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 ...

Nicole Williams, better known as Bonnie Thunders, laps her opponents during a west coast regional roller derby tournament in June. Credit: Recess the Photographer Twenty years ago, Kim “Rocket Mean” ...

Noel Gallagher‘s High Flying Birds have shared a glittery, grindhouse-tinted video for “Do the Damage,” a B-side from their recently announced new LP, Chasing Yesterday. The Mike Bruce-directed clip ...

“Ya dumb jerks!” Mary Lou Palermo, center, yells to the Jersey Jolters who caused a three-way spill at a roller derby competition at the Chicago Coliseum on Feb. 14, 1951. The Jersey Jolters beat the ...

What would my derby name be? This became one of the many questions – and what I considered to be of high importance – in my ...

Off track, Tasneem Howa is a rather introverted young woman who works as a photographer in Cape Town. On track, however, she pulls on black tights and slips into roller skates to transform into ...

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 ...