(CBS) – It's a big week for roller derby, a sport that began in Chicago more than 80 years ago. The sport may have reached its pinnacle here, when 50,000 people packed old Comiskey Park in September ...

Got moxy and a mad desire to skate? The Alamo City Rollergirls want you There’s not much grrrl power in the 1972 roller derby classic Kansas City Bomber. The team is owned by a sleazy womanizer in a ...

The Midwestern Lumberjack Championships will be held for the second time in connection with Rochesterfest. Over 35 competitors will take part. Two professional teams from Roller Derby, which has ...

In 1972, more than 50,000 people crowded into Chicago’s Comiskey Park to see roller derby team the Los Angeles Thunderbirds compete against the Chicago Midwest Pioneers. The teams were made up of both ...