In the parking lot of a Redwood City sports complex, more than a dozen athletes arrived from Los Angeles, carrying roller skates in seemingly every color imaginable. Smiling volunteers awaited them at ...

Roller derby has long been a subject of debate: Is it a legitimate sport or just pro wrestling on wheels? For some, it’s a high-speed, full-contact athletic competition. For others, it’s a showy ...

It's been over 50 years since I'd seen a roller derby game. Living in Ft. Dix, NJ, in the early 70s, our three T.V. stations came out of Philadelphia, and one of the weekly T.V. viewing highlights was ...