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Home » roller derby

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Chicago Printmakers Collaborative puts a steamroller at the center of an entirely different form of Roller Derby

by Anna White August 6, 2018August 18, 2021

The Lincoln Square neighborhood came together last weekend to make some enormous woodblock prints.

Posted inBlogs

Windy City Rollers celebrate a decade of cruisin’ and bruisin’

by Brianna Wellen September 12, 2014August 18, 2021

The roller derby league holds the Black and Blue Gala in honor of their ten-year anniversary.

Walk it off
Posted inArts & Culture

Show us your . . . gnarly derby injury

by Gwynedd Stuart January 21, 2013August 18, 2021

Windy City Roller Moby Nipps is the type to roll with the punches

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Roller Derby Nickname

by Kevin Warwick June 20, 2012August 19, 2021

Brawla Poundstone

"Jackie Daniels" of the Windy City Rollers All-Stars
Posted inNews & Politics

Game Changer

by Ling Ma October 21, 2010August 19, 2021

Slow packs? Backward skating? A new style of roller derby from the west has traditionally dominant teams—like the Windy City Rollers All-Stars—scrambling to catch up.

Posted inBlogs

The Windy City Rollers: now in town

by Ted Cox January 30, 2009August 19, 2021

The Windy City Rollers return to action — at the UIC Pavilion.

Posted inNews & Politics

When Rumbel Met Sledgehammer

by Mike Sula December 9, 2004August 19, 2021

Story of the friendship between two very different women that led to the formation of the Windy City Rollers, Chicago’s first DIY roller derby league.

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