Weekly Rollup

There are no easy words to prepare anyone for this tragic article about a skater from Assault City Roller Derby.

The Denver Roller Dolls announced a group sales incentive for the WFTDA Championship Tournament, allowing leagues to benefit from helping to market the event.

Have you dreamed of participating in a roller derby championship tournament? If you are a referee or non-skating official, you could get your chance in October.

Roller derby gets some coverage by... Military Times? You may not have realized just how many leagues exist in the areas of military communities. Thankfully this fine article includes a handy list of them.

Skaters take a lot of precautions for safety on the track. SkateSafe reminds us all that safety should continue off the track also.

Opponents on track, sisters off: In the wake of recent, disastrous tornadoes in Alabama, the Hard Knox Roller Girls made a point of harboring Huntsville's Dixie Derby Girls.

Bonnie Thunders and OMG WTF's New York City skate shop gets the New York Times treatment, and DNN gets its second Gray Lady reference.

12 new leagues accepted to the WFTDA apprentice program as of April 11. Check out Derby in Focus, a new blog about derby photography from one of the best of the business, Joe Schwartz aka Joe Rollerfan.

Pretty interesting collection of stats and graphs as WFTDA releases the results of their second annual comprehensive skaters & fans survey.

Gotham scribe Thomas Gerbasi definitively answers the is-she-or-isn't-she leaving mystery around Suzy Hotrod. (Spoiler alert: she isn't.) Do the crime, serve the time.