It's Wheelies time! Every year our players, refs, and volunteers travel to an undisclosed location, crack open a PBR (and maybe sneak in a flask or two), and honor the best of our best for two hours of tears, cheers, and fairly awesome dresses. On May 1st we honored the following players: ... Fan Awards: ... Favorite Jammer - Suzie Smashbox ... Favorite Pivot/Blocker - Vuedoo Prodigy ... Favorite Rookie - Killaman Jaro ... The Lappy - Vuedoo Prodigy ... League Awards: ... Most Valuable Minnesota

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Move Over, ECE: It's Bigger Down Under

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Published May 12, 2010 at 9:36 a.m.

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA -- The first major modern roller derby event in the southern hemisphere is shaping up to be the biggest anywhere, displacing the annual East Coast Derby Extravaganza from its traditional role as the derby calendar's monster ...

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Weekend in Review, 5/10/2010

Published May 12, 2010 at 3:04 a.m.

WFTDA Sanctioned General Interleague Local Action ... WFTDA Sanctioned ...

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2010 Spring Roll Recap

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Published May 11, 2010 at 11:14 p.m.

Women's Track ... Championship Bout: #12 Detroit 109, #16 Steel City 82 -- #16 Steel City put up an impressive fight against tournament favorites #12 Detroit, and held a lead with under 15 minutes to play, but Detroit managed to string a series of late-game jam wins together to escape with a deceptively large 27-point victory and the 2010 Spring Roll women's title ...

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Updates on Planned Parenthood, Indiana Schools, and Roller Derby

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Published May 11, 2010 at 9:08 p.m.

Hello all, I know it’s been a while since I’ve updated. I’ve been continuing my r ...

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Catch SVRG "On the Town" Saturday, May 15 @ 5pm

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Published May 11, 2010 at 4:40 p.m.

The Silicon Valley Roller Girls will be featured on “On the Town” with Judy Joseph this ...

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Practice, practice and more practice

Published May 11, 2010 at 12:04 p.m.

Practice on Sunday we went through a mock benchmark session. The only thing we didn’t do was h ...

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Vaudeville Vixens and Unholy Rollers Advance to MRD Championship

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Published May 11, 2010 at 9:52 a.m.

The Vaudeville Vixens confidently skated into the finals on May 22 with a 128-104 win over the Quad Squad. The Unholy Rollers came from behind to topple the Reservoir Dolls, 123-115, pitting them once again against the Vixens for the league title ... Vaudeville Vixens 128, Quad Squad 104 ... In a near replay of their last bout two short weeks ago, the Vaudeville Vixens held off a tenacious Quad Squad to roll into MRD’s finals, 128-104 ... At the nine-minute mark in the first half, the Quad

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