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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
Athletes from 11 Chicago-area Roller Derby leagues hosted a “Make ’em Bleed” blood-drive event on Oct.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2017
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
Glenn, a cheerful Roller Derby player with a colorful tattoo beneath each wrist, gave them a permission form they could sign to let me watch them take the tests or interview them.
From New York Times • Jun. 26, 2013
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
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