 19, 2012 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

2012 Star of Texas Bowl

This weekend, Texas Rollergirls compete to Keep Austin Feared.

"...Women's Flat Track Roller Derby is probably the only girl-on-girl action that will..."

July 17, 2012 Events Post by Courtney Byrd

Texies on the Move

Flat-track league moves Downtown, hits Chicago

"...The Texas Rollergirls have announced that, starting in 2011, the hometown flat-track..."

Nov. 6, 2010 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Announces 2020 Lineup

Dave Not Coming Back, Golden Arm this year's headliners

"...in Cassie Hay and Amy Winston's portrait of the Gotham Girls Roller Derby league, Queens of Pain. That's a..."

Oct. 1, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texecutioners Take to the Road for '08 Season

TXRG touring team to hit Houston, Kansas City and Feasterville

"...Following on from the confirmed dates for the Texas Rollergirls: If you're hoping to catch their touring team, the..."

March 26, 2008 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

The Rocky Road to Victory

Notes, photos from the WFTDA championship

"...Back in 2006, the Rocky Mountain Rollergirls were one of the first teams to crash out..."

Nov. 10, 2010 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Star of Texas Preview: Windy City Blows In

Northern flat track conquerors have tourney ambitions

"...this weekend's Star of Texas Bowl, the Windy City Rollers have an unusual honor. They were part of the..."

July 20, 2012 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

TXRG: Big Night Out at the Tiniest Bar

Texas Rollergirls holding fundraisers for travel teams

"...It's a big traveling year for the Texas Rollergirls, and that's running up a lot of costs for..."

June 9, 2008 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Texies Into 2010

Texas Rollergirls' schedule starting to fill out

"...It's been a good year for the Texas Rollergirls: Women's Flat Track Derby Association south-central region champs, silver..."

Dec. 27, 2009 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

Texecutioners Want to Bruise the Georgia Peach

Texies in Atlanta for WFTDA championships, plus Gotham appeal

"...home? That's the big local question as the Texas Rollergirls' top travel squad straps on their skates in Atlanta..."

Nov. 1, 2012 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Texecutioners Speeding for Gold

Texas Rollergirls in Milwaukee for nationals this weekend

"...this weekend for a shot at Women's Flat Track Derby Association gold. In celebration, Mayor Lee Leffingwell has declared..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Mile High Dreams

Texas Rollergirls aim for WFTDA glory in Colorado

"...Continental Divide and Conquer, the 2011 Women's Flat Track Derby Association's national tournament...."

Nov. 11, 2011 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Rollergirls

Austin hosts the best flat-track roller derby squads in the nation

"...Austin's own Texecutioners, the founding mothers of modern flat-track roller derby. New York's Gotham Girls, the 2011 Women's Flat..."

July 20, 2012 Sports Feature by Richard Whittaker

To London, With Love

Texas Rollergirls make history and cross oceans

"...something special: Austin's own purple-clad skaters from the Texas Rollergirls, the Hustlers, winning their first ever intercontinental bout...."

April 6, 2010 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Believe

Moving Panoramas flicker to life in the aftermath of a home invasion

"...self-possessedness. She admits to being "super shy" before her Roller Derby career, but her warmth and personability betray no..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Music Feature by Leslie Sisson

Kansas, the Wheeled Giant Killers and More on the Texas Shootout

Kansas City Roller Warriors roll to victory at the world flat track championship.

"...but it was an undoubted victory for the Texas Rollergirls when they hosted this weekend's Women's Flat Track Derby..."

Oct. 1, 2007 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

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