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Preview: #8 Texas @ #2 Oly & #6 Rat City

OLYMPIA, WA / SEATTLE, WA -- This weekend sees the potential for a few different kinds of derby history being made as the originators of the modern flat-track game, Texas, head into the Pacific Northwest as the latest to take on on a multi-game challenge against tough area teams. Texas will take on Oly on Saturday night and then go up against Rat City on Sunday afternoon ...

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Weekly Rollup and Open Thread, 12/18/2009

Flat-track roller derby game for the iPhone. Yes, really. It turns out none of your DNN editors actually own iPhones, so we're DYING for somebody to download this and review it in comments ...

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December 18, 2009: Texas Rollergirls Day

Thursday before the regularly scheduled city council meeting, Austin mayor, Lee Leffingwell, was joined by some of your very own Texecutioners to celebrate a winning season and to acknowledge a movement of flat-track roller derby that was born in Austin and has spread across the world ... Mayor Leffingwell enthusiastically proclaimed Friday, December 18, 2009 Texas Rollergirls Day! Let's Celebrate! ... PROCLAMATION: ... "Be it know that whereas, The Texas Rollergirls Rock-Rollerderby became

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Derby in the news

For anyone who has not seen it yet, the Austin Chronicle recently had a great article about the evolution of flat-track roller derby. And it's in the sports section, natch. Madison gets a mention as one of the very first leagues once the ball was rolling. Have a read: Electric Skaterland, Austin births a Roller Derby revolution ...

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Minnesota Knocks Back #17 Carolina, 105-69

ST. PAUL, MN --In the beginning of flat-track derby, the original, 'v1.0' rules of our governing body didn't even exist ... Get a player from those days over a beer, and you'll hear about how the two teams would hash out the ruleset between them only hours before the bout was played ...

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Minnesota takes out Carolina in season opener, 105-69

In the beginning of flat-track derby, the original, 'v1.0' rules of our governing body didn't even exist ... Get a player from those days over a beer, and you'll hear about how the two teams would hash out the ruleset between them only hours before the bout was played ... Minnesota and Carolina played one of the very first interleague bouts of the modern derby era at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in November 2005 ... That match is an interesting footnote in the record books (237 MNRG - 173 CRG) as

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2010 Smack Packs on Sale Now!

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Hollywood’s Version of Derby

I’ve been quiet about this foolishness too long ... I have to get it off my congested chest ... The way flat-track roller derby has climbed onto the coattails of a movie about banked-track roller derby is driving me crazy.Flat-track skaters sit around bitching and moaning about how flat-track derby is not your momma’s roller [ ... ] ...

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WFTDA Preview: North Star @ #19 Madison

MADISON, WI -- Back in the very early history of the flat-track derby resurgence -- that is, before national tournaments, national rankings, or even the name "WFTDA" -- many newbies to roller derby could barely be faulted for wondering whether the game was a flash-in-the-pan guilty pleasure, or a legitimate beacon to the future. Most of today's fans can recall the bout they saw that solidified their impression as the second ...

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Harm City Defeats Pioneer Valley With Late Comeback, 77-60

HAGERSTOWN, MD -- In yet another closely-matched nailbiter of a contest between two of the oldest teams in the relatively new field of men's flat-track derby, Baltimore's Harm City Homicide trailed Northhampton, Massachusetts' Pioneer Valley Dirty Dozen for most of the bout but finished with a 27-1 run that lifted them to their first victory in three attempts over their longtime rivals ...

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