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If Rat City had an icon, it would be the Rat City Roller Derby logo — a young woman with a black eye and an attitude.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2021
Forward they will go with a team now informally known as Angel City, though the name was previously claimed by a Los Angeles-based Roller Derby team and is likely to soon change.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2020
Exhibit A: the Women’s Flat Track Roller Derby Association, a nonprofit organization with 450 leagues on six continents.
From Slate ● Nov. 14, 2019
Assassination City Roller Derby, a league of four home teams, is part of a grassroots movement that emerged out of Texas capital Austin in the early part of the 2000s.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 10, 2015
Nowadays you may hear of races called the Kentucky Derr-bee, the Irish Dah-bee, and even the Roller Derby, but all of these are named after the original contest at Epsom.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
She drives thousands of miles a season for her 15-year-old daughter’s roller derby tournaments and is worried about paying for gas for the trips.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026
A former Team GB roller derby skater says the cost of sports bras is discouraging younger females taking part in physical activity.
From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2025
But the roller derby league, in its suit, argued that the state’s human rights and civil rights statutes explicitly prohibit discrimination based on gender identity.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2024
It is the first flat track roller derby league in L.A. and the second roller derby league overall, after the L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2023
Two children on roller skates created a roller derby for themselves but they walked and stumbled more than they rolled and the force in which they ran into people was nominal.
From Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America by Sills, Steven (Steven David Justin)
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