Colorado’s roller derby squads are evolving — again — to provide competition and community as other sports roll back the ...

Teresa Huang of South Hadley never really considered themself a serious athlete, but when they rediscovered roller derby in 2023 after a few years away from it, they thought it might be a fun thing to ...

In the parking lot of a Redwood City sports complex, more than a dozen athletes arrived from Los Angeles, carrying roller skates in seemingly every color imaginable. Smiling volunteers awaited them at ...

Roller derby enthusiasts in Johannesburg have reason to celebrate as Africa’s top roller derby league announces an open day ...

In 2018, I moved by myself from Columbus, Ohio to Portland, Ore., hoping that the moodiness of the trees and mountains might help me discover something about myself. I was working for a nonprofit and ...

Toledo’s premier roller derby is hosting a tattoo fundraiser on Valentine’s Day to help the organization raise money for a ...

A junior roller derby program in Taunton, Massachusetts, has grown to nearly 50 skaters in two and a half years. The Nor’East Uprising program welcomes all genders from ages 8 to 18, with participants ...

Roller derby has long been a subject of debate: Is it a legitimate sport or just pro wrestling on wheels? For some, it’s a high-speed, full-contact athletic competition. For others, it’s a showy ...

"Leave It on the Track" follows a grieving teen who moves to Portland and finds healing, queer community and maybe a little romance on the roller derby track. "A lot of people in derby talk about how ...

Learning how to get up from a fall is the most important lesson in life and roller derby. Philadelphia writer and roller derby player Erica Vanstone shares how the sport taught her both ways to get ...