#8 Charm City Defeats Tampa, 159-124

Published Feb. 20, 2011 at 4:23 a.m.

BALTIMORE, MD -- Underdog Tampa (#6 South Central via WFTDA) made a game of it through much of the first half, but home Charm City (#8 nationally via DNN, officially #3 in the East via WFTDA) struck hard in the beginning of the second half to pull away from the Florida team in a 159-124 victory ...

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Weekend schedule

Published Feb. 17, 2011 at 7:12 p.m.

There is SO MUCH going on this weekend in the wonderful world of the Texas Rollergirls! The Austin Chronicle is doing a special feature on each of the four home teams. Check out the first interview with Shank, captain of the Hotrod Honeys. Tune into Austin’s ESPN radio Friday morning at 9am to hear interviews with [ ... ] ...

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Governor’s Cup results; first home bout this weekend!

Published Feb. 16, 2011 at 9:08 p.m.

Texecutioners are Gov Cup Champs! The Texecutioners played a weekend full of derby at the Governor’s Cup in Beaumont, Texas and came away the champions! They first took on the Big Easy Rollergirls of New Orleans, LA on Saturday evening, and won that game 384-7. Sunday morning the Texies beat Houston Roller Derby 197-71, and [ ... ] ...

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Pep Rally at the Jack!

Published Feb. 15, 2011 at 6:04 p.m.

Join us for our season kick off pep rally on Friday, February 18th at the Jackalope (404 E. 6th St.)! We’ll have the Jam City Rollergirls Wii video game to play, and we’ll be giving away some awesome stuff. The fun starts at 5:30pm and will go until 8:30pm. There will be $2.50 pints and [ ... ] ...

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Montreal at Jet City Video Highlights

Published Feb. 14, 2011 at 1:02 a.m.

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#4 Philly Tempers #19 Steel City, 138-60

Published Feb. 13, 2011 at 8:35 a.m.

PHILADELPHIA, PA -- On a cold February weekend, Pittsburgh's Steel City (unofficially ranked #19 in the nation by DNN, officially #5 in the East by the WFTDA) traveled down the turnpike to Philadelphia to take on Philly (#4 DNN, #2 East WFTDA) in an extremely fast, very physical bout for the season opener for both teams ...

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#24 Montreal Grounds Jet City, 121-100

Published Feb. 13, 2011 at 4:57 a.m.

EVERETT, WA -- One night after mustering a huge second-half comeback to upset Rat City, #24 Montreal had to do it again to avoid being upset themselves by a tough Jet City team (unofficially unranked by DNN, officially ranked #7 in the West by WFTDA) ...

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#24 Montreal Stuns #6 Rat City, 110-103

Published Feb. 12, 2011 at 10:17 p.m.

SEATTLE, WA -- Heavy underdog Montreal, unofficially ranked #24 in the nation by DNN and #7 in the East by WFTDA, came into the first game of a three-bout Pacific Northwest swing against unofficial #6 in the nation and #5 in the West Rat City and landed a huge upset ...

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Weekly Rollup and Open Thread, 2/11/2011

Published Feb. 11, 2011 at 8:50 p.m.

A recent review in the Onion A/V Club points out an undocumented feature of Jam City Rollergirls: "It actually taught me how the hell roller derby is played ...

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Texecutioners defend their title in The Governor’s Cup this weekend!

Published Feb. 11, 2011 at 12:07 a.m.

WATCH ALL THE ACTION LIVE @ DerbyNewsNetwork.com!! The Texas Governors Cup is a 2-day flat track roller derby tournament that is sanctioned by the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). Starting in 2006, the Governors Cup evolved into defining the best of Texas roller derby teams. Teams from Dallas, San Antonio, Houston, Austin, Beaumont, and [ ... ] ...

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