As we gear up for a summer of sporting excellence courtesy of the Lionesses at the 2025 Euros, there’s no better time to ...

No jockey in the nation — perhaps no athlete, for that matter — has seen more ups and downs this spring than Long ...

Several young roller-skaters took to the roller derby track at Bartholomew District Park early Saturday morning to get ready to host the Junior Roller Derby Association (JRDA) Female Division Playoffs ...

Crystal “Crystal Whip” Armbruster (154) skates around a pair of Akron Roller Derby players. The long-time Northside resident and developer admitted she'd been a fan of the Rollergirls for years.

or "Crystal Whip," as she's known on the track. "We just needed a place to skate, so that was kind of the rush to get in here," Armbruster, 50, said. The mother of two discovered roller derby in ...

the Elliot Page feature “Whip-It.” Jessica “Afrodisiac” Meredith, center, laughs as she tries to break through blockers during the Ash City Roller Derby practice at Cary Park on Thursday ...

Kristin Janifer, aka Blocka Khan, prepares for a jam with teammates during the Bux-Mont Roller Derby practice in Hatfield, Pa. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) Ratkowski recalled watching the movie “Whip It” ...

Roller Derby is particularly strong in the US, and it has even made the big screens with Drew Barrymore directing and co-starring in the highly acclaimed Whip It, which gives a great insight into ...

Popularized in the 2009 Drew Barrymore film, Whip It, roller derby is one of the fastest growing sports for women worldwide—particularly in the US. Players wear four-wheeled "quad" roller skates ...

Some of the players started with skating classes and others were inspired by a specific roller derby movie. “There was a very popular movie, ‘Whip It,’ that all of the derby community ...

She fell in love with roller derby after watching the 2009 film “Whip It” starring Elliot Page. After moving to Gainesville in 2019, she decided to search for a roller derby team.