This is a fairly light weekend for roller derby action, but what is lacking in quantity is made up in quality. Tonight in Lincoln, Nebraska, the No Coast Mad...
Thanks for the heads up but you forgot one bout in Austin TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls The next bout is coming up in just a few days, and this time it's those...
Ed D, You know I am not a great fan of the Texas Roller Derby banked track league. I am not nearly as negative towards them as I was a few months ago. In...
... Hee. Honey St. Claire played in Charm City's third bout as a guest skater, and in the course of doing so, became the first skater ever to foul out of a...
I may have to fine my editor. The irony is one of my favorite league all star teams, Houston Roller Derby (HRD) is called the HaRD Knocks, so I am sure my...
It is the health of the skaters. As a former basketball official, if I saw an injury on the court, and I thought it was at all dangerous, I blew my whistle...
Since roller derby is such a fast paced sport, refs must assess situations in the blink of an eye. A girl goes down and takes a moment getting back up--we run...
The refs will do the best they can, erring on the side of caution hopefully. But that trust with the officials also means that skaters, when they go down...
An exhitbition bout will be held Sunday night by the River City Rollergirls in Richmond, Virginia. Seasons Beatings is the first exhibition bout ever by this...
62 - 60 in overtime. Cannot wait for Phil's recap. ~ Chris "Hurt Reynolds" Seale : Have Derby, Will Travel stats * production * announcing * stuff-done-getting...
Let me give you some highlights. Overtime 3-1 Tucson. Third period--59 all. 2nd period--38 all. 1st period--Texas 22-Tucson 15. Every play, was so close that...
When two top-ranked teams get together in sports, often it becomes a defensive battle because the two teams are so evenly matched. Such was the case Saturday...
... Since you bring it up, I want to point out that the call that put the Tucson jammer in the box was itself controversial. Tombstone Teri was pulled for...
Every single call in the game had the potential to effect it, and I suppose it did. That is how close the game was. Unless you were there, or perhaps if you...
I will post more tomorrow and so will Justice Feelgood Marshall, but Philly's Hostile City Honeys beat Harrisburg's Nuclear Knockouts 187 to maybe 70...
One thing that settles in on ya after a fair stretch of statskeeping or reffing is just how difficult it is to get a satisfying result in a close bout....
You're always going to be up against the "inverted pyramid" in journalism: news copy writers (and press release authors) lead with a conclusion/summary of the...
These are interesting comments. I generally try to write in an inverted pyramid style. You can look at the structure of story with the lead which should be a...
See below. ... How ya figure? She was pulled for blocking the other jammer more that 20ft behind the pack. Though I appreciate your clarification - jammers...
... My point wasn't so much that the inverted pyramid style is inherently bad (though it does diminish the reader's incentive to read the whole article) or...
I am glad you asked that question. How can roller derby leagues get on their sports page to the point of being represented as a legitimate sport? Well, the...
I'll tell you what; if you are a new league and you want to play a top six team nationally, that takes some courage. I was talking to East Texas Bomber...
Hey Phil I agree with evertone that it was a great bout. What I'm wanting to know is are you going to post your stat sheet that you record during bouts. I...
Well Ed, it's my spiral notebook going jam per jam, line by line. It took me a while to figure out the Saddle Tramp players, or at least the jammers. I can't...
Ok, so, before I replied, I read your post, and I read it again, and then I read it again, and even after *all* of that I somehow managed to mis-read what you...
There's an interleague bout taking place within 200 miles of where you live. Each team is supplying two officials, but they want a fifth ref from a neutral...
In interleague bouting--the more refs taking even smaller, but still important roles such as just watching the jam clock, the better. I'd say five is even too...
No film at 11, but there are Ziv Kruger pictures. He has started posting them, although there should be many more to follow. See the first sneak-peak set at...
