When she laces up her skates, Paralympian Robin Tueting turns into her roller derby moniker — Hot Tamale. “It's pandemonium,” she said. “It's bananas, action all the time in roller derby.” Tueting — ...

Twenty years ago, Kim “Rocket Mean” Stegeman put an ad on the back page of the Portland Mercury. She didn’t have a business to advertise. She had nothing to sell. “My phone number was on the back of ...

The concept of female empowerment has been an essential part of the sport of roller derby since its Chicago origins in the early 20th century. It started with gender-neutral rules and evolved to ...

Wheels screeching by, a wall of powerful strong women fights to keep the opponents at bay as blood, sweat, and tears are spilled. Roller derby is not a sport meant for the faint of heart, but the ones ...

This story is jointly published by nonprofits Amplify Utah and The Salt Lake Tribune, to elevate diverse perspectives in local media through student journalism. At Salt Lake City’s Derby Depot, where ...

Out on the rink, Boston Roller Derby’s Abby Coburn is known as “Debbie Downher.” But nickname aside, she said she feels nothing but pleased to be crashing into her fellow skaters. “It's a space where ...

Colleen English does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — The Salt Lake Roller Derby community, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that has been operating out of The Derby Depot in Salt Lake City, will lose access to the space in June ...

Whether roller skating was a hobby you took up during the pandemic or you’ve been part of a roller-derby team for years, the right pair of skates can help you zip around with confidence and ease.

Alex Cohen may be a public radio reporter by day, but by night she goes by her roller derby name -- Axles of Evil. Cohen first fell in love with roller derby in Austin, Texas, several years ago, while ...